Translation Name: Favaughn Age: 13 State: GA Favaughn was born with a life-threatening and debilitating illness called sickle cell disease. This is a blood disorder that causes Favaughn to experience excruciating pain. Because changes in temperature affect Favaughn’s body and cause pain flair-ups, he is unable to participate in many activities that he enjoys, like [...]
Translation Name: Brandon Age: 8 State: KY Before he was even born, Brandon’s doctors told his mother that he would have a condition called bladder exstrophy, in which part of his bladder was actually on the outside of his body. Immediately after his birth, he was taken into an 8-hour surgery to put his bladder [...]
Translation WALLINGFORD, Conn. – National charity Kids Wish Network grants the wish of a 17-year-old Wallingford boy who is battling a life-threatening illness. When Joseph’s mother, Stacey, began looking for a wish granting organization to grant a wish to her son, she came across the website for Kids Wish Network and referred Joseph to the [...]
Translation The Holiday of Hope at White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles was a huge success! We had a ton of awesome sponsors and celebrities that came together, donated their time and really went above and beyond to make the event a special day for the children at the facility. Along with some serious [...]
Translation I just got off the phone with Madeline and heard the Holiday of Hope party that happened last night at White Memorial Medical Center in L.A. was a magnificent success! She didn’t have time to tell me too much, seeing as how she and the rest of the Kids Wish crew were just about [...]
Translation Name: Phil Age: 16 State: KY Earlier this year, Phil was diagnosed with having Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells. So far, Phil has endured two months of rigorous chemotherapy treatments along with a surgery to implant a port. Right now, Phil is undergoing radiation treatments which, although helping him, are [...]
Translation This year, the CSX Santa Train will embark on its 68th trek through the Appalachian Mountains to bring holiday cheer by way of an actual CSX train loaded with toys and gifts to the impoverished families who live in isolated areas all the way from Shelby, Kentucky to Kingsport, Tennessee. The Santa Train really [...]
Translation Name: Jacob Age: 5 State: TX As an infant, Jacob was always getting infections and never really felt good; just two years ago, he was diagnosed with having chronic lung disease, in which damaged lung tissue causes breathing and other health problems. Jacob also suffers from brain damage – called static encephalopathy – and [...]
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