Bone Marrow Transplant Could Save Girl's Life | Little Miracles S2 E9

In this episode of Little Miracles, Derrien could get a chance at regaining her vision - and Cassandra's bone marrow transplant marks a crucial turning point for her journey towards recovery . Little Miracles chronicles the ongoing stories of the "little miracles" performed at "Sick Kids"-hospital in Toronto. It follows the miracles of kindness, and caring, scientific discovery performed by the doctors at Sick Kids Hospital. Episodes include a young girl who has been deaf since birth who undergoes a cochlear operation to restore her hearing. A 5-year-old boy rushed to emergency for a heart operation; a boy and his aunt facing intensive surgery in order for her to donate part of her liver to her nephew; a teenager who goes through with cancer surgery; and many other real-life inspirational stories of hope, courage and amazing miracles.
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[@brennahodge3471]

I honestly thought her hair was real at first and thought that she was one of the lucky ones that didnt lose their hair to chemo but then they suddenly took it off to reveal that it was a wig and my heart sank 💔 im so glad that she made it through and that shes doing well

[@tanyasmith7123]

You can definitely tell it's a wig when looking at it you can tell it's artificial hair. It's to big and alot thicker then normal hair. It looks like horse hair .

[@hibabibi8335]

Same

[@jpf77302]

Everybody is different but, in my experience, hair loss during chemo is one of the least important things that happens. I hated wearing a wig and much preferred going natural. My four year old granddaughter has alopecia totalis and she rocks her baldness. I’ve bought a couple of wigs for her and she likes to play dress up with them but like me, she doesn’t enjoy wearing them for a long period of time because they are hot and itchy. She has amazing self-confidence and we treat it as just a normal part of her life and her looks. Of course, I worry about other children being less accepting when she goes back to school, but there are children’s alopecia organizations like Bald Girls Do Lunch that provide excellent resources as well as a song/video called “Alopecia Girls” which is bald-positive that she and her little sister like to watch and sing. Reducing the stigma around being bald and fostering greater acceptance in our communities will benefit all children with medical hair loss from alopecia, chemo, etc. and help them feel like regular kids rather than being seen as a patient, or worse, a “victim” of their situation.

[@TeeNicole10]

GOD BLESS HER BEAUTIFUL SOUL❤🙏

[@rehabalsaleh166]

So excruciating how these little children have to go through all of this. I remember being in a health center as a child with my parents for minor issues unable to fully understand what the doctor was talking about.

[@tricianafaatiliga562]

Be thankful always you never know what the other person has.

[@jpf77302]

Triciana faatiliga My MIL used to say that if everybody put their troubles in a hat they would pick their own to take back out. No matter how fortunate somebody seems from the outside, they have troubles that you don’t know about.

[@BurrShotHam711]

as of 2020 Darian is 21 years old if Cassandra is still alive, she is 30 years old

[@holly20022004]

Where can we find updates.

[@nanettemclean5]

Cassandra stole my heart x

[@TeeNicole10]

GOD BLESS BABY BOY TOO🙏🙏

[@lilmissrockchick4962]

Cassandra is a beautiful girl 💖 bless her

[@heatherworden3689]

It's not that easy to see your family members or your other relatives in the situation that Cassandra is going through.

[@Ladydi2063]

I wish I could help her. Many prayers 🙏🙏.

[@mariachairez74]

Poor Poor baby 👶 boy 😢 I really thought he was way too young to be having a MAJOR Eye Operation 😱 if I was the mom I would have waited till he was at least 6 months old.🥴

[@nate6511]

Unfortunately, children who are born without vision need surgery to have it restored ASAP (usually after 1-2 months) because the brain still needs to learn how to interpret visual cues. If the surgery is postponed too long, the outcome (aka the child's vision) will be much worse.

[@mariekedufresne53]

MariaElena Chairez you wait that long and he’d be blind for life

[@jpf77302]

Didn’t he get donor corneas? Sometimes you have to act as soon as that’s available.

[@mariekedufresne53]

JP Friedland yes he did

[@deborahcook1248]

two beautiful children.

[@fiddler_stickss]

I can kinda-sorta relate to what the little boy went through. Although my eyes aren't as bad as his, I still had to go through two eye surgeries (One when I was 2, and the other when I was 7). I'm 16 now, and could possibly have more surgeries in the future. For those of you who want to know, I'm nearsighted and farsighted, and my left eye crosses in (I forget what that's called!) I've also been a member of the "thick glasses club" since I was 18 months (I think). ;)

[@showcasecity]

Same, I’ve had 8 eye surgeries in my life. My left eye crosses in as well.

[@jessicamullings1464]

God Blessed these children’s 🙏🏽♥️

[@user-rb2ro2wy1j]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@SchoolActivitiesIdeas]

Any updates plz..

[@pileofgarbo9287]

No offense but how old is this video?

[@br33zin]

It was from the 90’s/early 2000’s

[@pileofgarbo9287]

br33zin I thought so

[@jpf77302]

I urge everyone who watches this to consider registering to become a bone marrow donor at bethematch.org. There are many, many people who don’t have family matches and who die while waiting for a donor. Autologous bone marrow/stem cell transplants are not an option for many people and it’s very rough on the patient to go through extensive, aggressive chemo to get “well” enough to do this.

[@isabelwr3040]

42

[@cheesepotatoes6040]

Does anyone know if she is still alive?

[@mariekedufresne53]

Cheese Potatoes I wish I knew her last name could google it then.

[@BurrShotHam711]

@@mariekedufresne53 her last name is Paterson

[@j.sparkles1761]

Where did you read/hear this?

[@mariekedufresne53]

BurrShotHam711 [Jenna] thank you!

[@mariekedufresne53]

BurrShotHam711 [Jenna] still can’t find the info.. there was an actress with a similar last name, but that’s not her.

[@celestinethedragon6348]

The baby screamed: the baby:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH