"If Chris could have his absolute, he would just want to sit and play video games with" Scott, Dani said. Dani said her family would have no problem paying for Scott's plane ticket, hotel or anything else to get him to the Hyde Park hospital. we're hard pressed to tell him no to anything."Ĭhris' dream is to have a "play date" with Scott, who has more than 1 million YouTube subscribers. If you had to sit in a bed for weeks at a time. We never take his iPad or Wii U from him. "He's extremely good for someone who is 6 years old. "When he's not playing video games, he's watching Zack play video games," said Chris' mother, Dani.
If he has trouble with a particular portion, he goes to Scott's super-popular YouTube videos, where Scott, 34, shows his followers how to solve video game puzzles.
In the last 16 months, Chris has spent more time at Comer Children's Hospital in Hyde Park than at his family's home in suburban La Grange Park.Ī great deal of those hours, when he's not receiving radiation, are used to master "Super Mario Brothers," "Angry Birds" and his other favorite video games. CHICAGO - Diagnosed with Stage Four neuroblastoma in July 2014, 6-year-old Chris Ellis finds comfort playing video games - and watching his idol, Zack Scott, play them, too.
0 kommentar(er)
