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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIllinois Boy Wins $1,000, Donates Money to Neighbor Fighting Leukemia
Forget toys and video games. When Wyatt Erber won $1,000, the Illinois third-grader knew exactly what he wanted to do with the money.
The 8-year-old gave his winnings to the family of his young neighbor, 2-year-old Cara Kielty, who is battling leukemia.
"He was really aware of what cancer is," said Wyatt's mom, Noelle Erber. "When he found out Cara had cancer, his heart sank."
One week after the Cara Kielty was diagnosed, Noelle Erber asked her son if he'd like to enter a scavenger hunt sponsored by a local bank. The grand prize was $1,000.
"Wyatt immediately said, 'Let's do it, and if I win the $1,000, I want to give it to Cara,'" Erber said. "The idea of being able to give a thousand dollars wowed him."
http://gma.yahoo.com/illinois-boy-wins-1-000-donates-money-neighbor-193745824--abc-news-wellness.html
xchrom
(108,903 posts)mucifer
(23,373 posts)is 80% long term survival. Pediatric cancer research has been very successful. Hopefully, the numbers will get even better soon.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)datasuspect
(26,591 posts)at $60 a pop.
freaking doctor in the ER told me that shit.
i loaded up on it when no one was looking.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Because people with cancer should not be worrying about how to pay for their treatment.
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)at some silo dump/gas station/repair area - went to get gas, and on a prominent table as soon as you walk into the door there were 6 or so containers with handmade notices/pictures asking for help so various people in the community could get cash to aid them in their fight against whatever debilitating illness they had.
this country disgusts me more the older i get.
redqueen
(115,096 posts)Our lack of a decent healthcare system is a national embarrassment. One of many.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)What a sweetie!
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)I think we can acknowledge that our system stinks while still appreciating the unselfishness of individual people -- especially someone as young as this.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)It's the contrast between such a wonderful kid, and a horrible system that requires people to pay for their care when they get a disease like cancer, that really bugs me.
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)A friend of mine in the UK calls it barbaric, and he's right.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)there are no "co-pays", "deductibles", "pre-authorizations", "denials", etc. Just treatment.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)I just want to hug him to pieces!
What an incredible kid! A thousand dollars is a lot of money to anybody, but to an eight-year-old it's a vast sum, like giving away a Scrooge McDuck-sized pile of money.
Burma Jones
(11,760 posts)Probably be a Democrat eventually........
However, the idea that any one of us has to pay for their two year old's chemo in the same way one pays for some sort of luxury is indeed disgusting.