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While eating dinner with her four children in her son Jessie's hospital room, Telitha Wright reprimands Jessie after finding out that he hasn't spoken to his LaRabida Childrens' Hospital roommate Dashawn Miles since the pair had a disagreement…

While holding the play room door open for his roommate, Jessie Stevens playfully grabs Dashawn Miles' hat as they head back to their room at LaRabida Children's Hospital. The pair often pull pranks on each other during their long days recovering at…

'I want to be home for Christmas' cries Jessie Stevens,12, during one of his more difficult moments as a patient at LaRabida Children's Hospital in Chicago. Stevens spent both Halloween and Thanksgiving at LaRabida while recovering from a brain…

After receiving his morning medication, Jessie Stevens,12, pulls back the curtain to interact with his mother Telitha Wright and his LaRabida Hospital roommate Dashawn Miles. Since Miles' mother is only able to visit once a week, Wright has become…

As Dashawn Miles struggles reading a story, 12-year-old Jessie Stevens helps his 8-year-old roommate work his way through his daily one hour of school work. Despite their age differences Miles and Stevens' friendship has accelerated their healing…

Jessie Stevens playfully touches the head of his LaRabida Childrens' Hospital roommate Dashawn Miles while waiting to go to therapy. The two boys have forged a deep friendship during their three months as roommates at the Chicago institution.

Dashawn Miles, an 8-year-old suffering from a chronic disease of the nerves, is lifted from his LaRabida Childrens' Hospital bed to his waiting wheelchair by therapists Katie Spero and Sarah Reppenhagen.

Two boys- Jessie Stevens an outgoing 12-year-old recovering from a brain abscess, who calls his female therapists Kitten and Cupcake, the other- Dashawn Miles, a shy 8-year-old battling a chronic disease of the nerves who loves to run but now would…

Elvis 'A lot of our customers are getting up there in age,' says owner Will Reich about the Forest Diner's Thursday night dinner shows. 'Back in my day, these are the performers that we'd all go see.' Thirty dollars gets you dinner and an…

Birthday Girl Birthday girl Abigail Fontana (hat) of Ellicott City chose the Forest Diner for her 6th birthday dinner. Here she is pictured with big brother Michael, 7, (left), uncle Robert Schmidt of Catonsville and little brother Jonathan, 4…