So it s only fitting that Iron Range steelworkers have come to his aid.
Pfeiffer, eight, of Bovey, has undergone five rounds of chemotherapy, two surgeries, two stem cell transplants, 10 rounds of radiation, and six rounds of immunotherapy.
âWe could not ask for a tougher kid,â Easton s mother, Samantha Pfeiffer, a registered nurse at Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital in Grand Rapids said. âBut when he s home, he s like a normal Easton. He s energetic, outgoing and likes to be outside riding his bike, fishing and camping.â
Easton s father Derek is a production truck driver at Hibbing Taconite Co.
Each day last week, United Steelworkers Local 2705 volunteers took donations at a Hibbing Taconite Co. gate to benefit Easton and his family.
7 Northland schools removed from state outbreak list
School buildings are removed after 28 days of no new positive tests where a person was infectious in a building. 8:00 am, Dec. 29, 2020 ×
Seven Northland schools were removed from the Minnesota Department of Health s outbreak list Thursday.
A school building is put on the list if it reports five or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in students or staff who were in a building while infectious during a two-week reporting period. The building is removed after 28 days of no new positive tests.
Schools removed include Cloquet Middle School, Cloquet High School, Hermantown Middle-High School, Esko High School, Vandyke Elementary School in Coleraine and Lincoln Elementary School in Hibbing.