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Matthew Harrison, 11, a sixth-grader at Chamberlain Middle School, was diagnosed with leukemia two years ago, and he recently wrote a book about his journey called, "My Cancer Life" produced by Smile Books Project.
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In the 20 months since the diagnosis, Matthew has received chemotherapy treatments, undergone periodic lumbar punctures, had fluid drained out of his stomach and received numerous blood and platelet transfusions.
His last chemotherapy treatment is scheduled for September 2020. That’s a day circled on the Harrison calendar.
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Mattie Cole, a sophomore at Madison High School, didn't let Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, stop her from attending Prom Saturday night.
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Mattie, 16, wore a wig for part of the night but took it off because it was hot and itchy, her mother said. Mattie attended Prom with several friends and went with Jessica Blevins, a senior.
Her mother, Jody, described her daughter as “bald and beautiful.”
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Then on Sunday, Mattie returned to Cincinnati Children’s Liberty Campus to continue her chemotherapy treatments, her mother said. She will receive two-hour treatments Sunday through Thursday of this week, then receive a shot Friday to build up her bone marrow, her mother said.
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