The Brockville community is showing their support this weekend for a teenager battling a deadly disease. ottnews
They call themselves Ethan's Army, and have planned fundraisers to support him and his family on both Saturday and Sunday.
After treatment, Ethan fought back, learning to walk and speak again after being in a hospital ICU for more than a month.The aggressive tumor caused significant secondary damage. Ethan again lost his ability to speak and he now uses a wheelchair.The cancer had returned, and it was terminal.But the community where Ethan was born and raised, now rallying around him, held a volleyball tournament in his honor Saturday.
12 teams took part in a 12-hour charity volleyball tournament in Brockville, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. A silent auction was also held at the school, with more that 65 local businesses donating items."It's incredibly overwhelming," MacKenzie said."It didn't take a lot of effort for people to just come out of the woodwork and put in everything they have to support us, to support Ethan and his family.
"We had a lovely ceremony for him, he was surrounded by family staff and peers," Dixie said."It was a really proud moment for him. I know that was his goal, to graduate high school, and he did it with a giant smile on his face.""We're living a lifetime in a few weeks and he's going to Florida through Make-A-Wish seven days from now," Chris said.
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