CHAPEL HILL — After battling bone-soft tissue cancer, each
one of Xander Pond's birthdays is a major milestone that his mom cherishes.
"Birthday's are special for anyone, especially a kid,
but when you go through something like this, they're even more special,"
said Xander's mother Angie Pond.
To celebrate turning 8-years-old, Xander's birthday wish was
to bring his party to the North Carolina Children's Hospital Pediatric Cancer
Clinic.
"Even some kids here have to miss their birthday
parties and everything because they have to come up here," said Xander
Pond.
However he did not wear the birthday hat. Instead he threw a
reverse birthday and gave all the other patients a reason to smile.
"I hope it will bring them confidence and
happiness," said Xander Pond.
Rather than receiving gifts, he passed out presents to other
kids.
"If they don't get to have their birthday party, then
they probably never will until they're done with this cause it took a while for
me to get done with this but now I'm all better and I'm just happy," said
Xander Pond.
He has been in remission since December 2011, but knows how
hard it is to be sick.
On Friday, Xander brightened other patients spirits. He
hopes each pillow pet and coloring book he passed out makes patients time at
the hospital easier.
His kind gesture immediately brought joy to the faces of
children and their parents and made his mother proud.
"That's what you want in your children is to be able to
give back and be that type of person," said Angie Pond.
With each patient's smile, Xander's birthday wish comes true
again and again. For the past three holiday seasons, Xander has also passed out
presents to all the children in the cancer clinic.
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