Danny Nickerson is 5 years old, but not for long. He’s very excited to become a big 6-year-old this Friday. As happy as this birthday will be, however, it will be hard, too.
Danny has a virtually unbeatable cancer. Doctors have told his family that less than 10 percent of kids diagnosed with his type live longer than 18 months.
So the upcoming celebration will be an emotional day filled with far more highs and lows than a typical 6-year-old’s birthday. And what is he hoping to get for this extraordinary birthday?
Cards.
He loves getting mail.
His mom says,
“He can recognize his name now. When he saw his name on the package from magical fairies on Easter, he was so happy.”
Since Easter, though, packages have slowed down. But now, for his birthday, it’s time to make sure he gets all the cards he could possibly want to read.
“He had 33 radiations from November through December last year,” Nickerson said. “We are now getting chemotherapy every two weeks.”
Doctors tell Nickerson that less than 10 percent of the children diagnosed with this type of cancer live longer than 18 months.
“I don’t really believe in that. He is doing great,” Nickerson said. “Every day is a blessing for us.”
So far, Danny has received about 40 letters.
You can send birthday cards to Danny at P.O. Box 212, Foxboro, MA, 02035, USA.
Tell your friends to send one, too. As of Saturday, he’d received about 40 cards. There’s no reason that number shouldn’t be increased a hundred times over.
And in case you want some direction, his mom says he loves Lego and Super Mario.
Source: twentytwowords.com
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Reblogged this on trying to make things right and commented:
Please send this adorable little boy a birthday card, I will be and im asking all of my friends and followers to do so as well. Lets help make his 6th and what could be his last birthday very special.
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Reblogged this on The ObamaCrat™.
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Reblogged this on Little things and commented:
If you spend a few moments today doing anything, make it this…
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😦 I’m so sorry that he has cancer. And I complain that half my body doesn’t work since the stroke…
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I saw this yesterday so I just put something in the mail for him this morning. -Jen
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Fantastic! 🙂 Thank you so much 🙂
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Reblogged this on Jeanne Owens, author and commented:
So sad to see a little boy like this with terminal cancer, and all he’d like for his birthday is cards in the mail 😦
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That kinda just made me tear up.
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Reblogged this on Looking for the Light and commented:
Let’s make this young mans a special birthday. I believe miracles can happen. Warrior
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I reblogged his story over to Looking for the Light. Let’s make his birthday special. I have to read it again, where do they live? Maybe we can get a sports personality to stop by.
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Hey 🙂
In terms of the location, we understand that it is Foxborough, Massachusetts.
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