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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Good News: 4-year-old honorary firefighter celebrates end of cancer treatments
Four-year-old Austin Herre, of Atlanta, celebrated with his family and care team after he rang the bell at the end of his cancer treatments. It comes after he was named an honorary firefighter with the nearby Cherokee County Fire Department in Georgia. NBC News' Jose Diaz-Balart has this inspiring story and more in this week's Good News Wrap-Up.
NBC News
3 days ago
- Health
- NBC News
Good News: 4-year-old honorary firefighter celebrates end of cancer treatments
Four-year-old Austin Herre, of Atlanta, celebrated with his family and care team after he rang the bell at the end of his cancer treatments. It comes after he was named an honorary firefighter with the nearby Cherokee County Fire Department in Georgia. NBC News' Jose Diaz-Balart has this inspiring story and more in this week's Good News 31, 2025
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Metro Atlanta 4-year-old finishes cancer battle that took more than half his life
After spending more than half of his life battling cancer, a 4-year-old metro Atlanta boy has finished his treatment. Austin Herre rang the bell at Children's Arthur M. Blank Hospital this week after 854 days of treatment. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] His mother said he was diagnosed with Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) at just six months old more than two years ago. ALD is a rare disease that affects 1 in 17,000 people. It's a neurological disorder that affects the adrenal glands and brain and causes long-chain fatty acids in the brain, which destroy the protective myelin sheath around nerve cells responsible for brain function. In January 2023, he was also diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. TRENDING STORIES: This metro Atlanta city is ranked No. 1 on new 'Best Places to Live in the U.S.' list Keisha Lance Bottoms makes it official, announces run for Georgia governor Parents sue after they say 6-year-old daughter was racially attacked at school: 'It's disturbing' That same year, he was able to visit a Cherokee County fire station to see some fire trucks and was named an honorary firefighter. Members of the Cherokee County Fire Department reunited with him to be at the ceremony marking the end of his treatment. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
