Rapaz de oito anos ganha 1000$ e dá tudo à sua vizinha de 2 anos, com leucemia

EDWARDSVILLE - Not every kid calculates the number of video games he can buy when awarded a large check. One 8-year-old boy instead thought about helping a little girl fight cancer.
Wyatt Erber is just that kind of special kid, said Trisha Kielty, whose 2-year-old daughter, Cara, was diagnosed with leukemia a few months ago.
"I didn't know what I would do with $1,000," Wyatt said. "But I knew what (the Kieltys) could do with it. I knew they weren't getting a lot of work done, because they were taking care of Cara all the time."
When Wyatt's mother, Noelle, asked him this summer whether he wanted to compete in First Clover Leaf Bank's summer Scavenger Hunt for a $1,000 prize, he told her he would do it for Cara.
Wyatt and his mother looked up information on the Internet, answered questions on the bank's website and drove around town, hunting for clues on billboards and marquees in their "20 Reasons Why We Love Banking with First Clover Leaf" promotion.
The pair completed all the clues together except the final one, which came out when Wyatt was at camp.
Within five minutes, Noelle Erber submitted the answer in person at the bank, and the teller told her she was the first person to do so.
When Erber told her son that she thought he had won, they both began jumping up and down. And after the bank called to confirm, they were still jumping.
"Wyatt called me," Kielty said. "I thought he was playing a joke on me, so I said, 'Come on, Wyatt.' I didn't believe it until Noelle got on the phone."
Neighbors in the Oaks subdivision, the families spend a lot of time together. Wyatt's best friend is Cara's older brother, Connor.
"Cara's always nice to me, so I'm nice back," Wyatt said about their friendship. "She likes to lie on top of me, and if I put my legs out, she puts her legs out, too."
This past spring, the Kieltys thought Cara was suffering from a routine ear infection that was resistant to antibiotics. But they became more concerned when she started spiking a high fever.
"We wanted to rule out pneumonia, so her doctor told us to take her to Children's Hospital in St. Louis for an X-ray," Kielty said. "As soon as we got there, I think the doctors knew immediately what was going on, because Cara had a transfusion within hours."
On May 21, Cara was admitted to Pediatric ICU, and she spent the next 17 days at the hospital undergoing the induction portion of her chemotherapy regime. Her treatment plan will span the next two-and-a-half years.
The oncologists have given her a cure rate of 90 percent to 93 percent, which the Kieltys say is "amazing and wonderful."
Cara's parents have been able to arrange their work schedules around her appointments. Her father, Jim, is a transportation manager at U.S. Bank, and Trisha audits insurance claims from home.
The toddler has had approximately 15 rounds of chemotherapy to date, along with an array of oral medications. Next Monday, Cara will return to the hospital for a lumbar puncture so that this particular chemo treatment can be administered through her spinal cord.
"We know she'll get sick again and be back in the hospital at some point," her mother said. "But for now, when you look at her, you don't see a sick child. You see a sassy little girl who smiles ear-to-ear every time she sees Wyatt."
When Cara was admitted to the hospital, her brothers were at the Erbers' house. Although Wyatt personally hadn't known any children with cancer, he understood immediately the significance of Cara having cancer.
"About two years ago, a group of us in the neighborhood started a bake sale club to raise money for pediatric cancer research," Noelle Erber said. "We thought this would be a good way to direct some of our energies, and Wyatt always helps bake dog cookies to sell."
Erber said she made a point of having long talks with her son about the disease even before Cara's diagnosis.
"I told Wyatt the other night that I couldn't be more proud I am of him," Erber said. "He just looked at me and said, 'Why?' I told him I didn't have the hours it would take to explain it to him."
Deeply touched by the young boy's generosity, the Kieltys, however, were reluctant to accept Wyatt's donation, wanting him to use it for himself, but Wyatt firmly told them that he wanted "to pay for some of Cara's chemotherapy."
"Noelle said we didn't have a choice in this," said Kielty, wiping away a tear. "I love that kid dearly."
First Clover Leaf Bank President Dennis Terry presented Wyatt with the check Thursday morning, which he promptly handed to Cara and the Kieltys.
"Wyatt's big heart and sense of caring is beyond his years," said Rachel Case, the marketing specialist at the bank in charge of the scavenger hunt. "We want to recognize Wyatt for the hometown hero that he is. I just get goose bumps thinking about what he did."
Edwardsville Neighbors in Need, founded by Kathie and Chad Opel, are matching the amount.
The Cara R. Kielty benefit fund has been set up at First Clover Leaf Bank to help defray medical expenses.

Fonte: Telegraph

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