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. [...]