Mason and his dad, Matt, love to go fishing together. But when Mason became sick with cancer, it was hard to imagine they’d ever have moments like that again. “Without St. Jude,” says Matt, “I wouldn’t have my little boy here today, and I don’t know where I’d be without him.”
Age: 5
Diagnosis: acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Favorite thing to do: fishing
“We were never sent a bill. All they want you to concentrate on is your little one. There is no other place in the world that would have done something like that.”
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