Ranken Jordan

For kids in the hospital, back-to-school season may look a little different. At Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital in Maryland Heights, pediatric patients staying for weeks or months learn from special teachers and programs.

Growing up in Great Britain, Susan Walker heard bits and pieces about her great-aunt Mary Ranken Jordan, who had immigrated to the U.S. from Northern…

The opening bars of Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know” echo through a bustling therapy gym as 13-year-old Courtney Turner practices her physical therapy…