BETWEEN MOTHER AND SON.
MIRACLE MOM MOMA COMFORTS HER
SON FOLLOWING A RECENT HEART
PROCEDURE.
KYLE IS NOW HOME AND RECOVERING.
JERE: THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL
ABOUT.
IT DOES NOT GET ANY MORE REAL
THAN THAT.
YOUR GIFT STAYS LOCAL TO HELP
FAMILIES RIGHT HERE IN THE
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY.
OVER THE YEARS, YOU HAVE HELPED
TO PURCHASE HEART MONITORS,
EQUIPMENT FOR LIFELINE AND THE
LIST GOES ON.
LORI: BY MAKING A GIFT, YOU ARE
MAKING THE HOSPITAL THE BEST IT
CAN BE FOR CHILDREN NOW AND THE
FUTURE.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT
NEED A MIRACLE.
JERE: I’M SURE ALMOST ALL OF US
KNOW A CHILD WHO HAS NEEDED PENN
STATE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OR ONE
OF THE MANY CLINICS.
YOU CAN GIVE IN HONOR OF THAT
CHILD YOU KNOW.
GO TO WGAL.COM.
YOU CAN MAKE A MIRACLE HAPPEN.
JUST GO ONLINE.
LORI: WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT
KIDS CANNOT WAIT FOR THE
PANDEMIC TO BE OVER.
THEY NEED CARE FOR ALL SORTS OF
REASONS.
KADANT FROM HERSHEY VISITS THE
HOSPITAL EVERY WEEK.
WE TAGGED ALONG DURING ONE OF
HIS SPEECH THERAPY APPOINTMENTS.
>> CAN WE HIDE OUR TONGUE WHEN
WE SAY D?
HOW DID YOU SOUND?
TWO THUMBS UP.
I AGREE.
>> NATHAN WORKS SO WONDERFUL
WITH HIS PERSONALITY.
MAYBE SHE IS LIKE THAT WITH ALL
OF THE KIDS.
WHAT I SEE WITH MY CHILD IS THEY
REALLY CLICKED.
SHE KNOWS HOW TO WORK WITH HIS
GOOFY PERSONALITY.
>> WHAT ELSE DID YOU DO?
>> KAYDEN HAS A NUMBER OF
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS.
MOST OBVIOUS IS APRAXIA.
>> WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD?
>> HIS BRAIN KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS
TO SAY.
THE MUSCLES ARE NOT COORDINATING
AND LISTENING TO THE BRAIN TO
MAKE THE SOUNDS.
♪
>> I WILL PUT THE TAPE ON AND
THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
>> HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO TRY
NEW THINGS.
I AM LIKE, IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
HOW DO WE MAKE THOSE?
GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE MY
KIDDOS DURING THE INTERIM AND
MAKE SURE THEY CONTINUE TO SEE
THE CARE THEY NEED.
WHEN I SAID WE WERE FINALLY
COMING BACK AND GOING TO GET HER
IN PERSON, HE WAS SO EXCITED.
HE ACTUALLY WAS RUNNING DOWN THE
HALLWAY LEAVING ME.
HE COULD NOT WAIT TO GET BACK TO
WORK.
>> CAN WE SIT DOWN AND PRACTICE?
PERFECT.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE.
MOM SITTING RIGHT BESIDE US.
HIM BEING ABLE TO SIT ACROSS
FROM ME.
YOU GOT IT.
SMILING WITH EACH OTHER HAS BEEN
WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING SO HARD.
♪
>> I’M STILL SMILING.
JERE: WE ARE STILL SMILING TOO.
MILES IS FROM MEL WOLF.
HE HAS A RARE AUTOIMMUNE
DISORDER.
LORI: HE IS ONE OF MORE THAN
100,000 KIDS WHO ARE TREATED AT
PENN STATE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
EVERY YEAR.
PLEASE HELP FUND THE RESOURCES
THAT SAVE THESE KIDS’ LIVES.
IF YOU HAVE GIVEN ALREADY, WE
WANT TO THANK YOU.
WE’LL HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES
LEFT BEFORE WE ANNOUNCE THE BIG
TOTAL.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE, WGAL.COM.
MAKE A DONATION.
IF YOU GIVE MONTHLY, THAT IS AN
EASY WAY TO HAVE A LONG-TERM
IMPACT.
HERSHEY COMPANY IS STILL
MATCHING YOUR GIFTS.
JERE: YOU HELPED TO FUND
PROGRAMS LIKE MUSIC THERAPY AND
ART THERAPY, WHICH HELPED TO
BRING COMFORT AND HEARING TO
PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
YOU ALSO HELP TO FUND CHILD
LIFE, WHICH HELPS KIDS ADJUST
THE HOSPITAL LIFE THROUGH
MEDICAL PLAY.
