A Second Chance – Celebrating Reid, Our 2021 Local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Champion!

Each year, local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals choose an ambassador to serve as the face for children treated at their local children’s hospital, while advocating for the charitable need of children’s hospitals across North America. Last year, we introduced you to Reid, our local 2020 champion, and we are ecstatic to announce that Reid will continue being a voice for kids as our 2021 champion!

As our Champion, Reid will share his story while representing The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio at various events with donors and throughout the community. If you see him out and about, wave hello!

At a routine follow-up appointment just after Reid’s second birthday, his urologist found a softball-sized tumor growing on his right kidney. After transferring to The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, doctors created a game plan for Reid’s treatment. Nine months after Reid’s cancer diagnosis, his family received great news: The surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy had worked – Reid, who had warmly become known as “The Little Fighter,” was cancer-free.

Thanks to generous supporters like you, Reid is cancer-free today, 11 years after his initial diagnosis.

Joining Reid this year are our Patient Ambassador Club (PAC) members, who know first-hand what it means to be given a second chance at being a kid. The PAC was created to give patients who received or are currently receiving life-saving care, a platform to help others by being an advocate, volunteer, and a fundraiser. We will be introducing our PAC members in the upcoming weeks, but in the meantime, follow our Facebook and Twitter pages for important updates!

To help kids like Reid and our patient ambassadors, please visit ChildrensHospitalSAFoundation.org.