sanford children's hospital

Sara is an amazing little girl. From being abandoned in a field in her native Nepal, to being adopted by great people from Valley Springs, SD, to her diagnosis of cancer. Sara will charm even the hardest person with her smile.

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After going into remission, Ty’s cancer came back, and he is currently undergoing treatments for the second time.

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Naysa Sechser of Hartford, SD was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, a cancer not normally found in teens. But this member of Crash's Crew uses her faith to get her through.

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“The boy who lived.” That is how Hagrid described Harry Potter, and that’s how little Ian Rinken of Sioux Falls described himself at the age of 4 when he went into remission.

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The birth of a child is a joyous occasion. But for the parents and grandparents of little Sophia Riis-Christensen of Sioux Falls, a shadow appeared over their joy very quickly with the realization that their sweet baby had been born with a very rare cancer.

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When you hear your child has cancer, your world stops. That is exactly how Dan & Liz Peters felt when they learned their two-year-old son, Charlie had Leukemia.

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Amanda is a true inspiration to everyone she meets, and is a charter member of Crash's Crew.

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Cancer, can my child really have cancer? That’s the question that still runs through the mind of Jenna Mohlenhoff when she looks at her nine-year-old daughter, Ona.

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After being born with Down Syndrome, Brad & Teresa Matthies of Sioux Falls couldn’t imagine that Mariah’s greatest adversity would be something else: cancer. Mariah is another charter member of Crash's Crew.

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Baby Wesson earned his angel wings last fall, and his parents now fight for a cure in Wesson’s memory and in the hope that no other parent feels the pain of losing their child to such a horrible disease.

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