A moving reunion captured attention online after a dedicated oncology doctor was documented fulfilling a promise.
The patient, 18-year-old Dylan Mwaniki, celebrated his graduation from Kansas City Christian School after overcoming stage 4 renal medullary carcinoma diagnosed when he was 14.
His primary specialist, Mary Austin, adjusted her shifts at Seattle Children’s Hospital to unexpectedly fly to Missouri. The expert, who worked at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, accompanied the young athlete through his critical stages of recovery.