Posted on 09/30/2014 12:17:50 PM PDT by Fenhalls555
A six-year-old Missouri boy battling terminal cancer served as captain of a local football team last weekend, and scored a touchdown with the help of some teammates.
When he was just 3-years-old, doctors diagnosed Liam Myrick with stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma. Since then, Liam has undergone 14 rounds of intravenous chemotherapy, two bone marrow transplants, 20 rounds of radiation, six rounds of oral chemotherapy and nine major surgeries, Shawna Myrick, his mother, told FoxNews.com.
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Screen getting blurry — hard to see the keys.
Just dang... bless these people across the board.
God bless him-—but football at age 6 ?
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I tried not to cry. Like little soldiers...they helped make his dream come true.
“...stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma...”
Time is short to squeeze a lot in, I’d guess.
“Time is short to squeeze a lot in, I’d guess.”
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Of course.
I was just surprised that football was available for kids that young.
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It soundsike he was making a wish come true and both teams were old not to touch or Tackle. Very moving. God Bless.
From the article’s pic, it looks as though he’s an ‘honorary captain’ and not really playing; just gets a 15yd TD so he can experience the thrill. The other boys in uniform look several years older and bigger. I don’t know what the age classes are these days, having grown up in the 50s.
“From the article’s pic, it looks as though he’s an ‘honorary captain’ and not really playing; just gets a 15yd TD so he can experience the thrill.”
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A nice thing for the community to do.
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Little kid’s been thru a lot, with chemo, radiation and surgery. Doubt I could do it.
Youth football is available for all ages.
Liam is determined to live each day he has. May God bless him and his family. Prayers up.
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