Houston ISD senior graduates despite battling cancer and health challenges according to : ABC13

On Friday, he received his high school diploma at Texas Children's Hospital.For the past two years, Erick Reyes has been battling bone cancer. Decked out in a graduation cap and gown, a Madison High School senior continues to be an inspiration to others, while fighting the battle of his life. He's been in hospice care ever since.Joining Reyes for the bedside ceremony was his family, doctors, Houston ISD officials and Madison High School staff. After the cancer went into remission, he was able to return to Madison to finish his final classes.Unfortunately, the cancer returned. "In a release, Reyes thanked God for the opportunity to keep fighting every day.




And I always knew I had a family history of Breast cancer but my aunty and both grandparents were diagnosed over 50. Photo: Jay Cronan"Our whole world turned upside down as we didn't know if we would be able to keep our baby," Ms Osborne said. She had just shared her exciting pregnancy news on Facebook when a sudden swollen armpit led to a devastating breast cancer diagnosis. "I had a lump in my breast I never felt, and by the time it was found it had spread to three lymph nodes and was classified as aggressive early detected breast cancer," Ms Osborne said. Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women and during pregnancy, affecting about one in eight women and one in 3000 expectant women.

HISD student battling cancer gets his diploma

Erick Reyes has been battling bone cancer for the past two years and was recently moved to hospice care. (Photo: Provided)HOUSTON - HOUSTON - A special graduation ceremony was held Friday for a Madison High School student at Texas Children's Hospital. Erick Reyes received his high school diploma during a special ceremony held in his hospital room at Texas Children's Hospital on Friday. He was on pace to graduate from Madison High School last year but in January of 2016, he got the devastating diagnosis. Erick Reyes shows off his high school diploma at Texas Children's Hospital.



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