THiS page: donny and Marie perform at the Mardi gras Ball © Children’s Miracle Network
when these patients needed to be put back under anesthesia just
got back to normal, she threw herself into getting involved. “it was such
to relieve the pain. “it was such a terrifying time for all of us,”
a perfect tie-in for me,” she says.
remembers capp. “i don’t know what i would have done without the caring way that cMn embraced us.”
capp’s business, nannies & housekeepers, usa, gives a percentage of the proceeds from babysitting registry bookings to cMn. she was the
one of the most memorable moments was when the reigning Miss america
co-chair for last february’s children’s Miracle Mardi gras Ball that raised
visited joshua and other patients on behalf of cMn. “here is this teenager,
an impressive $631,000. she was overwhelmed by the support offered by
with a shaved head, struggling through this ordeal and in walks Miss america
Marie osmond and donny osmond who performed at the sold-out event.
and puts her crown on his bald head,” capp laughs. “she spent time talking
“we honored the osmonds at the gala,” explains capp. “they were so
with him and ended up taking his mind off everything for a little while.”
gracious, not only to lend their continuous support, but to also bring their
one thing capp really wants local residents to know is that the medical
incredible talent to the evening with a performance.”
care provided at st. rose hospitals, and the doctors affiliated with them,
in a touching moment during the evening, joshua played the piano to
are something for which las vegans should be grateful and proud.
accompany Marie osmond’s performance of a song he wrote about the
“sometimes i hear comments that people are traveling to different states
experience he had with his surgery and cMn that brought everyone to tears.
to seek medical care,” she says. “after my experience with joshua, i know firsthand that we have talented, extraordinary medical providers and care right here in our own community.”
a portion of the lyrics from the song are: “Open up your eyes
during joshua’s hospital stay, capp was so grateful that she made a
What are you trying to find,
commitment to herself to volunteer for this organization that gives so
Running from the world around you?
much to the community she calls home. as joshua recovered and life
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