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Couple Marries On Christmas In Hospital Room Of Cancer Stricken Son
Kathleen Lees
First Posted: Dec 27, 2014 09:19 PM EST
An Ohio couple exchanged vows on Christmas day in their son's hospital room. Their four-year-old son, Billy, is currently being treated for cancer. The couple, Sarah Lewis and William Cramer, had their wedding plans fall through when their little boy's health took a turn for the worst.
"This has been our second home the past year," Sarah said, via the New York Daily News.
"It shows we're going to be together for the long haul."
The young boy was diagnosed in November 2013 with neuroblastoma, a cancer of neural tissue that more commonly forms in childhood and rarely in adulthood. The cancer was found in the adrenal gland on top of his left kidney. Unfortunately, the cancer spread into the boy's bones, according to his oncologist, Dr. John Fargo.
Since the diagnosis, Billy has undergone chemotherapy, surgery, a bone marrow transplant and intensive chemotherapy. He is now part of a clinical immunotherapy trial that will last a couple months.
Fortunately, Fargo said he is doing very well with the treatments.
"He's doing great. He's quite a trouper," he said. "He tolerates the therapy pretty well. He's quite the little kid."
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First Posted: Dec 27, 2014 09:19 PM EST
An Ohio couple exchanged vows on Christmas day in their son's hospital room. Their four-year-old son, Billy, is currently being treated for cancer. The couple, Sarah Lewis and William Cramer, had their wedding plans fall through when their little boy's health took a turn for the worst.
"This has been our second home the past year," Sarah said, via the New York Daily News.
"It shows we're going to be together for the long haul."
The young boy was diagnosed in November 2013 with neuroblastoma, a cancer of neural tissue that more commonly forms in childhood and rarely in adulthood. The cancer was found in the adrenal gland on top of his left kidney. Unfortunately, the cancer spread into the boy's bones, according to his oncologist, Dr. John Fargo.
Since the diagnosis, Billy has undergone chemotherapy, surgery, a bone marrow transplant and intensive chemotherapy. He is now part of a clinical immunotherapy trial that will last a couple months.
Fortunately, Fargo said he is doing very well with the treatments.
"He's doing great. He's quite a trouper," he said. "He tolerates the therapy pretty well. He's quite the little kid."
For more great science stories and general news, please visit our sister site, Headlines and Global News (HNGN).
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone