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CHILDREN'S CANCER NETWORK

5-year old Mesa cancer warrior, sister to walk runway for Children’s Cancer Network Gala

The O’Brien family in Mesa has gone through an exhausting ordeal in the last six months. Back in September, their 5-year-old son Parker was struggling to breathe and had a high heart rate.

After his parents Riley O’Brien and Josh O’Brien took him into the hospital, the family learned the frightening truth.

Parker had a 10-centimeter tumor lodged onto his lung close to his trachea. He was diagnosed with T-Cell Lymphoma, a type of cancer.

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