WHEN COVID-19 HIT, THIS SERVICE
DID NOT STOP.
>> THE CHILD LIFE PROGRAM AS
PART OF OUR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
TEAM AND WE WORKED WITH
PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AND THEIR
FAMILIES TO NORMALIZE THE
HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT.
WE ALSO HELP FAMILIES AND
CHILDREN TO WORRY LESS ABOUT
BEING AT THE HOSPITAL AND TO
LESSEN DURING ZAIDI.
-- THEIR ANXIETY.
THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE
THE SAME LEVEL OF CARE AND
EXPORT AS WE WOULD ANY OTHER
DAY.
WE HAVE MODIFIED TO ENSURE WE
ARE PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE
SAME TYPES OF ACTIVITIES TO
PATIENTS THAT WOULD HELP TO
NORMALIZE THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
ONE THING WE HAVE BEEN USING IS
TECHNOLOGY.
WE HAVE BEEN USING TECHNOLOGY TO
RUN BINGO THROW CLOSED CIRCUIT
TELEVISION CHANNEL.
KIDS CAN TURN ON THE TV IN THEIR
ROOM AND PLAY BINGO WITH THE
REST OF THE KIDS.
THEY CALL IN.
THEY CAN WIN A PRIZE.
THEY ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN BINGO
JUST AS THEY WOULD IF THEY WERE
IN GROUP.
WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS
VIRTUALLY.
WE HAVE A RESTRICTION ON
VISITORS.
WE ARE HELPINGKIDS STAY
CONNECTED AT HOME AND WITH
SIBLINGS USING FACE TIME ON OUR
IPADS.
WE ARE FACILITATING
CONVERSATIONS AMONGST SIBLINGS
WHO CANNOT VISIT AT THE
HOSPITAL.
WE HAVE A CART GOING AROUND TO
PATIENTS AND FAMILIES.
WHO WANT TO ENSURE THE PARENTS
STILL HAVE BREAKFAST AND ARE
TAKING CARE OF FOR MEALS DURING
THE REST OF THE DAY.
OUR BOTTLED MCDONALD TEAM IS NOT
ABLE TO BE AT THE HOSPITAL.
WE ARE HELPING TO FILL THAT GAP
AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER
DURING THIS TIME.
WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT BUILDING
STAFF MORALE.
SIDEWALK CHALKING THE SIDEWALKS
OUT FRONT OF CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE WHERE OUR
STAFF ARE COMING IN EVERY DAY
AND GETTING THE MORALE BOOST
COMING AND GOING FROM WORK
BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING SUCH
GREAT CARE OF PATIENTS AND
FAMILIES.
WE HAVE BEEN PRACTICING YOGA
WITH OUR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES.
WOULD HAVE A CHILD YOGA AND
MINDFULNESS INSTRUCTOR ON OUR
CHILD LIFE TEAM.
SHE HAS BEEN OFFERING SIMPLE
SUGGESTIONS TO FAMILIES.
DEEP BREATHING EXERCISES AND
OPPOSES THAT HELP KIDS FEEL CALM
IN A SENSE OF A ANXIOUS STATE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE YOGA AND MINDFULNESS,
YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND
WATCH OUR VIDEO.
♪
>> MY MOM KNEW ABOUT YOU BEFORE
I WAS EVEN BORN.
WHEN I WAS IN HER BELLY, SHE WAS
REALLY SICK.
SO SICK SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.
FROM HER BED, SHE WATCHED THE
TELETHON WHERE PEOPLE LIKE YOU
GAVE MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE
ME.
PEOPLE PURCHASED AN INCUBATOR.
JUST LIKE THE ONE I NEEDED WHEN
I WAS BORN AT 25 WEEKS.
I NEEDED NEW BLOOD, EYE SURGERY
AND OTHER HELP.
THE DOCTORS AND NURSES TOOK
GREAT CARE OF ME.
I STILL NEED HELP SOMETIMES,
WHAT I CAN DO OTHER THINGS THAT
KIDS CAN DO.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE GIFT
OF GROWING UP.
♪
JERE: HERE IS ADDISON -- LORI:
HERE IS ADDISON A FEW WEEKS AGO
VISITING HER RHEUMATOLOGIST.
SHE DOES HAVE SOME FLUIDS.
SHE WILL NEED TO CONTINUE
PHYSICAL THERAPY.
MAY EVEN HAVE TO HAVE THAT
DRAINED.
WE’LL HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH HER.
JERE: KIDS LIKE HER CONTINUE TO
NEED OUR SUPPORT.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR
YOUR DONATION.
YOU GET THIS T-SHIRT DRAWN BY
OWEN, JUST NINE YEARS OLD.
HE DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS.
$35 A MONTH GETS YOU THIS.
OR $420 FOR A ONE TIME
DONATIONS.
