Blind boy with cancer graduates from elementary school
BALTIMORE -- A blind elementary school student who's overcome many obstacles in his short life has received a diploma in Maryland.
CBS Baltimore reports Mo Gaba is not just any fifth grader at George Cromwell Elementary School. He's had help from friends, teachers and technology to battle several bouts of cancer, which left him blind as a baby.
"I can't thank the teachers enough for what they've been doing," he said. "I just don't want to leave."
The cancer came back when he was 6 years old, and it recently reappeared in his bones. But his spirit and laugh are infectious.
"I'm the one that cries all the time," Gaba's mother said. "His spirit just keeps me going."
Gaba has learned to read braille, walk with a cane, complete math assignments and maneuver his great helper, Mo-bot the Robot, which allowed him to virtually attend classes from the hospital.
Now, he'll take his infectious laugh to middle school with full confidence from all of his friends.