Boy lying in his hospital bed
Young white boy lying in his hospital bed with the middle section of his body wrapped in gauze. He's playing with toys on the hospital tray table. A can of Play-Doh can be recognized in the background...
Boy monitoring his blood sugar
White boy patient practicing monitoring his blood sugar level with a glucose level monitor in the Endocrinology Unit of Children's Mercy Hospital. The boy is about to place his finger on a monitoring...
Boy on a gurney with parents standing behind him
White boy lying on a gurney and propping himself up on his elbows looking directly at the camera. A white man and woman, presumably his parents, are standing behind him, looking down at him and...
Boy playing in his hospital bed
Young white boy patient on breathing tube lying in his hospital bed and playing with a Pee Wee Herman doll. An unidentified white woman is holding a stuffed bear and sitting on the side of the bed.
Boy pulling on weight equipment
Young white boy patient sitting on a table holding pulley with no weights attached in the physiotherapy room and is distracted by the photographer.
Boy ready to be moved to the new building
White boy patient lying in a hospital bed with his coat and bag packed up waiting to be moved from the old building and into the new Children's Mercy Hospital building.
Boy speaking with girl on crutches
White boy seated on an overturned basket and wearing a hat speaking to a white girl wearing a bow in her hair, standing in front of him using crutches. Outside on the hospital grounds. It is unclear...
Boy standing near large Easter Bunny statue
Little white boy smiling and standing on the hospital lawn on one side of a mesh fence with a large statue of the Easter Bunny on the other.
Boy weaving at a counterbalance loom
White boy patient standing at a counterbalance loom, weaving, as part of his occupational therapy for muscle re-education.
Boy with bandaged nose in bed
White boy lying in his hospital bed with his nose bandaged. Looking over at the camera. Another patient can be partially and blurrily seen in a bed beyond him.
Boy with crutches seated on a chair
Young white boy seated sideways on chair wearing muslin pajamas and holding crutches in each hand and barefoot. Facing the camera with head resting against one crutch.
Boy with giant squash
Young white boy in overalls standing in front of a picture of a Gramophone and behind two large squashes or gourds on a table.
Boy with leg cast
Young white boy in a pixie hat on an examination table lying on his stomach with chin resting on his hand with some sort of metal box with dollar signs on the side. His leg is in a cast.
Boy with physical therapist
Young white boy patient seated in a wheelchair with leg stretched out working with a white female physical therapist. He is leaning forward to try and touch his toes. The therapist is seated in front...
Boy with tracheotomy seated in front of a plate of food
White boy with tracheotomy seated in front of a plate of food and holding onto a glass. Looking directly at the camera.
Boys and girls in hospital beds outside on the fourth floor porch
Young patients (white boys and girls) lying in a row of hospital beds taking in some sun on the fourth floor porch. A few cribs are the end of the row and a white female nurse is seen at the last bed...
Boys in physical therapy
Three young physical therapy patients (all white boys) working on the parallel bars at the same time. Each child is a bit older than the last.
Boys working with string in the ward
Three white boys working at occupational therapy with string. Two are seated on hospital beds and the boy in the middle is on a chair.
Carol Belt checking on a patient in his bed
Carol Belt, nurse, checking on a white boy patient in a hospital bed with his left arm raised with a metal weighted splint. Get-well cards are hung on his bed railing in the background.
Carol Burnett signing the cast of a teenage boy in a wheelchair
Carol Burnett signing the leg cast of a white teenage boy at Children's Mercy Hospital. The boy is sitting in a wheelchair. Burnett is kneeling and smiling. Other children (white) and white adult...
Carol Burnett visiting Children's Mercy Hospital
Carol Burnett visiting with three female patients (two African American, one white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. On is lying in a hospital bed, another is leaning on the bed and the third girl is...
Carrying in a patient during a disaster preparedness drill
An African American man is holding open the Emergency door while an African American man in a Navy uniform and another teenaged white boy in a white jacket carry in a white boy on a stretcher as part...
CAT scan underway
Unidentified male technician giving an African American child a CAT scan in the Cardiac Center. The technician is wearing a mask, hat, and gown and the child is positioned in the machine.
Cathy Burkes holding an infant
Nurse Cathy Burkes holding a white baby to her with a patch on its cheek and tubes connected to the patch in the neonatal care unit of Children's Mercy Hospital.
Cerebral Palsy girl patient
Twelve year old white girl cerebral palsy patient portrait. Featured in the Winter, 1989 Mercy Messenger. She's looking to the left of the photo and smiling.