A Hilton Head Island couple whose 10-year-old son is battling leukemia got to make their pitch Friday for a lot more federal funding for youth cancer to Chelsea Clinton.
Clinton, while campaigning for her mother, Hillary Clinton, in advance of Saturday’s S.C. Democratic primary, stopped by Alex Arrieta’s space at the Health care University of South Carolina throughout a tour of the Charleston hospital. The fifth-grader at Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Crafts has actually been in the MUSC Children’s Hospital due to the fact that Jan. 18 after he experienced a relapse of acute myeloid leukemia.
Clinton spoke briefly along with Alex’s father, Brandon Arrieta, that has actually been lobbying presidential contenders and others political leaders regarding the requirement for a lot more study funding. Just 4 percent of National Cancer Institute cash for study goes towards children, Arrieta said.
He likewise spoke of Alex’s project to collect packed toy lambs for others Youngsters that are fighting cancer. The a lot more compared to 1,400 lambs that Alex’s Lambs permanently project — at lambsforlife.org — has actually collected will certainly be delivered to hospitals in South Carolina and Georgia within the following week, Arrieta said. He included that Alex likewise wishes to offer pillow situations for the lambs to go in, as hospital pillow situations are uncomfortable. Alex has actually saved along with him or her a toy lamb he calls Lamby he received at birth as a comforter throughout his cancer treatments, which began last February once he was very first diagnosed along with the disease.
Clinton told Brandon Arrieta she would certainly relay his involves to her mother and likewise said she would certainly have actually her mother photographed along with a poster of the Lambs permanently logo, as have actually Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and John Kasich.
Chelsea Clinton after that visited briefly along with Brandon Arrieta, Alex and mom Caroline Arrieta in Alex’s room. Media were not permitted in the room, others compared to a hospital photographer. And Clinton did not take questions as soon as possible prior to or after the brief browse through along with the Arrietas.
Brandon Arrieta later found out that Bill and Hillary Clinton desired to comply with along with him or her Friday night; however, as a result of Alex’s condition, he possessed to decline. He plans, though, to attempt to comply with along with Hillary Clinton Saturday evening at her primary celebration to review study funding.
Chelsea Clinton posted on the subject of Twitter a statement and photograph of herself along with the Lambs permanently authorize quickly after her hospital visit:
“Just 4% of federal NCI funding is devoted to youth cancer research,” she tweeted. “We should repair that & provide children a shot at the future they deserve.”
