Sean the leukemia assassin

Sean Petrone is 5-years old, and he likes a lot of things. He likes playing with his sisters Jaime and Morgan, and he likes to breakdance. Sean likes checking the mail to see if he received anything. He likes to play Xbox and watch television.

There are a few things Sean really doesn’t care for, and most of them revolve around doctors, hospitals and the dreaded needles that go along with them. Sean has leukemia, and he and his family have been locked in a battle against the disease since his diagnosis last summer.

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