CMN Ambassador Stories

At 14 months old, Izabella is one of the youngest patients in the U.S. to receive a heart-lung transplant.

View photos from this year’s event!…

Photo by Stacey Steinberg Grayson Irwin was a happy, content baby who loved to laugh and rarely cried. It wasn’t until he turned 11 months that he started exhibiting viral symptoms similar to those of chicken pox. But after four doctor visits in three weeks – and progressively worsening…

Nate Ferrell with Scott Rivkees, M.D., chairman of pediatrics. His body might not always have the energy it needs, but 6-year-old Nathan Ferrell’s fun-loving personality stands in stark contrast to his disease as he faces his…

White Cloud is partnering with Children’s Miracle Network to create its new facial tissue box designs to showcase children’s artwork while giving back to children’s hospitals across the U.S. Five-year-old patient Nathan Ferrell of UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital at the University of Florida has been selected as…

November is National Adoption Awareness Month and Prematurity Awareness Month. We asked Adam and Jennifer Bess, parents of a premature adopted baby, to share their touching story. Find out how they struggled to adopt and fatefully found their daughter, Hannah Rose.   Our adoption journey started…

Every five minutes, Jen Mason would pace back and forth from the hospital room to the hallway, breaking down and then gathering herself again. She didn’t know anything about cancer. The nurses had to pull out a Velcro dummy to demonstrate how a port would save her…

As a young YMCA volunteer, Christopher Jolley, M.D., learned early on in life that he wanted to work with children. Once he started high school, it didn’t take long for him to realize his love for science and particularly, the digestive system. Jolley attended medical school at the University…

Meet Nathan, one of the Children’s Miracle Network Ambassadors! Read Nathan’s Story…

When Ocala teen Caitlyn Dunning first started having stomach issues, her first thought was “I’m doing too much.” At 13 years old, Caitlyn was full of life – a dedicated friend, family member, student and cheerleader. But after about a month of persistent pain, Caitlyn’s mom, Christi, decided to take her to…