Grand Strand teenager battling leukemia receives âMake-A-Wishâ acceptance letter Ariel Griffith, a student at Ocean Bay Middle School, was diagnosed with leukemia after contracting COVID-19. (Source: Lauren Hocin) By WMBF News Staff | April 6, 2021 at 10:40 PM EDT - Updated April 6 at 11:16 PM
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) â It has been a tough few months for a Grand Strand teenager, but one national organization hopes to bring some joy to her life.
Ariel Griffith, 13, learned she had leukemia after contracting the coronavirus in December. She spent the holidays at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston in the intensive care unit and on a ventilator.
Neighbors welcome S.C. teenager home with Christmas parade after battling leukemia, COVID-19 over holidays
Community welcomes teenager with leukemia home with Christmas parade By Zach Wilcox | January 21, 2021 at 11:32 PM EST - Updated January 22 at 4:53 PM
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - It may be January, but it’s still looking a lot like Christmas for one Carolina Forest family.
Ariel Griffith was in the hospital and unconscious on Christmas Day, so her family decided to make it up to her along with the rest of their community.
“Eventually they let me go out, and there were cars and a fire truck going down the road,” she said. “That’s sort of how I found out. I walked out the door and it was there.”
Grand Strand teenager home from hospital following leukemia, COVID-19 diagnosis Ariel Griffith, a student at Ocean Bay Middle School, was diagnosed with leukemia after contracting COVID-19. (Source: Lauren Hocin) By WMBF News Staff | January 19, 2021 at 10:39 AM EST - Updated January 19 at 11:31 AM
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – Welcome home, Ariel!
After weeks in a hospital, a Grand Strand teenager who contracted COVID-19 and then learned she had leukemia is back home.
Lauren Hocin said her daughter, 13-year-old Ariel Griffith, came home from the hospital on Friday, Jan. 15.
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A student at Ocean Bay Middle School, Ariel got sick in December, just before Christmas.