Obi Christenson, is an eight year old boy from Onalaska, Wisconsin. One year ago, Obi started feeling pain coming from his left hip area. After visiting the doctor, x-rays showed nothing to be wrong with Obi and plans of going on a family trip earlier were kept. Months later while on the trip, Obi's family noticed that their son was not taking part in regular activities, but instead sitting on a lawn chair. When they decided to bring him back to the hospital for x-rays doctors noticed a "visceral tumor" located behind his heart, wrapped around his spinal cord, and down his left kidney. After going through extensive amounts of chemotherapy and more appointments set for next month, Obi is unable to participate in the typical childhood activities he once enjoyed doing. Instead, he has found a new hobby that has brought him just as much enjoyment as before. And that is drawing pictures of of the food, superheroes, and pet cat in his life. These exquisite drawings have landed Obi on the short list to design art for tissue boxes in a nation-wide contest.
http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20140120/NEWS/140129973/1001/NEWS/?tag=1
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