Miracle Flights

My daughter is 16 years old and has Arterio Venous Malformation (AVM) and we have to fly from Nevada to Arkansas for sergery once or twice a year. I am very greatful for mircle flights for kids. If it wernt for them I am not sure how we would make these trips. Out of pocket and spending money alone is almost inpossible. I Thank them from the bottom of my heart for all there help.

My daughter is now 6 yrs old and was born with a Venous Malformation on her face. It is not a well understood or easily treatable condition. We were blessed to find a world expert in this condition and treatment for her.He has offered a cure for my daughter where as others have not been able. The set back is that he is out of state for us. So in addition to being out of network we need to travel to get her what she needs. Without Miracle Flights for Kids, we would not be able to afford to get her to the treatments when she needs them. She needs to go about every 2 months. The flights we have received have save us money that we can use for hotel. The staff at Miracle Flights are always so kind and professional. They understand the stress that comes with planning multiple trips for medical care, they take the stress of the travel plans away from me, so I can focus on helping my daughter and being there for her. I am forever grateful to this organization for what they do. As a parent you want to be able to provide for your children, especially medical care. Miracle Flights has enabled us to be able to this for our precious daughter. I don't know what we would do without them!!

Although our 14 year old daughter with special needs has had many health challenges in her life, we had never had to leave El Paso, Texas for services. When her local doctors recently determined that she would need extensive surgery with the Shriners in Dallas that was more specialized, we needed to find help fast to get her to her appointment in Dallas. Although we found out only a few days before her appointment, Miracle Flights for Kids was able to help us get flights to and from our initial medical appointment with no problem. We are appreciative and almost overwhelmed by how blessed we were with this organization. They went out of their way to help us, were so nice and understanding, and offered their help for our future appointments and upcoming surgery. God bless Miracle Flights for Kids and all those involved in this wonderful organization!

Miracle Flights was such a blessing to our family. My 2 1/2 yr old son has had health problems for over 2 years now. Medical resources are very limited where we live and the medical doctors here have not yet been able to diagnose my son. We have drained most of our financial resources for medical appointments, blood tests, medications, supplements, therapies, as well as airfare. We have been referred out several times to specialists that are thousands of miles away. This last time we did not have the funds and decided that if we couldn't get financial help then we just wouldn't be able to go (we had already previously asked for help from family members and felt we could not ask again). It was such a Miracle that we found Miracle Flights and they were able to assist us. The process was so quick. Every thing was approved with in 2 weeks. The staff was so friendly and made us feel really special. We are so grateful to those who founded Miracle Flights and all those who have donated their time, money, and miles! What a great organization.

Miracle Flights for Kids was a miracle for my family. If they had not been able to help us through all the wonderful donations we would not have been able to travel twice to Cincinnati Childrens Hospital from Orlando, Florida. I love whoever started this organization and all those who help out. I hope to some day be able to give back what they have given my family and more. Thank you very, very much. C Lovette Family.

Miracle Flights has been the angel in the sky getting us to my daughters specialist in Illinois. Without them I dont think that she would be doing as well as she is today. She was confined to a wheelchair just 2 and a half years ago, I am a single mom with little to no help from her father and barely make it paycheck to paycheck on top of having 2 other children besides Kaylie. They have flown us 3 times to Illinois getting us to the appointments and doctors that we need to see. Due to her illness she has to go in for a spinal tap every time we see them. They have always been helpful and do what they can to assist you in all aspects of getting to where you need to go at an affordable price. It costs me $100 for them to fly us to Illinois when 2 plane tickets would cost far more than that when we make more than one trip there a year. Honestly I dont know what I would do if they were not there to help us get where we need to go. I thank God that there is a program out there to assist all of us who have a child that needs to get somewhere else for proper treatment. They are a godsend and alot easier to get ahold of than other agencies I have tried to get help from. Thank you for all you do and all you will continue to do for families of children who need to see other doctors.

