Former Y94 personality, Rat, who was involved with the Cares For Kids Radiothon for many years, calls into to speak to the event's importance to the community. 

The Heartbeat Song Program During an unthinkable time for a parent, when they find out that their child is dying, Sanford Children’s Hospital provides a service where they record the heartbeat of a child and put it into a lullaby for the parents to keep. A lasting memory of a child lost. This is an example of one such lullaby.

Kelsey visits with The Y94 Morning Playhouse about her son Ayce 

Tara sits down with the Y94 Playhouse's Zero and Amy Kaye to visit about Ellie's experience with Sanford Children's Hospital

Ella's journey from Valley City to Sanford Children's in Fargo ultimately brought her hometown community together in an amazing way

SHORTLY AFTER THE FOURTH OF JULY, 8 YEAR OLD ALEXA HOFFMAN FROM GRAND FORKS COULDN’T MOVE HER HANDS, OR FEET. MANY TESTS WERE DONE AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SHE NEEDED SPECIALIZED PEDIATRIC CARE SO WAS AMBULANCED TO SANFORD CHILDREN’S AND DIAGNOSED WITH GUILLAIN-BARRE (PROUNCED GEE-YAH-BUH-RAY). ALEXA’S MOM SHARES HER STORY.

WENDY AND ANDREW WERE GIVEN LESS THAN 1% CHANCE TO CONCEIVE. IN 2021 WENDY WAS AIRLIFTED TO SANFORD HEALTH WHERE SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 43 DAYS AS SHE PREPARED FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THEIR SON TRIGVY. TRIGVY WAS BORN ABOUT 10 WEEKS EARLY AND WAS ADMITTED INTO THE NEONTAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WHERE HE WOULD GROW FOR 82 DAYS. HERE IS THE STORY OF THE MIRACLE BABY TRIGVY.

ERIC WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE AND LIFE-THREATENING DISEASE CALLED WEGNERERS DISEASE. HE RECEIVES TREATMENT FOR RENAL FAILURE AT SANFORD CHILDREN’S HOSPTIAL. ERIC IS THE 2023 ND CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS CHAMPION- ERIC ALONG WITH HIS DAD, ISAAC, SHARE HIS STORY.

JAXON AND HIS PARENTS JIM AND HEATHER SHARE HIS STORY OF BEING DIAGNOSED WITH T-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA AND RECEVING TREATMENT AT SANFORD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AND THE ROGER MARIS CANCER CENTER.

The Sanford Children's Hospital NICU team performs countless miracles in the story of Layke 

The inspirational story of Madilyn on the Cares For Kids Radiothon

Reina's father tells her story on the Cares For Kids Radiothon

Listen to the powerful story of Kaylee as told by her mother

As told by his mother

TINA FROM WYNDMERE HAD A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE WITH HER 2-YEAR-OLD SON, LANDON. IN JULY 2020, LANDON SWALLOWED A BUTTON BATTERY AND WAS RUSHED TO SANFORD CHILDREN’S AS THE BATTERY WAS BURNING HIS ESOPHAGUS. LANDON SPENT FIVE DAYS AT SANFORD CHILDREN’S TO RECOVER FROM THIS TRAUMATIC EVENT.

AT AMANDA’S FIRST ULTRASOUND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT PAXLEY WAS MEASURING SMALL FOR HER GESTATION. SPECIALISTS WERE ABLE TO DETECT THAT THE REASON WHY PAXLEY WAS SO SMALL WAS THAT THERE WAS A BLOCKAGE OF THE BLOOD AND NUTRIENT FLOW FROM THE UMBILICAL CORD TO THE PLACENTA. AS PREGNANCY PROGRESSED, AMANDA DEVELOPED PRECLAMPSIA, AND DELIVERED PAXLEY 27 WEEKS GESTATION DURING AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION TO SAVE BOTH HERSELF AND PAXLEY. PAXLEY SPENT THE FIRST 10 ½ WEEKS OF HER LIFE IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT SANFORD CHILDREN’S. 

Several families discuss how important their "Memory Boxes", paid for by Cares For Kids, are to them - to the music of Lady Gaga, "Till It Happens To You". 

WHAT STARTED OUT AS A RED BUMP ON THE HEAD TURNED INTO A DIAGNOSIS OF EWINGS SARCOMA, A CANCEROUS TUMOR ON THE SCALP OF HER HEAD. 7-YEAR-OLD KYNLEE, FROM LANGDON, WENT THROUGH SURGERY TO REMOVE THE TUMOR, 28 ROUNDS OF CHEMO, 28 DAYS OF RADIATION AND NUMEROUS NIGHTS AT SANFORD CHILDREN’S, SHE IS NOW CANCER FREE!            

LUKE FROM FESSENDEN, ND FELL ILL LAST SPRING AND NEEDED THE SPECIALIST AT SANFORD CHILDREN’S. HE SPENT 41 DAYS AT SANFORD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF A RUPTURED APPENDIX AND BENEFITTED FROM MANY OF THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FUNDED THROUGH EVENTS LIKE CARES FOR KIDS.