HE SPENT 109 DAYS IN THE
HOSPITAL.
10 SURGERIES.
LORI: HE WANTS TO SEE HIS
T-SHIRTS OUT THERE.
IN ADDITION TO THE HERSHEY
COMPANY’S FINALE, WE WANT TO
GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO SOME
OTHER COMPANIES THAT PROVIDED
THE MATCHES THIS WEEK.
THE GIANT COMPANY, GEICO, TURKEY
HILL, SHELLENBERGER JENNER Z AND
WOLF, THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUT.
JERE: A THANK YOU TO HIGHMARK
FOR PROVIDING A $40,000 ONLINE
MIRACLE MATCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I AM DAN, EXECUTIVE VICE
PRESIDENT OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
FOR HIGHMARK HEALTH.
HIGHMARK IS CONTAINED -- IS
COMMITTED TO THE WELLNESS OF OUR
REGION.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE SUPPORTING
THE CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK
TELEPHONE TO BENEFIT PENN STATE
CHILDREN’S MIRACLE -- PENN STATE
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.
WE KNOW KIDS CANNOT WAIT FOR
THINGS TO BE BACK TO NORMAL.
CHILDREN CONTINUE TO NEED THE
HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW.
SO PLEASE, GET IF YOU CAN AT
WGAL.COM.
THANK YOU.
>> WHEN I GREW UP, I WANT TO BE
ABLE TO TALK.
EVEN THOUGH I WAS BORN WITHOUT A
TONGUE.
>> WHEN I GREW UP, I WENT TO
WALK ON MY OWN.
WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO LEARN
TO PAINT.
WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO DRIVE
A CAR.
WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO
PHOTOGRAPH THE WORLD.
♪
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE GIFT
OF GROWING UP.
♪
>> I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYTHING
WRONG WITH ME UNTIL THE DAY WHEN
EVERYTHING HAPPENED AT ONCE.
I WAS 29 WEEKS PREGNANT.
I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AT
HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER.
A 16-YEAR-OLD JUST DID NOT SEE
THE LIGHT.
HE HIT ME IN THE DRIVER-SIDE
DOOR.
MY FIRST AND FOREMOST WAS, IS
SHE GOING TO BE OK?
WHEN I MOVE MY NECK, I KNEW
SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT.
I WANT TO MOVE MY EXTREMITIES, I
COULD NOT FEEL MY LEFT LEG.
ONCE WE GOT TO THE TRAUMA BAY, I
TOLD THEM MY HUSBAND WORKS HERE.
>> THE PHONE CALL CAME FROM THE
ER CHAPLAIN.
THE CHAPLAIN AUTOMATICALLY MAKES
YOU THINK, SHE IS GOING TODAY.
I DROPPED EVERYTHING AND RAN AS
QUICKLY AS I COULD TO THE ER.
>> THEY KEPT ME STABLE UNTIL
THEY LOST HER HEARTBEAT.
WEDNESDAY LOST HER HEARTBEAT,
THAT WAS IT.
THEY RUSHED ME TO THE OR.
THE DOCTOR SAYS WE HAVE TO POINT
YOU UNDER.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE
YOUR NETWORK -- YOUR NECK.
THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE I WOULD
NOT MAKE IT OUT.
SHE MAY.
I SAID DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
SAVE MY DAUGHTER.
I DID NOT THINK TWICE.
>> IT WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH.
>> I SAID IF ANYTHING HAPPENS,
THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW
THEM.
WHEN THEY WOKE ME UP AFTER SEVEN
AND A HALF HOURS OF SURGERY,
THEY SAID CONGRATULATIONS, YOU
ARE A MOM.
IT WAS A REALLY GOOD FEELING.
BUT I KNEW THAT THERE WAS A LONG
ROAD AHEAD FOR BOTH OF US.
THEY TOLD US IT DID NOT LOOK
GOOD.
>> SHE WAS SO YOUNG AND
UNDERDEVELOPED, THERE WAS A LOT
SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO
A VIABLE STAGE.
>> BESIDES HER LUNGS NOT BEING
DEVELOPED, SHE HAD A HEART
ISSUE.
SHE ALSO HAD A GREAT TWO BRAIN
BLEED.
SHE WENT THROUGH AGI TYPE OF
INFECTION.
I WANTED TO BE RIGHT BY HER
SIDE.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO BECAUSE I WAS
NOT STABLE ENOUGH TO DO THAT.
IT WAS A WEEK BEFORE I MET LILY.
I WAS ON ONE FOR FIGHTING AND
SHE WAS IN THE NICU FIGHTING.
♪
TODAY, LILLY 12 AND THREE
QUARTERS IF YOU ASK HER.
SHE IS STILL MY LITTLE GIRL.
>> I LOVE TO DANCE AND SING.
I DO THAT A LOT.
