IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – A Dyersville boy is the honorary Child Captain for the upcoming Cy-Hawk recreation Saturday.
5-year-old James Corridor got here to the Stead Household Kids’s Hospital after experiencing a persistent ear an infection.
A neighborhood physician ordered a scan, which revealed a mind tumor. Medical doctors positioned one other tumor on the Stead Household Kids’s Hospital.
Corridor was identified with a uncommon, cancer-like dysfunction referred to as Langerhans cell histiocytosis. The dysfunction is much like leukemia, and causes tissue injury, or lesions.
Corridor accomplished chemotherapy in Could 2022. Nonetheless, one 12 months later, scans revealed one other mass in his mind.
Corridor will proceed chemotherapy till Spring 2026.
He’s now in kindergarten, and likes to play sports activities comparable to t-ball, swimming, and basketball. He additionally enjoys enjoying video video games, which is his favourite a part of staying within the hospital.
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