 Lexi Sonneborn, 8, gets excited with her mother, Beth Sonneborn, as she is named the 2018 Children's Miracle Network local champion child for HSHS St. John's Children's Hospital during a ceremony, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Springfield, Ill. In 2017 Lexi had a New Year's Resolution to collect and donate 2000 toys for children having to stay in the hospital like she had and she accomplished her goal donating them to patients at HSHS St. JohnÕs ChildrenÕs Hospital. Lexi's prognosis is extremely positive despite being born prematurely at only 27 weeks gestation in 2009 with cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, vision problems, developmental delays, cerebellar hypoplasia and seizures. She spent the first three months of her life in the neonatal intensive care unit at the hospital. [Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register] 