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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Fresno Pacific University students are rallying to assistance those warring cancer. The schoolhouse hosted a humor thrust and bony marrow donor run Tuesday, and it was each centered around nine-year-old Tristen Graham who bushed Leukemia successful 2023.
Everyone experiences moments erstwhile they recognize they person to beryllium tougher than their circumstances. For Tristen, that infinitesimal came erstwhile helium was 4 years old.
“We were shocked by it. We did not expect this to happen,” Tristen’s dada Tyler Graham said.
Tristen was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia successful 2019.
“My woman and I person seen him whittle down to 25 lbs arsenic a 4 twelvemonth old,” Graham said.
Tristen yet entered a impermanent remission until the crab came backmost successful 2022.
“It was a batch harder than the archetypal time. The 2nd clip I had a batch much thought of what was happening,” Tristen said.
His household had to determination adjacent Stanford for a fewer months to get a much-needed bony marrow transplant. They say, done each infirmary sojourn and treatment, Tristen did the hard thing: helium remained hopeful.
“It's tough, but if you support going, it's going to beryllium amended astatine the end,” Tristen said.
Tristen did get better, and present his household is moving to assistance others.
They partnered with Fresno Pacific University to acceptable up Tuesday’s drive, getting galore students to donate humor and get their bony marrow benignant tested.
“We've had truthful galore of our friends that person been waiting successful Greycroft Valley Children's that request to spell home, tin spell home, but they're virtually waiting connected platelets and the humor halfway doesn't person any,” Graham said.
So, though the event’s taxable was ‘Tough similar Tristen,’ they accidental it’s astir much than 1 child; it’s astir an full assemblage banding unneurotic to combat cancer.
