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Iowa City, Iowa, USA
A big Hawkeye win and a special weekend for Kid Captain Lily Lee. 💛🖤 Lily has received care at our hospital for spinal muscular atrophy since she was a toddler, including regular treatment and support from her neurology, nursing, and Child Life teams.
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Kid Captain Lily Lee of Fort Dodge, lowa, has made the three-hour trip to our hospital for treatment for spinal muscular atrophy for years. Today, the 12-year-old is cheering on the Hawkeyes as our Week 4 Kid Captain when lowa takes on Michigan. 💛🏈
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Lily is game ready, are you?! 💛🏈🖤 Get to know today’s Kid Captain Lily Lee!
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A B1G week for our Kid Captain Lily & the Iowa Hawkeyes. 💛 The 12-year-old from Fort Dodge, Iowa, enjoys riding her handcycle bike, swimming, and spending time with friends.
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For years, Kid Captain Lily Lee and her family have made the three-hour trip from Fort Dodge to our hospital for treatment for spinal muscular atrophy. Along the way, Lily’s nurses, Child Life specialists. and other members of her care team have helped make difficult procedures feel a little less scary. uihc.pulse.ly/aduialngj1
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After being diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy as a toddler, Lily Lee became the first patient at our hospital to receive a newly approved treatment for the rare disorder. Now 12, Lily loves spending time with friends, swimming, and riding her handcycle bike. 💛🏈 uihc.pulse.ly/qamtzqx00j
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Meet our Week 4 Kid Captain Lily Lee – a 12-year-old from Fort Dodge, Iowa. 💛🏈 Get to know Lily and read more about her journey: uihc.pulse.ly/xeayo48vcp
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Kid Captain Beau Harvey of Cascade, Iowa, received a heart transplant at our hospital in November 2025 after years of treatment for complex congenital heart conditions. This weekend, the 15-year-old took the field at Kinnick Stadium as our Week 3 Kid Captain. 💛🖤
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What you see 💛 What we see 🖤
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LET’S GO, BEAU 💛🖤 Kid Captain Beau Harvey gets a warm welcome from Kinnick Stadium! 🫶
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Beau knows ball 🏈 Our Kid Captain Beau Harvey loves @cooperdejean & he can’t wait to hear the @HawkeyeFootball crowd today! 🫶
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24 hours until Kid Captain Beau Harvey takes the field at Kinnick Stadium! 💛 The 15-year-old from Cascade, Iowa, loves math, football, video games, and playing cards.
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Through surgeries, setbacks, a heart transplant, and more than four months in the hospital, Beau’s care team never stopped showing up for him and his family. “The care he received was absolutely amazing,” Beau’s mom says. “Everyone just worked so hard.” uihc.org/childrens/patient-s…
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Here for Iowans, no matter the season. ☀️🍂❄️🌷
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We have again been listed among the nation’s best children’s hospitals! Our hospital — the only nationally ranked children’s hospital in Iowa — has been ranked in seven specialties by @usnews. 🎉 Learn more: uihc.pulse.ly/dvr6x86u2d
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Born with a rare heart defect, Kid Captain Beau Harvey underwent three open-heart surgeries before receiving a heart transplant at our hospital in November 2025. Now 15, Beau is back home and loves math, football, video games, and playing cards. 💛🏈 uihc.pulse.ly/slxi7yowvy
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Meet our Week 3 Kid Captain Beau Harvey – a 15-year-old from Cascade, Iowa. 💛🏈 Get to know Beau and read more about his journey: uihc.pulse.ly/ipgo8kehno
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Kid Captain Charlie Price of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, underwent a bone marrow transplant at our hospital after being diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia at age 4. This weekend, the now 11-year-old took the field at Kinnick Stadium as our Week 2 Kid Captain. 💛🖤
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