A 6-year-old boy who has been battling cancer got a surprise standing ovation from his classmates when he returned to school after finishing his last round of chemotherapy.
John Oliver Zippay has been in and out of school for three years after he was diagnosed at age 3 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2016, his father John Zippay told CNN.
It all started around Halloween of 2016, John and his wife, Megan said, when John Oliver fell and hit his head on the headboard of his bed. He face become discolored and he was lethargic, according to John. After taking their son to the doctor -- and several blood tests later -- their doctor called in the middle of the night urging them to get John Oliver to the emergency room.All signs pointed toward a form of leukemia.
The side effects were very strong and that's what made if difficult for John Oliver to do some of the normal things kids do at that age, let alone be at school on a consistent basis, according to his dad. "We consider ourselves so lucky and so blessed," John said. "We've had so much support from family, friends, community members, the school and hospital staff."
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