TO
TO WYATT
TO WYATT SARGEANT.4@ AN ADORABLE BABY BOY WITH AN INFECTIOUS LAUGH.
WE SHARED HIS STORY AS PART OF
OUR ANNUAL BLOOD DRIVE
BECAUSE HIS LITTLE LIFE DEPENDE@
ON THOSE DONATIONS.
THE SUPPORT TO HELP WYATT'S
FIGHT AGAINST A SERIES OF 4@
AGGRESSIVE, RARE BRAIN TUMORS
INCLUD4@ED PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER
THE STATE,4@ COUNTRY -- EVEN
WORLD.4@
TONIGHT -- AN UPDATE FROM HIS
FAMILY.
4@
FAMILY. 4@ ASHLEY SARGENT WYATT'S MOM "HE
WAS PERFECT AND HE WAS AN
ABSOLUTE TREASURE."
FROM THE MOMENT WYATT CAME HOME
FROM THE HOSPITAL, HIS MOM
ASHLEY SARGENT SAYS HE WAS A
HAPPY NEWBORN.
"IT FELT LIKE OUR FAMILY WAS
COMPLETE. IT WAS EVERYTHING WE4@
WANTED. WE FELT LIKE OUR4@ FAMI
"IT FELT LIKE OUR FAMILY WAS COMPLETE. IT WAS EVERYTHING WE4@ WANTED. WE FELT LIKE OUR4@ FAMI@
OF THREE BECAME A FAMILY OF FOUR
4@AND EVERYTHING CAME FULL CIRC
AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
COMPLETE."4@
AT TWO WEEKS OLD - HE WAS
BUNDLED TIGHT FOR THE POLAR 4@
EXPRESS
EXPRESS IT WAS THEN THOUGH THAT 4@ SOMETHING DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT.
"WE WERE SCARED. WE WERE
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED."
HE COULDN'T MOVE HIS ARMS...
NORMAL BABY REFLEXES -- WEREN'T
HAPPENING.
A TRIP TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
TURNED INTO A TRIP MUCH
FARTHER AWAY.
"WE NEEDED TO BE IN BOSTON. AND
WE NEEDED TO BE THERE TONIGHT."
AS IN BOSTON CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL. AN MRI SHOWED A TUMOR
ON WYATT'S SPINE. 4@
"IT WAS A PUNCH IN THE GUT."
HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE,
AGGRESSIVE BRAIN TUMOR4@
CALLED ATRT.
"T4@YPICALLY ATRT PRESENTS ITSE
BETWEEN 2/12 AND 5 YEARS OLD. IN
OUR CASE HE WAS A MONTH." 4@
THAT ONE HOSPITAL VISIT TURNED
INTO M4@ORE...4@
LEADING TO OPERATIONS... BLOOD
TRANSFUSIONS... 4@
TRANSFUSIONS... 4@
SO
SO MANY
SO MANY HIS PARENTS LOST COUNT. "HE HAD THE FUNNIEST LAUGH" ALL THE WHILE HIS LAUGH REMAINED
-- YOU COULD SEE HIS SCARS BUT4@
COULDN'T SEE HIS PAIN.
HIS STORY TOUCHED OTHERS SO MUCH
TOTAL STRANGERS
DECIDED TO GIVE THEIR TIME AND
THEIR BLOOD TO HELP HIM GET 4@
THROUGH
THROUGH HIS ILLNESS. "HE'S A FIGHTER AND HE'S BEEN 4@ FIGHTING THIS FOR A REALLY LONG
THROUGH HIS ILLNESS. "HE'S A FIGHTER AND HE'S BEEN 4@ FIGHTING THIS FOR A REALLY LONG@
TIME AND HE'S GOING TO
PERSERVERE AND HE'S GOING TO GET
THROUGH THIS."
HIS PARENTS WERE S4@TUNNED BY T
OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FR4@OM
PEOPLE THEY NEVER MET.
THAT SUPPORT WAS SO STRONG IT
CREATED AN ARMY.
"SUPER WY'S ARMY WAS CREATED
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY."
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STANDING
BEHIND THE BOY THEY LOVINGLY4@
STARTED CALLING SUPER WY.
"IT WAS HEARTWARMING REALLY
BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU THAT
THE ENTIRE STATE OF MAINE REALLY
CARES AND WE HAD PEOPLE FROM
OTHERS STATES AND OTHER
COUNTRIES EVENTUALLY."4@4@
I WAS TOUCHED BY WYATT'S
COUNTRIES EVENTUALLY."4@4@ I WAS TOUCHED BY WYATT'S4@ RESILIENCE TOO.
WHICH IS WHY I'VE KEPT THIS
VIDEO ON MY PHONE SINCE THE DAY
I
MET HIM.
MET HIM.
4@
4@ "HE
4@ "HE LOVED THAT CAR!"4@ "IT MAKES ME HAPPY I CRY BUT YOU
KNOW, WE REALLY MISS HIM. 4@
AFTER
AFTER THIS -- THE TUMORS CAME BACK. AND WYATT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO SEE
HIS 2ND BIRTHDAY.
"BUT HE WAS SUCH A HAPPY BABY.
BUT IT'S HEARTWARMING 4@
THAT YOU MET HIM ONCE AND YOU
SAVED THOSE AND IT JUST GOES TO
BUT IT'S HEARTWARMING 4@ THAT YOU MET HIM ONCE AND YOU SAVED THOSE AND IT JUST GOES TO@
SHOW
SHOW YOU
SHOW YOU THAT HE CAPTURED THE 4@ HEARTS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE." AND THAT, ASHLEY SAYS, IS THE
REAL MIRACLE HERE. ALL THE LIVES
HE WAS4@
ABLE TO INSPIRE DURING HIS SHORT
LIFE. 4@
INCLUDING CELEBRITIES 4@
"YOU KNOW WYATT WAS ALWAYS VERY
SPECIAL BUT ONE THING MY
HUSBAND 4@
AND I HAVE ALWAYS SAID IS WE
DON'T WANT ANOTHER FAMILY TO GO
THROUGH THIS."4@
A HANDSOME LITTLE GUY WITH THE
POWER TO BRING THOUSANDS4@
OF PEOPLE TOGETHER. 4@
"IF YOU DIDN'T SAVE OUR BOY'S
LIFE AND OUR TIME WITH HIM, THEN
YOU SAVED SOMEONE ELSE'S AND
4@THAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT."
AND THAT'S THE LEGACY OF SUPER
WY.
WY. "SO
WY. "SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU GAVE UP FOR TAKING YOU@ TIME, AND ALSO GIVING US YOUR
LOVE AND GIVING OUR BOY YOUR4@
LOVE."4@
LOVE."4@
ASHLEY
ASHLEY IS
ASHLEY IS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND SHE SAYS SHE LOVES SEEING THE KIDS WEARING SUPER WY
T-SHIRTS.
RIGHT NOW THE NEED FOR BLOOD
DONATIONS IS URGENT. AND AS 4@
WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THE REASON
RIGHT NOW THE NEED FOR BLOOD DONATIONS IS URGENT. AND AS 4@ WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THE REASON@
I MET SWEET WYATT IN
THE FIRST PLACE WAS TO SHOW THE
IMPORTANT OF BLOOD DONATIONS
FOR OUR NCM BLOOD DRIVE. THIS
YEAR'S DRIVE IS HAPPENING MARCH
25TH SO CIRCLE YOUR C4@ALENDARS
OR DONATE WHEN YOU CAN. 4@
TOSS
TOSS TO
TOSS TO WEATHER