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We highlight the Weems family - a Miracle Family who have had two kids at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital with Bentley being born at 24 weeks and Lydia born at 22 weeks. 

The Weems Family told us that " At Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Lydia and Bentley's care was beyond exceptional. The neonatologists were always very active in her care and, very informative. I can't say enough good things about them. They have specific services that are really amazing. Child life made my other children feel incredibly involved, in her stay there."

You can help support families like the Weems by donating to Radiothon. Visit  https://corewellhealth.org/foundation/west/helen-devos-childrens-hospital/radiothon today.

We highlight the Watson Family as one of our 2024 Radiothon Miracle Families. Elsie Hughes, Nylaina Watson's mom, found out that Nylaina was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease.

The family says that "Whenever she's sick, I drive to Grand Rapids. I go straight to her hospital because I know she'sgoing to be well taken care of. They always bring coloring books. They have a tablet to, youknow, distract her when they have to get IV in, or do shots or something. They bring toys allthe time for her, but she always wants to take them home, and I'm like, no, they have to stay here for the other kids, too. Donations are very helpful for that process of making breakthroughs for sickle cell to make it easier for sickle cell patients to live day-to-day."

Would you consider donating? Visit https://corewellhealth.org/foundation/west/helen-devos-childrens-hospital/radiothon

We highlight the Alford Family - one of the Miracle Families for the 2024 Radiothon. 9-year old Thor was diagnosed with Thor was diagnosed with AML or acute myeloid leukemia in October of 2022. 

The Alford family told us that "the people there and the services there were beyond my expectations. You know, we benefited from so many services, Thor went through 5 rounds of chemotherapy. We had
about a week break in between, so we had to wait for his blood counts to come back to an ok
number so we could go home for a week. During that time, Thor was pretty active and we
needed a lot of services. So, we had educational services, we had taken advantage of P.O.R.T.
which is a really great service, so that people like us can get gas cards, can get gift cards to
things like Starbucks, can go to the hospital cafeteria for some food. We benefited from child
life. I think Thor could tell you about a billion things that child life did with him and that was
really awesome."

Would you consider donating today? Visit https://corewellhealth.org/foundation/west/helen-devos-childrens-hospital/radiothon 

One of our 2024 Miracle Families - the Meier Family found out their daughter Annika was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma brain tumor in June of 2021. Hear their incredible story of support from Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. 

One of the things that she loves, and this is way before her diagnosis, she just loved to help
people. We told her that we were coming for Radiothon and it just got a huge smile on her
face because she knows that mom and dad's voice, they're going to help raise money for
other kids that are fighting what she potentially has or other types of cancer or other
ailments, and that's what we're trying to do.

Donate today at: https://corewellhealth.org/foundation/west/helen-devos-childrens-hospital/radiothon

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