Meet Dede! She is an extraordinary 13-year-old who happens to have Down Syndrome. She is always determined to show the world how far she’ll go. Dede was born with a heart defect and had open heart surgery shortly after birth. Despite her medical struggles and setbacks, she continues to [...]

Meet Abigail! She's fun, loving, and energetic. Most days you can find her bouncing on the couches, playing outside and playing games on her tablet. She enjoys making crafts, drawing, playing pretend, singing loud to her favorite songs, and being social. To know Abby is to love her. She [...]

Meet Cole & Bella! Cole is 16-years-old and has a autoimmune disease. He has been on chemo based medications since he was 10 to control it and goes to the hospital every 4 weeks for treatments. He is a junior in High School and duel enrolled in college. He [...]

Meet Tyler! He's our final family for the year! Back in August Tyler underwent an open brain surgery to remove his seizure focus parts on his brain which involved removing the frontal, temporal and parietal lobe on the right side of his brain. He’s such a strong boy and [...]

Meet Isabella! She is a 12-year-old 7th grader. While in kindergarten at the young age of five, Isabella was in critical condition at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Suffering from fulminant myocarditis, which caused her to go into cardiogenic shock, she was placed on ECMO as a last ditch effort [...]

Meet Adalynn! Meet Adalynn who is 10-years-old! She is known for her contagious smile and spreads joy everywhere she goes! She was diagnosed with quadriplegic, spastic, cerebral palsy around 10-months-old. She enjoys cheerleading with her CL Spirit, Cheerabilities team. She also LOVES the bus, going to school and shopping. [...]

Meet Silas! He's 3-years-old and has always been a very happy and positive individual. He maintained his attitude even when he was sick everyday and didn’t have much energy. He continued to be himself after his Leukemia diagnosis (April 10th 2021), and through all the poking and surgeries with [...]

Meet Mihail! He goes by Mike and has had a rough few years. He's autistic and was bullied so badly in school that he ended up in the hospital. On top of that, he lost his beloved grandparents and not long after his dad in a horrible car accident. [...]

Meet Evan! He is 5 years old, and has a mutation of his GRIN1 gene. Unfortunately, this gene affects the receptors in his brain that are responsible for memory and learning, and the mutation has caused a lot of health issues and 24-hour care. He has multiple seizures every day [...]

Meet Courage! She's 7-years-old and so full of love and hope that it's contagious. She has 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Courage likes to paint, dance and sing. She can't wait to get to school just to see who else she can help and what she can learn. When [...]

Meet Juliana! At the beginning of April, while on vacation, Juliana started having some pain in her left arm. After a couple of trips to the hospital, her parents received the worst call of their entire lives. Juliana was diagnosed with B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Juliana’s strength and [...]

Meet Jackson! He's 13-years-old and was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia at one week old. From six months to 10 years old, he had to get blood transfusions once every two to three weeks. That caused him to have iron overload which brought on more issues. Jackson underwent a [...]

Meet Ajene! She's 15-years-old and sustained a spinal cord injury from a gun shot wound a few months ago. She leans on her two brothers and sister for support since this tragedy and is grateful for their bond. Life has changed so drastically and she misses dancing and doing [...]

Meet Sarah! She is everybody's best friend and a walking, talking bundle of love, joy and energy. She loves superheroes, Star Wars, and LOVES princesses. She never stops trying to make everyone smile. When she was 2 and diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, we thought that was tough... Then she developed [...]

Meet Tiffany! She was born with multiple complex congenital heart defects. Only half of her heart was functioning and the great vessels were in the wrong places so her blood flow did not allow oxygen to get to her organs. Her team of cardiac superheroes performed three open heart surgeries over [...]

Meet Tessa! She's a friendly, outgoing and energetic 10 year-old girl who happens to have Down syndrome. In addition to Down syndrome, Tessa also lives with autism and apraxia, which means more effort is required for her to communicate. Tessa spends her weekdays attending school in a blend of classes with other [...]

Meet Marcel! He's five-years-old and was diagnosed last year with stage 4 neuroblastoma. He had surgery to remove a tumor off of his spinal cord and a few months later went back into surgery through the stomach to try to get the rest of the cancer. Marcel has had [...]

Meet Erin! She's a very happy 10-year-old girl who was born with a rare form of ectodermal dysplasia, called Ankyloblepharon Ectodermal Dysplasia Clefting Syndrome. She was born with severe skin erosions covering 70 percent of her body. Because of this diagnosis it has caused many other medical complications including: [...]

Meet Emarion! He started his cancer journey in June 2022. His foot pain started in 2020 and doctors kept saying it’s due to growth in his feet but in January 2022 it began to form a knot under the skin. Doctors did X-rays and still saw nothing. The cyst became [...]

Meet Nathanael! His medical journey started at 6-months-old when his parents started noticing a deformity in his right leg. His doctor sent him for X-Ray’s and found out he had psudoarthrosis. This is very rare and can be a symptom of the genetic condition Neurofibromatosis type 1. After meeting [...]

Meet Gabe! He's five years old and was diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy. His journey has included many of ups and downs, his progress has been anything but a straight line including many setbacks along the way. He has been through the ringer with many interventions ranging from [...]

Meet Ja'mai! He's 11-years-old and has Sickle Cell. This is a blood disease that causes red blood cells to clot together which causes severe pain. Despite everything he's been through, he's that happiest kid. His smile will brighten any room and his is the best big brother to Jamari. [...]

Meet Timothy! Meet Timmy! He's a kind hearted, intelligent, funny 3-year-old who loves his siblings and parents. He loves playing with his action figures, going to physical/occupational therapy, and watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. His favorite color is blue and he loves a good happy meal. In March, he went [...]

Meet Nyla! She's our first Jay's Junior of 2022. She was born with Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy and with hydrocephalus. At four-years-old, Nyla underwent surgery and had to learn how to sit, stand and walk again. She's now five and is running around and keeping her mom on her [...]

Meet Ellie! She is six-years-old and has been medically complex since birth. She has congenital myopathy and muscular dystrophy. Ellie is the most patient little girl and everything she does in life is an inspiration! We're making her Christmas extra special with the help our our partners Kroger, Masco, [...]