Name: Joe Age: 17 State: CT Joseph, an outgoing 17-year-old who loves Corvettes, is battling a life-threatening illness called biliary atresia, which is a liver disease that will result in an eventual liver transplant. Joseph also has severe asthma, epilepsy, hypoplastic left lung syndrome and intracranial cysts. For his wish, Joseph decided that he wanted [...]
FELICITY, Ohio – Like many 13-year-old boys, Bradly likes sports: especially baseball. But unlike most 13-year-old boys, Bradly can’t play the sport. Rather, he watches games on TV and plays baseball games on his XBOX 360. Bradly was born with a life-threatening condition known as Tuberous Sclerosis. This condition causes tumors to grow in various [...]
Name: Bradly Age: 13 State: OH Bradly is a bright, 13-year-old boy who was born with a condition known as Tuberous Sclerosis. This life-threatening illness causes tumors to grow in various parts of the body, and for Bradly, the tumors have developed in his heart. He spends a lot of his time at the hospital [...]
Name: Kady Age: 15 State: OH Kady is an outgoing teen who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. This is a cancer of the white blood cells and has caused Kady to require constant medical attention. A port was installed for her treatments that later became infected and had to be replaced, leaving a large [...]
Name: Mikaela Age: 15 State: IL Mikaela has a metabolic disorder known as cystinosis. Cystinosis is characterized by an abnormal accumulation of amino acid cystine in various organs of the body including the kidneys, muscles, eyes, pancreas and brain. Many children with cystinosis experience kidney failure. Mikaela’s own kidneys are not functioning properly and she [...]
Name: Melissa Age: 18 State: IL In March of 2007, after undergoing a routine physical for softball practice, it was discovered that Melissa had stage IV kidney disease. Since her diagnosis, Melissa has been monitored extremely carefully by her doctors. They are currently preparing to put her on a transplant list. The night before her [...]
Name: Meghan Age: 18 State: NC In August of 2007, Meghan was diagnosed with Edwin’s sarcoma, which is a tumor that grows in the bone and soft tissues. Soon after her diagnosis, Meghan began undergoing extremely aggressive chemotherapy treatments. Meghan has been in and out of the hospital frequently and must be monitored carefully by [...]
Name: Shakeria Age: 18 State: MD Shakeria has sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell is a disease in which the red blood cells created in the bone marrow produce an abnormal form of hemoglobin that has a difficult time passing through the body’s blood vessels to reach the body’s tissues. Tissue that doesn’t receive normal blood [...]
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