I have a 15 year old son who has a rare autoimmune condition called Dermatomyositis - a form of Muscular Dystrophy. He developed this when he was 8. Thanks to a wonderful doctor in Chicago, Dr. Lauren Pachman at Children's Memorial Hospital, my son is receiving fabulous treatment and there is hope that he may one day go into full remission. I could not have gotten him to this doctor the required 3-4 times a year without Miracle Flights help. We are financially close-hauled and thanks to this WONDERFUL organization, my son can get the treatment he needs. I am extremely appreciative of their help with our flights - they are "partners" in helping my son get well. Condie Ward Westport, CT

My son (2 years 6 months) was born with multiple Lymphangioma’s (vascular tumors); which are located behind his left eye, the tip and side of his nose, and side of his face. He was misdiagnosed from birth until 18 months of age. We have seen many doctors and specialists and until August 2009 they were not able to confirm what the lesions were. The Lymphangioma that is wrapped around Brogan’s optic nerve has caused him to lose most of his vision in his left eye. Because of this, he has had glasses since he was five weeks old. If not treated, the lesions will grow as Brogan grows and cause more health issues. By a miracle we located a group of Endovascular surgeons in New York that have been treating Brogan with Sclero Therapy treatments since August 2009. The doctors still do not have a time frame or a number of procedures left before the Lymphangioma’s are diminished. Brogan is reacting very well to the treatments and they plan to continue with them until he is not. We will be making our fifth trip to New York City on June 17, 2010 for another treatment (five trips in ten months). We are extremely excited for Brogan and will do whatever it takes to get him the help that he needs. Miracle Flights for Kids has helped us tremendously in the past. We would not have been able to help Brogan without this support and feel very blessed!

Miracle Flights for Kids gave my grandson a chance for a more normal childhood. He has an incurable respiratory disease, thanks to Miracle Flights, we were able to take him to Denver to see a specialist. The treatments improved his quality of life. Now at 9 years old he is enjoying soccer, karate, and plays the saxophone in the school band.

Our experiance with Miracle Flights was great! It makes it so much easier being a sick mother with a sick child, with financial hardships with this support available. Everyone was very nice and helpful!

Your organization is a gift from God. It’s so expensive when you have a child with medical problems, especially when the care needed is across the country. We have been blessed with several flights with you. We hope to be able to repay your kindness one day. God bless you all.

Thank you all so much for your assistance, it means more than you can know to a family that is already stressed about their child's medical care. Our son was able to get the best care available because of your kind generosity!! Unfortunately, we will soon have to return to Johns Hopkins for open-heart surgery so you will hear from us again. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Miracle Flights is truly a blessing to our family. Our two children have a growth disorder and there is only one specialist in the US that can properly treat them. Without Miracle Flights we would not be able to provide this very necessary treatment for our children.

A great organization, worthy of support. I have conducted hundreds of interviews on behalf of Miracle Flights for Kids, with people who have received flights for their sick children. The overwhelming response was always positive and very grateful. Many of the stories are heart-wrenching as they involve life-and-death scenarios for the children, who are still alive because of a flight they received. Many of the families who receive flights have children with special needs – most often requiring great medical expenses. Their courage and endurance in meeting these expenses was always sobering. To know that they had someone to turn to when their situation became overwhelming was a great source of comfort and gratitude. This is an organization that makes a real difference in many, many lives.

Miracle Flights for Kids has provided 61,000 free flights for sick children and adults across America. Our work has been lauded by parents on websites, in magazines and on TV shows. Ninety-nine percent of the people we help get to lifesaving treatments literally cry with gratitude for our kindness to them. You can read their comments on our website www.miracleflights.org. Miracle flights for Kids requests a photo for our files but does not require one to receive a free flight.

This charity requires you send a photo of yourself before they will donate a flight. I have gone through several other charities for free flights to treatment and have never been asked for a photo. To ask is one thing but these people REQUIRE it before they will consider giving you a flight for cancer treatment. Having cancer is horrible. Telling friends and family that you have cancer is difficult. Letting current or future jobs know of your diagnosis is also difficult...cancer becomes a part of your identity. If you need assistance to pay for services you are required to share all your very personal medical information, call many numbers, talk about your cancer and divulge extremely personal information just to get some assistance. I understand why this is and that its necessary but to take it a step further and also require I send you a photo of myself, thats one step too far. What could be the purpose? Everyone knows you cannot get on a flight without a picture ID. All my medical information includes my full name and social security number. I know what they want my photo for....PROMOTION! Well to that I say "NO" I am not going to be exploited because I have cancer. You do not get a picture of a sick young woman who needs chemo/radiation and surgeries. It makes me sad that a charity that is suppose to be doing something good insists they the right to require so much from the one in need. They feel its their right to know every personal detail about your battle with cancer and then put a photo of you in their file to complete their intrusion. I would rather not get my treatment than to let an organization violate my privacy any more than it already has!