12/5/13 - The Hartland community continues to come together to help a little boy battling a form of childhood cancer. Mitchell Dybalski has been battling Stage 4 Neuroblastoma since spring of 2012. His remission was being celebrated when his parents received news that he had relapsed and tests showed a tumor in his brain, throughout the spine and near his left kidney. A relapse of this kind has a poor prognosis, with less than a 5% chance of survival. Mitchell is still undergoing cancer treatments but attends school when possible and Village Elementary Principal Bill Cain tells WHMI thereâs been a huge outpouring of support for him and he just turned 6-years-old today. Cain says Mitchellâs parents have been doing everything they can for him, including taking leaves of absence from work, so the school and community have been coming together for different things to raise funds for the family. The family movie âSnow Buddiesâ will be shown at 6:30pm this Friday at Village Elementary, where donations will be accepted to help support Mitchellâs Mission. Mitchell should be well enough to make an appearance but Hartland Fire Marshal Mike Bernardin took it a step further after learning Mitchell idolizes the Military and first responders. Bernardin will be driving Mitchell to the school in a Hartland fire truck, which will also be escorted by a Livingston County Sheriff Deputy, a Michigan State Trooper, and an Armored Humvee of the Michigan National Guard. Details can be found through the Mitchellâs Mission Facebook page below while the link to the full interview with Cain may be heard here. (JM)
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