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Christopher’s
Wish
by Jessica Selby, Kent County
Daily Times/Coventry Courier
Christopher
Carlino may not be able to make the trip to Africa as he wished, but
he can envision what the country looks like every night when he puts
his head on his pillow.
The
eight year old recently had his bedroom redecorated by Christine
McIntyre-Hannon, a professional muralists contracted through “A
Wish Come True,” a local wish granting agency.
Carlino was referred to the agency by his parent child consultant
from Hasbro Children’s Hospital, where he was receiving treatment
for Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma (NLPHL), a
type of Hodgkin's disease. Carlino was diagnosed with the
disease at the age of seven.
He
underwent four months of chemotherapy to treat the cancer, but is
today, just about a year later, doing much better. The
Coventry youngster is currently in remission and according to his
parents, John and Susan, has been given a “good” prognosis.
“We go back every three months to have Christopher rechecked, and
his doctor’s tell us that he won’t actually be considered
cancer-free for five years, but his prognosis is good and if you ask
him, he says that he feels good so we are grateful,” Susan Carlino,
Christopher’s mother, said.
Although
that news came as the greatest relief they had heard in over a year,
Carlino said that this most recent occasion that happened for him
through “A Wish Come True,” was an additional highlight for the
family. She said that she was “floored” when she received
the call from the “A Wish Come True” foundation notifying them
that Christopher had been referred for a wish and had been approved
to go through the process.
“Things
like that just don’t happen to us,” John Carlino,
Christopher’s father said. “You see things like this on
TV, but not in real life.”
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