When Gina and Mitchell Merriman learned in December that their 8-year-old daughter, Leah, had a brain tumor, they were devastated. The Stow, Ohio, family immediately began a medical journey that would include MRIs and visits with multiple pediatric specialists at Akron Children’s.
Dream Racer honors child, helps cancer and blood disorder patients
JoAnn Lewis, president of the Jacob Lewis Memorial Fund and mother of Jacob Lewis, recently presented Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley with a Children’s Dream Racer. The child-sized racer allows children to experience the excitement of driving on the track while receiving medicine and chemotherapy treatments.