Junior Patriot Gets His Wish
The little guy is just five and has leukemia so the Make-a-Wish foundation granted his wish to be an Army soldier, a big high five to the folks at Fort Hood for making a very special day for a sick child.
FORT HOOD – Five-year-old Gaven Cox was given one wish to do anything he wanted.
Instead of asking to go to Sea World or to meet Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, Gaven modestly asked for some McDonald's food. The child's parents laughed and told him to make another choice.
"He told us he wanted to be an Army soldier," said Melissa Heminger, Gaven's mom. "I was a little bit surprised that he asked for McDonald's, but in reality, he wanted to be a soldier since he was 3."
Gaven, who is diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, was granted one wish by the Make-A-Wish-Foundation.
Heminger said Gaven's stepfather was a former soldier and his Army medals fascinated Gaven.
3 comments:
"former soldier??" Did an editor even look at this? We have a word for that: Veteran. ;)
Poor kid. It has to be horrible to have your child suffer such a horrible disease. My daughter lost her very best friend to leukemia when she was 15!
I saw a report on this somewhere. We've got some awesome people in the military and many of them are at Ft. Hood.
what facinates me was why he wanted to be a soldier, the medals his grandfather earned. that says it all to me of what being a soldier means and is.
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