gillette STORIES 03, 2024

Featured in the book by Lily Collison (in collaboration with experts at Gillette) is her son, Tommy Collison, who lives with spastic diplegia. Tommy’s story, in his own words, is shared in the epilogue of Spastic Diplegia. He details how his love for writing provided him an outlet to navigate his disability while shaping his perspective on what it means to not be defined by a diagnosis.  

ZaLayaa Jahzara Wandrick is 11 years old. She’s an excellent cook, crafter and loves science, soccer and coding, but for much of her life, has had to deal with multiple sensory and complex medical conditions. Gillette Children's is excited to announce ZaLayaa Jahzara has been named our 2024 Children's Miracle Network Champion.

Dr. Uyen Truong might be a new complex care provider at Gillette Children’s, but she is no stranger to the care that Gillette offers: “I was a Gillette patient starting when I was in fifth grade, which is when I broke my first bone,” she says.

The donor-funded Gillette Assistance Program (GAP) has allowed Gillette Children's to provide a critical boost for families juggling medical costs, the need for services not covered by insurance, and in the case of the Hunt family, multiple family members needing care.

March is Women’s History Month and an opportunity to highlight the fact that one of the co-founders of Gillette Children's is a remarkable woman—Jessie Haskins.

Gillette Children’s Cerebral Palsy (CP) Institute is developing novel research and harnesses the multi-disciplinary power of Gillette providers to ensure children who have cerebral palsy live a life determined by dreams, not diagnosis.