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'Dateline' to air story on Binghams

June 4, 2013 3:16 pm

“Dateline NBC" will air an episode Wednesday night titled “Against All Odds," featuring the family of Jason and Stacy Bingham from North Powder, whose five children may all require heart transplants. The documentary follows Lindsey Bingham, 9, and her siblings, as she waits for a heart transplant. The episode was produced by Bend....MORE

Grandpa Dale Bingham gives 9-year-old Lindsey a big hug at her welcoming party in North Powder. Lindsey's grand adventure, as she called it in her journal, isn't over, but she may be one step closer to a “normal e

Finally home, with a heart

Friday night's long-awaited homecoming for Lindsey Bingham, 9, was a whirlwind community event. Now the family — no strangers to medical difficulties — tries to return to normalcy, at least until the next test.

June 2, 2013 4:00 am

Grandpa Dale Bingham gives 9-year-old Lindsey a big hug at her welcoming party in North Powder. Lindsey's grand adventure, as she called it in her journal, isn't over, but she may be one step closer to a “normal" life.....MORE

Entering the world with a new heart, Lindsey Bingham shows off a wall of visitor stickers from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in a snapshot from the family's apartment at the Ronald McDonald House. Jason and Stacy Bingham saved their stickers for every day they spent in the hospital, from waiting for a donor through her heart transplant. e

Entering the world with a new heart

March 2, 2013 4:00 am

After 264 days of hospitalization, 9-year-old heart transplant recipient Lindsey Bingham finally received the green light....MORE

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Lindsey Bingham continues recovering from heart transplant

February 23, 2013 4:00 am

Lindsey Bingham, the Eastern Oregon girl who just more than one week ago received a heart transplant, continued her recovery this week in the cardiovascular intensive care unit of a California hospital. At the same time, her eldest sister, 13-year-old Sierra, began a treatment to deal with antibody rejection of her donor heart. Both girls have been diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, or DCM, an....MORE

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Girl breathing on her own after surgery

February 16, 2013 4:00 am

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Lindsey Bingham began breathing on her own Friday morning, roughly 24 hours after surgeons successfully completed an operation to give her a new heart. The 9-year-old Eastern Oregon girl was taken off the ventilator and has....MORE

Transplant a success, From left, Dr. Olaf Reinhartz, physician assistant Hanson Quan and Dr. Katsuhide Maeda work Thursday on 9-year-old Lindsey Bingham's heart transplant. Lindsey was recovering “right on schedule e

Transplant a success

• Medical team worked through the night to give Lindsey Bingham, 9, a new heart

February 15, 2013 4:00 am

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Lindsey Bingham, spunky in her hospital mask and French braids, grooved her way to the operating room....MORE

At long last, a heart, Lindsey Bingham, 9, holds her mother's hand as she waits to hear news about her heart transplant Wednesday evening at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. e

At long last, a heart

• 9-year-old Lindsey Bingham has been waiting 8 months on a donor list in California

February 14, 2013 4:00 am

PALO ALTO, Calif. —After nearly eight months of waiting on an organ donation list for a heart, 9-year-old Lindsey Bingham....MORE

Lindsey heart transplant complete; 9-year-old in recovery

February 14, 2013 10:56 am

The long wait for 9-year-old Haines resident Lindsey Bingham is over: Surgeons at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., successfully completed a heart transplant this morning. As of 9:30 a. m., Lindsey remained on a....MORE

Lindsey Bingham, 8, hangs out with one of her favorite nurses — whom the Bingham family identified as Heather — at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., where Lindsey is awaiting a heart transplant. e

Still waiting for a heart

* After 6 months on the transplant list, 'we're getting close'

December 23, 2012 4:00 am

Lindsey Bingham is pushing the limits of her situation, causing Lucile Packard Children's Hospital to revise policies. At least for her. Lindsey, 8, is awaiting a heart transplant at the hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. She has dilated cardiomyopathy, which means her heart is enlarged and cannot properly do its job. A device called a Berlin Heart pumps her blood for her. But that doesn't keep her....MORE

Setback for a girl awaiting a new heart, Lindsey Bingham, right, visits with Eri Maeda, 7, the daughter of Dr. Katsuhide Maeda, who will perform Lindsey's heart transplant, at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. Though Lindsey is now in the intensive care unit, her family and doctors hope to return her to a regular room within a few days.
Bingham family update

Setback for a girl awaiting a new heart

• 8-year-old Lindsey, of Baker City, is back in intensive care in California

September 9, 2012 4:00 am

After 42 days of living the relatively “normal" life of a pediatric heart patient in a Palo Alto, Calif., hospital, 8-year-....MORE

E. Oregon girl waiting for new heart is improving, Stacy Bingham shows a fundraising bracelet with the name of her daughter Lindsey.

E. Oregon girl waiting for new heart is improving

July 31, 2012 4:00 am

Lindsey Bingham, the 8-year-old Eastern Oregon girl awaiting a heart transplant, has been moved from the cardiovascular intensive ....MORE

Community journalism: reporting our stories

July 15, 2012 4:00 am

Each day, copies of six community newspapers owned by Western Communications, the parent company of The Bulletin, are delivered to the Bend company headquarters. And with each one, the strength, vitality and importance of these journals to the citizens they serve is made overwhelmingly apparent. Any doubt about that should be erased reading page A1 of The Bulletin today. But, let me back up. I read....MORE

Life on the transplant list, Megan Bingham, 10, sits with her sister, Lindsey Bingham, 8, while telling her jokes in an effort to make her smile, Monday at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. Lindsey Bingham is being treated for cardiomyopathy, which has also likely been inherited by her siblings.

Life on the transplant list

Lindsey Bingham, 8, connected to artificial pump, needs donor heart; could be 2nd of 5 for family

July 15, 2012 4:00 am

Palo Alto, Calif. —Stacy and Jason Bingham have been here before. Six years ago, it was their oldest daughter, Sierra, now....MORE

Community rallies behind Bingham family, Eldest Bingham sibling Sierra who has already received a heart transplant embraces Hunter who tests show has possible precursors to dilated cardiomyopathy.

Community rallies behind Bingham family

July 15, 2012 4:00 am

BAKER CITY — One moment Sierra Bingham, 12, has her little brother in a headlock — he hit her first, so it's....MORE

Waiting for a heart,

Waiting for a heart

A photo slideshow

July 15, 2012 4:00 am

Lindsey Bingham, 8, has been waiting for a donor heart at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto Calif. since June 20.....MORE

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Tuesday, June 11

June 11, 2013 11:26 pm

We have all been getting back into the groove around here. Megan is in Halfway for the Pine Eagle Basketball camp. She was pretty... MORE

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