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Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 4:07 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Her mom is thrilled Oaklyn is doing well enough they don’t need to go back for another year.
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Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
16-month-old Ivy Upchurch was born with rare genetic condition that causes severe vision loss from birth.
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Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 10:44 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Lyric turned three this summer, after being born prematurely at a whopping-young 22-weeks-and-2-days-old.
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Updated: Sep. 4, 2023 at 3:48 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Kurt and Laura have four beautiful children. Khloe is their youngest.
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Updated: Aug. 9, 2023 at 2:46 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Everyone heard him explain about his upcoming surgery, and how he needed a new heart.
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Updated: Aug. 4, 2023 at 5:10 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
This weekend will feature a celebration of life in Maiden.
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Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 4:58 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
This weekend is The DeAngelo Williams Foundation’s 4th annual DeAthlon in Waxhaw.
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Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 6:38 AM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
The 4-year-old recently had surgery to repair a VSD hole in his heart.
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Updated: Jul. 21, 2023 at 8:15 AM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Kelly Portillo needed open heart surgery days before her senior prom.
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Updated: Jul. 20, 2023 at 9:14 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
“Even with all she’s been through, she radiates grace and inspiration.”
7-Day Forecast
Updated: Jul. 6, 2023 at 7:43 AM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
The girl from Gaston County has been diagnosed with Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome (SLOS).
Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 6:51 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Silas was born with a rare genetic condition that caused multiple illnesses.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 7:48 AM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Jace Elliott was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy almost two years ago.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2023 at 10:24 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Gavin has been battling tumors in his body for years.
Updated: May. 31, 2023 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
The young boy had a VSD hole in his heart that required surgery to fix.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 6:55 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Charlotte will turn one this July.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 10:29 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Allie is rounding out her last month of high school.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 9:12 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
This 17-year-old from Dallas, in Gaston County, was initially admitted to her local hospital for a short stay.
Updated: May. 6, 2023 at 11:19 AM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Ella could be at Levine Children’s Hospital for many more days as she fights a sickness.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 10:10 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Adarien Torrence from Lincolnton is the newest one of our amazing #MollysKids.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 6:02 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Madi Penegar is a 5-year-old from Unionville.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 11:01 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
The now 3-year-old was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) shortly after birth.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 3:13 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Roughly one in 10,000 individuals worldwide are affected.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 9:07 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
“There is still no name for what she has,” said her mom, Amber Lowman. “Yet, we know something is going on.”
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 10:36 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Two families were able to connect and lean on each other after connecting through Molly’s Kids.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 6:47 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
The 23-month-old lives with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH).
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 10:05 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Jackson lives in Bessemer City and is a 6th grader at Mountain Island Charter School in Mount Holly.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 10:19 AM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
The hospital is turning 15 years old this weekend.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 5:31 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Please welcome Elly Perlman as the newest one of our amazing #MollysKids. This now 8-year-old from Marvin in Union County, will steal your heart.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:20 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Destinee lives in Hickory and is a 17-year-old senior at St. Stephens High School.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 9:47 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
This Charlotte boy was born in Miami and moved to North Carolina when he was 3-months old. He is non-verbal, has developmental delays, and lives with seizures.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 3:37 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Project Change will hold a Fun Run 5k on Saturday, April 22.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 10:18 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Asthma isn’t a pediatric diagnosis that’s usually deadly, and Lexie McCallum’s mom wants people to know it can be.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 6:35 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Savannah Shipman was diagnosed with a CHD within weeks of her birth.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 10:54 AM EST
|By Molly Grantham
The fun run will be celebration around Sunnie’s fight, rather than sadness that she’s fighting at all.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 8:23 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Before she passed, Allyson made a decision to become an organ donor at age 17.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 10:24 AM EST
|By Molly Grantham
When Abigail was diagnosed with ADOA, she was the seventh in the world to get this news.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 9:40 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Wynter has an autoimmune disorder called Henoch Schonlein Purpura (HSP).
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 4:36 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
The Clover High School student was only 17 years old.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2022 at 3:53 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Still no hot water (Day Three), but heat is working and we’re feeling like campers on in our own home on this break. It’s kinda fun. Enjoying this time and logging on now specifically to relay one story that needs sharing.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 10:21 PM EST
|By WBTV Web Staff
Several Molly's Kids had a big week this week, with lots of good to go around.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 3:44 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Hartley Plyer, a longtime member of Molly’s Kids, organized the book drive.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 1:50 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
She said books are hugely appreciated when you’re a pediatric patient.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 9:54 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Owen was diagnosed with Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT) on the first day of 2022.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 11:19 AM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Baby Jaxxon just underwent surgery at only three weeks old.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 3:13 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Zeke had surgery late last week for something called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 10:15 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
What happened in the front of the parking lot at WBTV News Tuesday afternoon has this crowd of strangers smiling.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 10:33 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
The Hearts and Hope Foundation, Inc. is organizing a first-time pajama drive, to help parents who are stuck in the hospital this holiday season with their sick children.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 5:06 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Hartley Plyler is a longtime one of our #MollysKids who is no longer a kid herself. She has graduated from ClemsonLIFE and though still in treatments, doing great.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 12:58 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
In her first four months of life, the little girl saw multiple doctors and specialists and was hospitalized three different times.