>> It's time for bed.
Oh, you want to read a story?
This is a good one.
>> Yeah.
>> The Miracles We Hope to See.
It's with all our friends from the Penn State Children's Hospital.
Let's see what our marital friends are up to.
[music] Oh, look!
There is Sam and his mom.
He's getting so big.
>> Sam was born at 27 weeks gestation and spent 73 days in the neonatal intensive care
unit.
He calls himself an early riser because he couldn't wait to get out and see the world.
Sam has a VP shunt that relieves the pressure in his brain and that ties into the miracle
he'd like to see.
Right Sam?
>> That's right.
I have a shunt on the inside of my head and that makes for complicated procedures.
My wish is that the shunt would be on the outside of my head and I would like to make
it colorful so it will be child friendly and the child wouldn't be as scared for medical
reasons and procedures.
And also, I think it would be easier for surgeries and spending time with your friends and family
because I sure know that I would love to be spending time with my mom, dad, family and
friends than going to the hospital.
>> That's a great wish from Sam.
Maybe the miracle he hopes to see will come true someday.
Let's see who else we meet.
>> Megan.
>> Oh, there's Megan and her son, Ryder!
>> When Ryder was three months old, he spontaneously went into cardiac arrest.
This has left Ryder with the inability to walk and to talk and he must use a feeding
tube to eat.
We try to make Ryder's life filled with joy and quality daily.
The miracle that we would really love to see would be the ability to use sibling stem cells
to make regenerative brain cells for a child like Ryder who has had an anoxic brain injury.
Sibling stem cells are the second best stem cells to use then Ryder's himself.
>> Doctors can improve the lives of so many babies.
Let's meet another miracle family.
>> Mommy?
>> What?
>> Who's on this?
>> Let's see.
>> Hi, I'm Jenae [phonetic] and this is my miracle child, Kennedy.
When Kennedy was younger she was diagnosed with a really rare brain abnormality, a Chiari
malformation Type I, and as her mom, my heart was broken not only for how her life I knew
would change, but because she was so isolated.
It's really difficult when a child lives with any chronic illness or disability, but it's
extremely difficult when they are so rare.
So a miracle I would love to see in my lifetime or hers is a social media platform exclusively
for children specifically designed to connect kids with different disabilities and chronic
illnesses around the country and around the world.
They can share tips about what to eat, before and after surgery, or certain procedures,
how to handle certain surgeries and certain procedures in all kinds of recovery tips and
tools as well as just connect on a social level.
Something that a lot of kids who live with disabilities don't get a chance to do.
Kennedy?
What miracles would you like to see?
>> I would like to see a hair care treatment for girls who get surgery.
You know, girls my age or any age, want to feel beautiful.
And sometimes it's a little bit hard to feel beautiful when most of your hair is shaved
off.
But, once all the hair isn't shaved off, I would like for them to make hair that was
fake but looks real, had the same color and texture to go on to place on the head-- on
the head where the hair was shaved off.
>> That's pretty cool.
>> Thanks.
[ Inaudible ]
>> Kennedy was a brave little girl just like you.
>> Yeah.
>> Let's turn the page and see who else we meet.
[ Music ]
>> Zoe was born with a condition known as Alagille syndrome which affects her heart,
liver, kidneys, and her eyes.
When Zoe was little, I was very difficult getting her blood work done.
It took several people holding her down which was traumatizing to her and to me.
>> I wish we could use a one-time implant that we could scan my blood.
That way we wouldn't have to use needles.
That would be sweet.
>> That would be sweet, Zoe, just like you.
>> The end.
You know, you're pretty sweet too.
Yeah.
You know, you had to take 12 medicines when you are treating your lung infection, huh?
>> Uh-huh.
>> Yeah.
I bet you wish you had a magic potion instead of taking all of those medications.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Yeah.
What else do you think you would wish for?
[ Music ]
>> Flying,
>> Flying?
All right.
Well, let's get into bed, okay?
>> Okay.
>> Climb into bed.
[ Music ]
All right.
Okay.
I love you.
>> I love you, Mommy.
>> Good night.
[ Music ]
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