Chattanooga, Tenn. – The Erlanger Health System introduced 19 Miracle Children during the annual tree lighting event yesterday in the Baroness Campus Medical Mall.
The Children’s Hospital Foundation officially kicked off the holiday season at Erlanger with the tree lighting and introduction of the children. The event also included music from a local bluegrass band, Cannon Creek, arts and crafts, visits with Santa and Erlanger departments participating in a parade of presents to support the Child Life program.
The Miracle Children will represent Children’s Hospital at Erlanger throughout the coming year as part of the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals. The Miracle Children are:
| Destiny | Kilgore | 16 | Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Dunlap | TN |
| Haylee | Miller | 4 | Chromosome B deletion, failure to thrive | Chattanooga | TN |
| Violet | Thornburgh | 15 mo | Kawasaki‘s Disease | Ooltewah | TN |
| Conner | Pullen | Cyanosis | Trenton | GA | |
| Ian | Hughes | 2 | Down Syndrome, short gut syndrome | Ooltewah | TN |
| Nery | Coronel | Apert’s syndrome | Chattanooga | TN | |
| Christy | Le | 17 | T cell lymphoblastic lymphoma | Dayton | TN |
| Bella | Reid | 15 MO | Germ Cell Tumor | Tunnel Hill | GA |
| Shealeigh | Brewer | 12 | Ewing‘s Sarcoma | Riceville | TN |
| Alainey | Charles | 4 | Wilms Tumor | Chattanooga | TN |
| Charlie | Buffat | 18 mo | Prematurity at 26 weeks gestation | Chickamauga | GA |
| Mia | Geer | 1 | Prematurity at 25 weeks gestation – in hospital 168 days | Chattanooga | TN |
| Taylor | Mitchell | 2 | Prematurity at 24 weeks gestation | Chattanooga | TN |
| Josiah | Lopez | 2 years 4mo | Prematurity at 25 weeks gestation – in hospital 98 days | Ooltewah | TN |
| Arianna | Lopez | 19 mo | Prematurity at 23 weeks gestation – in hospital 149 days | Ooltewah | TN |
| Daniel | Cordell | Genetic disorder, trach | LaFayette | GA | |
| Zach | Barton | 14 | Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction, Sever Anemia | LaFayette | GA |
| Joel | Westbrook | 7 | Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Chiari Malformation, VP shunt | Rossville | GA |
| PJ | Fox | 3 | Sickle cell, eosinophilic esophagits, asthma, food allergies | Chattanooga | TN |
