There are more than 170 Children's Miracle Network Hospitals throughout the United States and Canada that all share the same mission — to treat the whole child and provide care regardless of the family's ability to pay. Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, like Gundersen Lutheran, care for all children with any medical problem.
About us...
Locally, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals aims to:
- Provide support to families with children who have a variety of healthcare needs
- Fund medical equipment & programs to benefit children
- Broaden awareness about the specialty care available for children at Gundersen Lutheran
- 100% of donated funds are directed to children no matter the illness or where they receive their healthcare.
- Serve families living in the Tri-state Region
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Upcoming events...
May is for Miracles Month:
World's Finest Chocolate; Kohl's Cares for Kids Plush; Pediatrics Annual Ca$h Calendar Raffle; Walmart, MC Sports & Carmike Cinemas Miracle Balloon Campaign
May 1-31: Chicos, White House Black Market, Boston Proper and Soma Intimates
May 11-12: Deerwood Estates Garage Sale
May 19: ACE Hardware Bag Sale
May 26: Cornhole Tournament at Features
Read more about these events and others...
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Kids stories...
 MaKiah Pierce of Cresco, Iowa, will be 5 years old soon. Her mother describes her as very strong willed and determined. She’s had to be. MaKiah was born preterm at just over 29 weeks after a very complicated pregnancy.
The difficult birth left MaKiah with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), a brain deficiency that “for us meant a lot of unanswered questions,” remembers MaKiah’s mother Rebecca. Typically, babies with PVL have no outward signs of the disorder. “The doctors told us it could mean nothing or she could be developmentally delayed. We’d just have to wait and see as she grows.”
At about 9 months old, her parents worried when MaKiah was not sitting up, scooting around or doing most of the things she should be doing. They were referred to pediatric specialists at Gundersen Lutheran. “Our daughter was diagnosed with a form of cerebral palsy in which the muscles in her legs and arms are very tight making it more difficult for her to do most things,” say Rebecca and her husband, Chuck.
But the doctors were encouraging telling the Pierces that the diagnosis didn’t mean MaKiah couldn’t have a good life. Her parents went to work to get MaKiah the intensive speech, physical and occupational therapy she would need. Read the rest of MaKiah's story...
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