Introducing…Lily, the 2023 Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Champion for the state of Nebraska! At 18-months old, Lily developed unexplained bruises on her legs, which soon led to an unthinkable diagnosis: cancer. The expert oncology team at Children’s wasted no time in starting treatment for Lily. As part of her treatment, Lily participated in a trial research study where she wore a special backpack – a slow drip form of chemotherapy designed to help kids avoid relapsing. Lily’s family managed to have a little fun with it, gluing big googly eyes on the backpack before Lily’s appointments. Keeping that element of fun constant throughout Lily’s leukemia battle was important. Lily and her parents, Brittany and Cameron, would wear matching t-shirts and masks to her appointments, integrating “theme days” into their routines centered around tie-dye, Disney, dinosaurs, Baby Shark and Daniel Tiger. Lily completed her final treatment in February of 2022 and, with stronger bones and ren...