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'No mo chemo': Family celebrates end of chemo for 6-year-old boy with parade
Lee Anne Denyer
Reporter
'No mo chemo': Family celebrates end of chemo for 6-year-old boy with parade
WXII12.COM/NEIGHBORSUNITE. A TRIAD NEIGHBORHOOD CELEBRATES A YOUNG FIGHTER. ELI DILDY HAS BEEN BATTLING LEUKEMIA FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS. BUT THAT WILL COME TO AN END ON MONDAY, WHEN HE WILL RING TH BELL, WHICH MARKS THE END OF HIS CHEMOTHERAPY. LEE ANNE DENYER TAKES US TO GREENSBORO FOR THIS SPECIAL CELEBRATION. REPORTER: THIS IS A CELEBRATION. >> HE KNOWS THIS PARADE IS FOR HIM TODAY. REPORTER: AND ONE THAT鈥橲 WELL DESERVED. >> WE鈥橰E CELEBRATING OUR SON ELI, HE鈥橲 SIX-YEARS-OLD. HE HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH LEUKEMIA TREATMENT FOR THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS. REPORTER: WITH BALLOONS, SIGNS, AND A POLICE ESCORT FROM GREENSBORO鈥橲 FINEST, ELI鈥橲 NO MO CHEMO PARADE WRAPPED ITS WAY THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. >> FOR A CHILD SO YOUNG IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING HE HAS BEEN THROUGH, THAT WE THINK HE GETS IT. REPORTER: DOCTORS DIAGNOSED ELI WITH LEUKEMIA IN MAY 2017. >> THERE WERE INCREDIBLE DOCTORS. WE HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE. WE NEVER ONCE FELT JUST LIKE A PATIENT. WE REALLY BECAME FAMILY. THEY TAKE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. REPORTER: THREE AND A HALF YEARS LATER HE鈥橪L FINISH HIS TREATMENTS AT BRENNER CHILDREN鈥橲 HOSPITAL ON MONDAY. >> LOTS OF FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENTS STILL BUT NO MORE NEEDLES AT THIS POINT. NO MORE MEDICINE REPORTER: SEPTEMBER IS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. FOR ELI IT鈥橲 A MONTH WITH A MILESTONE, ONE HE IS NOT SURE TO FORGET ANYTIME SOON. >> WE鈥橰E JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO PRAY AND WE KNOW HE鈥橲 JUST GOING TO DO SO
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'No mo chemo': Family celebrates end of chemo for 6-year-old boy with parade
Lee Anne Denyer
Reporter
A North Carolina family is celebrating: 6-year-old Eli Dildy is done with chemotherapy. "He knows that this parade is for him today," said his mom, Laura Dildy. "Eli has one of the biggest hearts that I know of. He is a sweet child. He has always been sweet-natured and concerned about others. He鈥檚 just full of energy." Doctors diagnosed Eli with leukemia shortly after his third birthday. He is now 6."There are just incredible doctors at Brenner Children's Hospital," said Matt Dildy, Eli's dad. "We鈥檝e been so fortunate. We never once felt like just a patient. They became family and they would take all the time in the world to answer all of the questions we had." On Friday afternoon, friends, family and neighbors loaded into decorated cars for a celebratory drive around the neighborhood and a stop by the elementary school."He鈥檚 excited. For a child, it's kind of hard to understand everything he's been through, but we think he gets it," Dildy said. The family thanked the community for the years of support and the team at Brenner for taking care of their son.Watch the video above to learn more about this story.
GREENSBORO, N.C. —

A North Carolina family is celebrating: 6-year-old Eli Dildy is done with chemotherapy.

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"He knows that this parade is for him today," said his mom, Laura Dildy. "Eli has one of the biggest hearts that I know of. He is a sweet child. He has always been sweet-natured and concerned about others. He鈥檚 just full of energy."

Doctors diagnosed Eli with leukemia shortly after his third birthday. He is now 6.

"There are just incredible doctors at Brenner Children's Hospital," said Matt Dildy, Eli's dad. "We鈥檝e been so fortunate. We never once felt like just a patient. They became family and they would take all the time in the world to answer all of the questions we had."

On Friday afternoon, friends, family and neighbors loaded into decorated cars for a celebratory drive around the neighborhood and a stop by the elementary school.

"He鈥檚 excited. For a child, it's kind of hard to understand everything he's been through, but we think he gets it," Dildy said.

The family thanked the community for the years of support and the team at Brenner for taking care of their son.

Watch the video above to learn more about this story.