IT IS SUPER FUN FOR ME.
I DO IT EVERYDAY.
WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE A
SINGER OR CHEF BECAUSE IF I WERE
A SINGER, I WOULD BE ABLE TO
SHARE MY VOICE WITH THE WORLD.
IF I WERE A CHEF, I COULD MAKE
PEOPLE HAPPY WITH THE FOOD I
MAKE.
>> SHE IS AN ECLECTIC,
FUN-LOVING HAPPY KID.
>> I CANNOT ASK FOR A BETTER
DAUGHTER.
I REALLY CANNOT.
DUE TO THE BRAIN BLEED, HER FINE
MOTOR SKILLS ARE JUST A LITTLE
OFF.
SHE FEELS DISCOURAGED BECAUSE
OTHER KIDS CAN RUN FASTER OR
THEY CAN DO THIS BETTER.
SHE DOES NOT LET IT FAZE HER.
>> YOU CAN BE YOUR BOUNDARIES.
YOU CAN BEAT THOSE PROBLEMS THAT
HAPPENED.
THE PAST CANNOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR FUTURE DOES.
JUST BECAUSE A CHALLENGE SEEMS
HARD, DOES NOT MEAN WHEN YOU
FACE IT, IT WILL BE HARD.
♪
THE PEOPLE FROM CHILDREN’S
MIRACLE NETWORK HAVE MEANT TO ME
A BIG DEAL BECAUSE THEY KEPT ME
HERE.
THEY KEPT MY MOM HERE.
THEY PROBABLY HAVE SEEN MY DAD A
LOT IN EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.
IT IS AWESOME THEY HELP ALL
THESE DIFFERENT KIDS WITH
DIFFERENT PROBLEMS.
>> IF YOU GO INTO THE NICU AT
HERSHEY, TAKE A LOOK AROUND.
ALMOST EVERY PIECE OF MACHINERY,
BED, HAS A LITTLE PLAQUE ON IT.
IT SAYS DONATED BY THE
CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK.
>> WITHOUT THE DONATIONS AND
SPONSORS, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE
THAT.
I DO NOT KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE
HER.
>>>> MY MESSAGE TO PEOPLE WHO
SUPPORT THE CHILDREN’S MIRACLE
NETWORK, I CAN NEVER THANK YOU
ENOUGH.
>> DO NOT STOP DATING.
IT HELPS SO MANY KIDS.
YOU ARE -- STOP DONATING.
IT HELPS SO MANY KIDS.
A DOLLAR CAN DO SO MUCH.
>> WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM LILY
IS, NEVER GIVE UP.
I THINK SHE HAS A VERY, VERY
AWESOME FUTURE AHEAD OF HER.
SHE CAN DO ANYTHING.
JERE: I AM EXCITED FOR THIS.
LORI: THIS IS WHERE WE CHECK OUT
OUR FINAL TOTAL.
JERE: THIS IS WHERE WE GET TO
SEE ALL THE AMAZING DONATIONS
YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN.
HERE WE GO.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE FINAL
TOTAL OF THIS YEAR’S TELETHON.
[KIDS CHEER]
JERE AND LORI: WOW.
JERE: THE GENEROSITY IS AMAZING
EVERY YEAR.
LORI: I TELL YOU WHAT.
YOU, THE VIEWER STEPS UP EVERY
TIME.
THEY SEE A NEED AND KNOW WHERE
THE MONEY GOES.
IT IS IMPORTANT.
THE MONEY STAYS RIGHT HERE IN
THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY.
THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
KNOW THIS.
EVERY PENNY YOU GIVE STAYS RIGHT
HERE AND HELPS MAKE MORE
MIRACLES HAPPEN.
JERE: WE MISSED HAVING ALL THE
MIRACLE KIDS RIGHT HERE WITH US.
THAT IS THE WAY IT HAS TO GO
THIS YEAR.
THANKS FOR BEING PART OF THIS.
THEY STILL BROUGHT ALL THEIR BIG
SMILES TO THIS.
LORI: WE HOPE TO SEE THEM NEXT
YEAR.
CLAY WILL BE SO MUCH MORE
GROWN-UP.
JERE: WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE
NEXT YEAR AND THE KIDS WILL
HOPEFULLY BE WITH US.
THAT WILL BE THANKS TO YOU.
BUT DONATIONS YOU MAKE HELP THE
CARE THEY GET.
LORI: 36 YEARS MAKING MIRACLES
HAPPEN.
WE COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU
GUYS.
JERE: AND THE 36TH YEAR WAS
QUITE UNUSUAL.
LORI: IT WAS.
JERE: THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO
WAS PART OF THIS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY.
IT IS AMAZING.
WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
LORI: ALL RIGHT.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
♪
>> THANK YOU.
♪
>> THANK YOU.
