Ashley and Thomas were expecting a healthy baby when they went to the hospital for the delivery in June 2017. Two hours after his arrival, Luca was having difficulty breathing. He was quickly transported to CHOP, where he was diagnosed with the fatal condition alveolar capillary dysplasia and placed on the lung transplant list. Luca received a bilateral lung transplant at just five months old – he is the youngest lung transplant patient treated at CHOP.

Kyle was hit by a drunk driver in June 2015 while skateboarding to a friend’s birthday party. He suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, multiple bone fractures, and doctors feared for his survival. His mother was a single parent, taking care of five boys at the time of the accident, and was forced to stop working.

Miles and his brother, George, were born at just 31 weeks gestation. George was healthy at birth, but Miles had multiple complications related to his premature birth and Skeletal Dysplasia, including chronic respiratory failure. Miles needed a tracheostomy and feeding tube for support.

Hayden was diagnosed with retinoblastoma when she was four years old after having symptoms of eye drift and eye pain. She had her right eye removed immediately after diagnosis and began chemotherapy shortly thereafter. Before Hayden's illness, both of her parents were very stably employed.