'Wags to Wishes' giving kids hope as they battle illness
Make-A-Wish Oregon grants about 270 wishes to kids in a typical year. They've figured out how to still deliver a warm and fuzzy feeling with puppies.
Author: Jon Goodwin
Updated: 8:47 PM PST March 1, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. — From the outside, you probably wouldn’t say 6-year-old Cameron Kirks and 17-year-old Tyler Samuel are living the dream.
“School was not fun especially being in high school, especially now,” said Tyler, now a high school senior.
Tyler was diagnosed with sickle cell disease when he was six. Cameron was diagnosed with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis at age 4, a rare cancer where excessive immune system cell build up in the body.