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Santa Claus brought some holiday cheer to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City.

After a final follow-up visit at Saint Luke's North Hospital, 84-year-old Carl Linck and his grandson are entering the holiday season with an extra sense of gratitude.

Janette Platter is the community chaplain at Saint Luke’s Bishop Spencer Place, a vibrant senior living community just steps from the Country Club Plaza. But in early 2025, she was just another mom seeking the very best care for her child. Fortunately, she knew it wasn’t too far away.

Kirsti Millar, a 35-year-old of Kansas City, was 23 weeks pregnant with her second child in early 2023 when her water suddenly broke. What should have been a season of joy and anticipation became a medical emergency.

It was a warm, late summer day in Kansas City when Carl Linck, 84, was cruising down Interstate 29 with his 15-year-old grandson riding shotgun.

Babies in the Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) celebrated the release of 'Wicked: For Good' dressed as beloved characters Galinda, Elphaba, the Cowardly Lion, and more.

When Aria Larson started working in the operating room at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, she saw excellence all around her. If she needed care, she thought, this was where she would go.

On top of helping the unit run smoothly, Easton Thomas uses her downtime and own money to handmake Halloween costumes for babies staying in the NICU.

Nearly 100 former Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) babies, along with their parents and siblings, returned to Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City to celebrate success and resilience at the annual NICU reunion.

This week we're talking with Dr. Sanjaya Gupta, cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, about the latest treatment options for this underdiagnosed heart condition.