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Twice, UC Davis Health doctors have pulled out all the stops to save Bassem Mansour. First, when he was diagnosed with pediatric cancer at 6 months and then, at 15, when he was hit by a pickup truck while riding his bike near his home in El Dorado Hills. Due to the accident, he suffered more than a dozen broken bones and nearly lost his left leg.
Now 16, and not quite back on his feet, he’s giving back by presenting a basket of gifts to the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center “holiday workshop.”
“It is my way of saying thanks,” said Mansour, back at Jesuit High School and enjoying his junior year.
Still in physical therapy to regain the ability to walk, Mansour used a wheelchair to deliver the basket of items he purchased with his own $300 saved for the cause. The items were all geared for teens his age and included blue tooth beanies, giant stress balls and Squid Game t-shirts. The Mansour family also donated a $1,000 check to the Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Program at UC Davis Health.
“We can’t say enough about UC Davis doctors and nurses as well as the Child Life program,” said Yakout Mansour. “They are so passionate about taking care of their patients—and not just their physical well-being but their emotional well-being, too.”
Source: Free holiday ‘store’ set up for pediatric patient gifts at cancer center
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