After surviving cancer in the middle of a pandemic, all eight-year-old Lealand wants is for Santa to deliver games for his Xbox.
For his great-grandmother and primary caregiver, Becky Balzarini, it's a different story altogether. Balzarini, 71, has been struggling to put food on the table ever since she quit her job to care for her immunocompromised great-grandson. She worked part-time as a health aid in Illinois, but stopped seeing patients to reduce the risk of getting Lealand sick.
"It was a difficult decision but I had to do it," said Balzarini. "We're trying to make things as normal as possible for him."