The Cause | Children's Miracle Network Hospitals

Children's Miracle Network Hospitals is a non-profit organization that raises funds for more than 170 children's hospitals. We are the only national children's charity committed to having 100% of the funds raised stay local to support local kids.

Children's Miracle Network Hospitals....

Treat over 17 million patients each year.
Treat 98% of all children needing heart or lung transplants.
Treat 88% of all children with cancer.
Treat 76% of all children with cystic fibrosis
Treat 90% of all children with sickle cell anemia.
Treat 72% of all children with pediatric AIDS.
Train 60% of all pediatricians and 80% of all pediatric specialists.
Educate families and communities about issues like child safety seats, bike helmets and bicycle safety.
Provide $2.5 billion in charity (uncompensated) care each year.

Parmina

Cancer

Parmina’s grandmother, Pauline, is actually grateful for the H1N1 flu virus. Without it she would not have taken her granddaughter to the hospital, where a chest X-ray revealed something shocking—Parmina had cancer.

She was diagnosed with a mediastinal embryonal germ cell tumor attached to her thymus, a small organ that sits just above the heart and is part of the body's immune system. Rarely found in children, this type of cancer occurs most often in older men.

Doctors began chemotherapy immediately, followed by surgery to remove the tumor. The treatments were successful, but Parmina’s challenges didn’t end there. Side effects of her lifesaving treatment include some permanent hearing loss, lung damage, cognitive difficulties and potential kidney problems.

Despite life’s challenges, Parmina is an irrepressible optimist. Now 11, she takes good care of her two younger sisters with special needs, and she loves to perform magic, especially for kids in the hospital.