Racing for a Miracle
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Meet the Stars of the Race
Our honorary crew members have created artwork that is incorporated into this year's 2023 paint scheme which was unveiled on June 29th for the No. 20 CRAFTSMAN® Ace Hardware / Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® Toyota® Camry.
Chase
When he was 2, Chase Ewoldt was diagnosed at Lurie Children’s with Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor, a rare, aggressive brain tumor. To explain cancer to their young son, Chase’s parents used terms from his favorite sport, baseball. They described his cancer is a baseball growing in his head and told...
Brielle
Brielle was born with a serious intestinal illness in babies known as necrotizing enterocolitis. As a baby, she endured two surgeries at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Surgeons removed part of her intestine, leaving her with short bowel syndrome, a condition that can make it difficult...
Grace
As a baby, Gracie was diagnosed at Lurie Children’s with an extremely rare disorder known as an auditory brainstem pathway dysfunction, which could potentially affect her hearing and speech development. Gracie began working with speech and audiology therapists on identifying sounds to help with her hearing loss. “Lurie Children’s stepped...
Aggie
Aggie is a lifelong patient of Lurie Children’s, having had her first spina bifida surgery at just one day old. Today, she visits the Spina Bifida Clinic every few months for a day full of testing and appointments while attending regular therapy sessions. Now Aggie is fully mobile with a...
Benjamin
At age seven Benjamin’s parents took him to the doctor for what they thought was an ear infection, but additional tests revealed he had T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. His cancer treatment began with nine months of intense chemotherapy via IV and weekly clinics to monitor his cell count. In September...
Charlie C.
In October 2014, 3-year-old Charlie experienced a stroke and was rushed to Lurie Children’s for extensive testing. He was diagnosed with the rare, progressive cerebrovascular condition moyamoya disease, and underwent successful surgeries on both sides of his brain to restore blood flow to the affected areas. Charlie was doing well...
Jacob
After a typical pregnancy, Jacob’s parents Tonya and Jamie were shocked to notice their newborn son Jacob’s labored breathing. When an X-ray revealed his heart was enlarged, Jacob was rushed to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, where a team of medical experts was waiting to care...
Miles
When Miles was a baby, doctors at Lurie Children’s told his parents that their son would need a kidney and liver transplant to treat a rare condition known as primary hyperoxaluria type 1. After many months of dialysis, Miles received a liver transplant. A year later, a lucky call for...
Charlie P.
On July 20th, 2018 Danika and Jamie received a call from Charlie's grandfather, 24 hours into a Greece vacation. He said we needed to take the fastest flight home as Charlie was taken to the hospital and it's extremely serious. Once home, Charlie and his family received the news that...
Lily
Lily was diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly after she was born in 2012 at her local children’s hospital. Lily’s mom remembers sitting in the NICU with her while also worrying. Much of her mom’s worry stemmed from not understanding what Down syndrome meant for her or her daughter, but out...