A year and a half ago, one Indiana little boy was diagnosed with neuroblastoma and was given just a five percent chance of survival.
In order to try and save his life, doctors had to act quickly and immediately started Carter Guess on an intense treatment plan that included radiation, chemotherapy, bone marrow transplants, surgery, and forced him to stay in the hospital in isolation for a year.
“For the first year, he couldn’t be around anybody,” mom Jessica Guess said. “He was suicidal, upset. He thought everybody turned against him and he didn’t have friends, but he just wasn’t allowed to be around people for his own safety.”
Despite the challenging treatments, Carter was just declared cancer free this past weekend and was finally allowed to go home, where he realized people had been rooting for him the entire time when the entire community came together for him and surprised him with a homecoming parade.
“He gets to be a 5-year-old now. It just overwhelms you to see people come out and support your journey when you’ve been isolated for so long,” Jessica said about the parade where Carter became an honorary firefighter with the Lost Creek Fire Department and was also honored with a courage award. “I just pray the cancer stays away and he gets to grow up and live and be a little boy right now.”
Watch the entire video below to see the amazing way this community came together to support a five-year-old who beat cancer.
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Community Surprises 5-Year-Old With Parade After Beating Cancer is an article from: LifeDaily