Aubery Sue Warkins was born on March 9th, 2017.  She was born 7 weeks prematurely with only one kidney that for the 1st 48 hours of her...

Dylan’s Journey Dylan McCully was born in July of 2013 healthy and happy. We were so excited to have our first baby boy. He was welcomed...

James Kirk (Lincoln) James Kirk is the only child of Gabriela and Ryan Kirk, and this is his journey. We found out that we were expecting...

May 8, 2013 was the happiest and scariest day of our lives. Elijah Jacob Smith entered this world weighing 1 pound 14ounces and was 12in...

Jolene (Joey) Thompson Following a healthy, full term pregnancy, we were admitted to OSF for an induction due to low amniotic fluid. The...

Jarrett Polk is the fourth child of Matt and Barbara Polk of Morton. He has 3 older siblings, Connor, Hailey and Makenna, and one...

This is Colton Wertz’s story: Hello! My name is Colton Wertz and I am 10 years old. I am in 5th grade at Lincoln Elementary. I was born...

My name is Aliya Thompson and I’m going to share with you Jasiah’s story in the NICU of OSF. Part of me procrastinated to write this...

Journey of Hope The road through life sometimes has mountains you are unable to see over, but when you have a great navigator next to...

Harrison Arthur Crawford was born February 3, 2016. He was a perfect baby boy with no complications. Harrison was the 3rd child for our...