NOGALES, AZ — Our coverage of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month continues with the story of an Arizona boy who has defied the odds with the help of his doctors and nurses, his mom's unrelenting love, his own will to survive, and a love of baseball!
After the life-altering diagnosis, Rodriguez-Siraitare was forced to trade in the baseball diamond for Diamond Children's Cancer Center in Tucson. Teresa says Rodriguez-Siraitare was given a 50% chance of surviving, but she pushed through those odds and never gave up. With his team on the field and his team of doctors and nurses off the field, Rodriguez-Siraitare was able to throw his most memorable no-hitter yet, striking out cancer for good. After two years, he is cancer-free, inspiring countless others along the way, including one teammate in particular who never left his side.