#LittleWarriorStrong Stories | Vol I
Every single day, 43 precious children are diagnosed with cancer, at an average age of just six years old. The following pages contain real stories of some of these incredible children as told by their loved ones. Stories of great joy from a healing, extreme grief from a loss, and incredible inspiration from a continued fight. These children are precious, adored and so loved. At just a few years, months, and even weeks old, these children face battles every single day that many of us will never have to face even one time in our adult lives. They are #LittleWarriorStrong.
Every single day, 43 precious children are diagnosed with cancer, at an average age of just six years old. The following pages contain real stories of some of these incredible children as told by their loved ones. Stories of great joy from a healing, extreme grief from a loss, and incredible inspiration from a continued fight. These children are precious, adored and so loved. At just a few years, months, and even weeks old, these children face battles every single day that many of us will never have to face even one time in our adult lives. They are #LittleWarriorStrong.
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69 | Little Warrior<br />
CARTER<br />
Age 5 | Neuroblastoma<br />
Little Warrior Carter, a.k.a Super Carter, was diagnosed with Acute<br />
Lymphoblastic Leukemia at the young age of four.<br />
On September 25, 2015, Carter had been fighting a week-long fever<br />
and started to become non-responsive. He was rushed to the local<br />
ER, where he was immediately taken for blood work. The blood work<br />
showed that his red blood cells were so low that he risked falling into<br />
a coma and he was sent by ambulance to Helen Devos Children’s<br />
Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI.<br />
Over the next two days, he received several blood transfusions to get<br />
his body healthy enough for a bone marrow aspiration. On September<br />
27, his bone marrow showed that it was full of 85% Leukemia cells. He<br />
received his first chemo that very same day and underwent surgery to<br />
have a port placed in his chest. He will have a total of three years and<br />
four months of chemotherapy.<br />
Throughout all of the “pokies”, sedations, and pills, Carter is always<br />
smiling! He takes it all in stride and loves his doctors and nurses. When<br />
he grows up, he’d like to be a police officer and a pediatric oncology<br />
nurse. He says he wants to keep people safe, but also give kids their<br />
chemo so that he can tell them how to not be afraid. He loves police<br />
officers, superheroes, and making people laugh.<br />
Follow Carter’s journey at www.supercarter.com
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