COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa. (KMTV) — At first look, Joe Miller may appear to be a typical highschool junior however this previous 12 months has been something however typical for him and his household. He is dwelling with the consequences of liver most cancers.
“It is tremendous uncommon, really, the docs mentioned they’d by no means seen it. It is normally a most cancers present in youthful youngsters or infants and I obtained it at 16 years previous,” Joe mentioned.
He missed his entire sophomore 12 months due to chemotherapy and months within the hospital. Earlier this 12 months, he acquired a liver transplant.
“It has been an extended journey for our household and one which’s nonetheless occurring,” his father Dan Miller mentioned.
After a tough 12 months, household good friend Jason Kaiman stepped in and made an enormous gesture. Since Joe is a passionate College of Michigan fan, Kaiman paid for a dream journey to Ann Arbor. He took care of every part from inns and kit to sideline passes.
“This previous weekend, we obtained pregame and postgame sideline passes, and our seats had been proper behind the Michigan bench, like three rows up,” Joe mentioned.
Joe additionally obtained to satisfy his idol, Wolverines quarterback J.J. McCarthy.
“I met him on the sideline earlier than the sport, obtained to speak to him a bit bit after,” Joe mentioned.
For Kaiman, granting the want was a no brainer, calling Michigan video games “life-changing” and “electrical” for followers like Joe.
“I have been paid again … 100 occasions over for the cash I’ve spent. It is simply been an incredible factor,” Kaiman mentioned.
Dan believes Kaiman’s good deed is reflective of Joe and his type coronary heart, which he is maintained regardless of all his challenges.
“The issues he is needed to undergo, a 16-year-old child’s not speculated to need to undergo it. Sadly, most cancers finds the perfect,” Dan mentioned.
Joe’s mother says he smiled for 72 hours straight. Whereas he is nonetheless present process remedy, she reminds us all, the “world is filled with gracious and beneficiant individuals.”