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Entries from Seattlest tagged with 'childrenshospital'

August 22, 2008

Brendan Adams, a 12-year-old Ellensburg middle-schooler is the tallest kid in his class. Big deal, you say? Well, he's not just a few inches taller than his peers. He's a few feet taller. While the average height of a 12-year-old is 5' 0", Brendan now stands over seven feet tall. And he's still growing. UW and Childrens' Hospital physician Melissa Parisi has been studying Brendan for the past eight years. "I've still never seen......

Continue Reading "And You Thought Your Sixth Grade Experience Was Awkward"

March 11, 2008

Normally we don't like to report on the kind of news that brings a sad sigh to your lips and might make you think of calling your mother. But since Seattlest Abbey covered the story of the 10-year old boy who asked friends to bury his head in the sand, and we're filling in on the news beat while she's in Austin, we thought we should at mark the end of the story now that......

Continue Reading "Everett Boy Buried in Sandbox Dies"

March 10, 2008

A 10-year-old boy from Everett is in critical condition at Children's Hospital after being buried head-first in a sandbox this weekend. Cody Porter was playing in the backyard of a family friends home with his brothers and a few other children when the accident occurred Saturday afternoon. Cody and his friends were thought to be inspired by a cartoon, "Narutu," where characters use sand as a tool and weapon. Whether inspired by a cartoon or......

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