Langston eighth grader, Jenna Lannuier, was awarded the Kids Wish Network Hero of the Month Award at GHS Children’s Hospital. She was nominated by Mitzi Privette, Child Life Specialist II of GHS Children’s Hopsital, because of her courage and positive attitude in the midst of difficult circumstances. Jenna suffers from severe scoliosis and syringomyelia (a [...]
OREGONIA — A 19-year-old high school student who is conquering debilitating illnesses had a dream fulfilled this month when she was taken to Washington, D.C., to meet a celebrity and given a tour of the city. On March 10, Caitlin Smith and her parents, Susan and Bernie, drove to the capital to meet Ty Pennington, [...]
BELDING, Mich. – Thanks to the Kids Wish Network and other sponsors, a 15-year-old Belding resident was able to meet his favorite members of World Wrestling Entertainment. Dylan Odland suffers from cystic fibrosis, which is a disease where the body produces a thick mucus that affects the lungs and digestive system by obstructing the pancreas [...]
Early in her first semester as a college student at Anne Arundel Community College, Stephanie Musselman, a 2010 graduate of Broadneck High School, thought she had a serious cold. The teen was wracked by a deep, hacking cough, her heart pounded and climbing the stairs to her classes winded her. Stephanie is majoring in criminal [...]
One year ago, Cassie Fraize had about as much of an idea of what she wanted to do with the rest of her life as most 16-year-olds. She would turn 17 in February, but she was not set on college. Her world included her two pigs, hunting with her dad, spending time with her three [...]
POWNAL — Physical ailments will likely keep Kyle Dupuis from fulfilling his dream of joining the military, but they didn’t stop him from donning a flight suit and becoming “Pilot for a Day” at an Air Force base in Arizona. Kyle, a 14-year-old freshman at Mount Anthony Union High School, has a rare condition called [...]
Naomi Smith, a four-year-old Glendale resident with leukemia, was granted a wish to visit three Florida theme parks by the Kids Wish Network, a national children’s charity. Naomi was two when she experienced cold-like symptoms that wouldn’t go away. Her pediatrician discovered that Naomi suffered from acute lymphocyctic leukemia, a cancer of the white blood [...]
Chloe Bonario was recently selected by her therapists as the Heinz Rehab Kids Wish Network Hero of the Month. Now ten years old, Chloe has been receiving therapy services for cerebral palsy since she was very young. Born eight weeks early, Chloe had difficulty walking and was unable to transfer off of the floor. She has had Botox injections, surgery on both [...]
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