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Spunky seven-year old boy fights cancer head-on

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Spunky seven-year old boy fights cancer head-on
Spunky seven-year old boy fights cancer head-on

Meet Carson.

He was diagnosed with blood cancer and is now in the fight for his life.

One lucky person will win a luxury, custom built home, but thousands of you will help support the life saving mission of st jude finding cures, saving lives.

Lives like carson's "i usually like the subject of math.

-- yeah, like addition?

-- and subtraction."

At age 7, carson was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia an aggressive form of blood cancer.

He didn't respond well to treatment at his local hospital so his family turned to st jude children's research hospital.

"i like st jude a lot.

Well, st.

Jude is a very special place.

It's a home for all these kids and get all these sicknesses.

Cancer, leukemia, aml."

So far, carson has undergone chemo and several bone marrow transplants, but still has a long road ahead.

And he has something to say... "i would say to cancer go away and never bother anybody ever again."

Carson says he misses his dog and extended family back home, but he is staying positive.

"the first thing i'm gonna do when i be cancer.

I don't really know yet because i haven't done that yet.

And i'm gonna think of it pretty soon because i'm pretty soon gonna be cancer.

Never lose hope in it will happen."

Tickets for the st jude dream home go on sale on thursday june 11th.

-- that's one week from today.

This year we are trying to raise more than a million dollars for st jude so there are 11- thousand tickets up for grabs.

If you need more information go to wtva-dot-com.

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