WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – One East Bay boy is celebrating the top of his last chemo infusion. With the assistance of Undertaking Pink Wheels, 3-year-old Gabriel Gassoway rode to his final chemo infusion appointment in fashion on the UCSF Benioff Youngsters’s Hospital in Walnut Creek on Thursday.
Gassoway was picked up from his Harmony residence Thursday afternoon to the hospital within the particular firetruck with sirens blasting and lights flashing.
He was met with hospital employees cheering and supporting the toddler.
Thursday marked the top of the 2 years of therapy for Gassoway.
Undertaking Pink Wheels was based by retired Capt. Chris Leimpeter, a 24-year-old veteran of United Skilled Firefighters of Contra Costa County, as a most cancers help useful resource for these affected by the illness.
“We wish to give them a trip, get them to their first or final appointment in fashion, allow them to know they don’t seem to be combating alone and that they are often seen, and that they’re seen by us,” Leimpeter mentioned.
The pink stems from the image of breast most cancers, however the group says its intention is to boost consciousness for all cancers.
The Pink Wheels Undertaking has averaged round two rides a month within the final 4 years.
