UCSF staff puts on prom for pediatric patients
Lauryn Gaines' smile and laughter is contagious. The 17-year-old is preparing for her first prom, but behind the laughter is pain. Gaines has sickle cell anemia. She spends a week at a time, twice a month at UCSF Children's Hospital in Oakland. But the staff is throwing the pediatric patients a prom to ease the pain and for a sense of normalcy. KTVU's Paul Chambers reports.
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