ON OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS.
LAUREN:
FOR EXAMPLE, MANY OF THE
SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND EQUIPMENT
AT KAPIOLANI MEDICAL CENTER ARE
FUNDED BY CHILDREN'S MIRACLE
NETWORK.
ULTIMATELY, IT HELPS SAVE
LIVES...
FROM HILO.
DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH A
2-YEAR-OLD IN THE ROOM IS WHAT
YOU WOULD EXPECT...
NATS: "ME ME ME ME ME ME... YES
IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU BOO BOO,
KALLEY-MAE IS HAPPY AND HEALTHY.
BUT WHEN SHE WAS BORN...HER ND
PARENTS CHERILYN AND KEVIN YEE
DIDN'T THINK THEY'D SEE
THIS DAY.
CHERILYN YEE, HILO RESIDENT:
"DUE TO EMERGENCY C SECTION
BECAUSE MY WATER BAG WAS
LEAKING, AND SHE WAS BREECH."
THIS WAS ALL HAPPENING WHEN
CHERILYN WAS ONLY 23 WEEKS
ALONG...HALF A NORMAL PREGNANCY.
THE COUPLE HAD TO BE MEDIVAC
FROM HILO TO KAPIOLANI MEDICAL
CENTER.
CHERILYN YEE, HILO RESIDENT:
"AND IT JUST, YOU KNOW, FELT
LIKE EVERYTHING WAS GOING
WRONG."
AT 23 WEEKS AND 3
DAYS...KALLEY-MAE WAS BORN...IN
WHAT DOCTORS CALL THE BORDERLINE
DR. KANDIE GEORGE,
NEONATOLOGIST, KAPIOLANI MEDICAL
CENTER: "MEANING THAT IN SOME
HOSPITALS ACROSS THE NATION.
THEY WOULD NOT EVEN HAVE THE
ABILITITY TO RESUSCITATE HER. TO
BE ABLE TO SAVE HER LIFE."
KAPIOLANI'S NICU IS WHAT SAVED
KALLEY-MAE.
SHE WAS BORN ONE POUND 6.6
OUNCES.
KEVIN YEE, HILO RESIDENT: "WHEN
SHE WOULD PUT HER HAND OVER OUR
OR OUR FINGER IT DIDN'T EVEN
LIKE RUBBER WRAPPED AROUND
OUR PINKY FINGER JUST WENT OVER
THE TOP OF THE NAIL."
KALLEY-MAE SPENT SIX MONTHS IN
THE NICU.
DOCTOR KANDIE GEORGE SAYS THANKS
IN PART TO TOP OF THE LINE
EQUIPMENT... LIKE A
SPECIAL INCUBATOR... FUNDED BY
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK...
KALLEY-MAE SURVIVED.
DR. KANDIE GEORGE,
NEONATOLOGIST, KAPIOLANI MEDICAL
CENTER: "BECAUSE OF CHILDREN'S
MIRACLE NETWORK BEING ABLE TO
PROVIDE THESE EQUIPMENT THAT
LONG, SO THAT HER BODY AND ITS
FUNCTION, AND CATCH UP WITH WHAT
WAS NEEDED. THAT'S WHY SHE WAS
ABLE TO GO HOME."
THE YEE'S SAY THOSE SIX MONTHS
WERE THE TOUGHEST OF THEIR LIFE.
BUT THANKS TO THE CARE AND
SERVICES THAT KAPIOLANI
PROVIDED...
KALLEY-MAE IS THRIVING.
NATS: KALLEY-MAE DRIVING TOY CAR
OTHER PARENTS.
CHERILYN YEE, HILO RESIDENT:
"AS A MOTHER, YOU WANT TO DO
EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO
PROTECT THEM AND KNOWING AT THAT
CERTAIN POINT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO, BUT JUST
HAVE FAITH IN THEM AND STAY,
STAY POSITIVE."
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT
KAPIOLANI MEDICAL CENTER... WE
HAVE A LINK TO HOW YOU
ON CAM BRIG:
WOW! SO YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE
MONEY GOES TOWARDS SPECIAL
EQUIUIPMENT TO HELP
ON CAM LAUREN:
WELL IT GOES TOWARDS A LOT OF
THINGS FROM EQUIPMENT TO
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT YOUR
INSURANCE WONT COVER.
ONE EXAMPLE... IS THEIR CRITICAL
CARE TRANSPORT TEAM AND
ON A NEIGHBOR ISLAND... MATURELY
KAPIOLANI MEDICAL CENTER WILL
SEND A SPECIAL TEAM TO HELP PICK
UP THE BABY AND PARENTS AND
BRING THEM
SAFELY TO OAHU.
IN THIS PHOTO YOU CAN SEE THE
THAT HELPS KEEP BABIES
LIKE KALLEY-MAE ALIVE IF THEY
NEED TO BE FLOWN TO OAHU FOROR
CARE.
LAST YEAR THEY TRANSPORTED OVER
600 CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN.
BRIG:
HAPPY WEDNESDAY EVERYONE... WE
ARE HALFWAY TO THE WEEKEND, AND
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TODAY.
LAUREN:
YEAH, AFTER THE RAIN YESTERDAY,
IT WAS ALMOST PERFECT BEACH