MEMPHIS, TENN. -- Each year, St. Jude Children's Research hospital treats over 5-thousand sick kids. One such patient is 4-year old Sean Witsoe. Its a story that started with a mother's gut feeling that something was wrong. In 4-short years, Sean Witsoe has accomplished so much. But much of the journey has been long and painful. The trouble started in 2008 with a mother's intuition. I was sitting on his bed and I was thinking gosh, what is wrong with him? I thought, he has a balance problem. The thought flew into my mind, could he have a brain tumor? Katie Witsoe. He did. At 3-years old, Sean underwent surgery in his home state of Indiana. To continue care his parents chose the premier children's research hospital in country, located nearly 300-miles away in Memphis, Tennessee, St. Jude. "When he came out of surgery he couldn't walk, he couldn't talk and he's obviously doing all those things again, Witsoe. Katie credits the entire staff for making them feel welcome these past nine months. Its not just the doctors. It's the nurses. It's the people who clean the floor of this hospital. They just make this place work and make it a better place for us to be everyday, Witsoe. Being kid hasn't been lost among the chemotherapy and radiation treatments. It costs 1.4 million dollars a day for St. Jude to operate. For families like Sean's it's nice to know they can concentrate on his recovery, rather then the financial burden that comes with treating a child with cancer. "I'm sure ...
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