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The referral process is the first step in a child's wish. A wish can provide a magical and empowering interlude in a terrible and frightening time. Children are energized by a wish®by imagining it, describing it, planning, and anticipating it. Families tell us that a wish can encourage a child to see a future to fight for, and then to fight on, often against tremendous odds, when courage and hope are flagging.
The purpose of the Make-A-Wish Foundation is to grant the wish of each child who has reached the age of 2 ˝ and is under the age of 18 who has a life-threatening medical condition, i.e., a progressive, degenerative, or malignant medical condition that has placed the child's life in jeopardy.
The following list contains medical conditions that qualify a child for a wish. Medical conditions not included in this list may also qualify a child based on the life-threatening condition as defined above. It is not the disease or condition itself that qualifies the child, but the fact that, at the time of the referral, the disease or condition has become life-threatening.
- Cardiology
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology/Oncology
- Immunology
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
- Transplants
- Urology
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