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7-year-old who has survived cancer 5 times 'signs' with Bellarmine basketball

7-year-old who has survived cancer 5 times 'signs' with Bellarmine basketball
THIS IS WLKY SPORTS. IT WAS A MEMORABLE DAY AT LLBEARMINE WHERE THE MEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM SIGNED A NEW PLAYER TO THE TEAM. OUR DOMINIC YATES WAS THERE AND HAS MORE ON THE NIGHT’S NEW INSPIRATIONAL TEAMMATE. SETH WALSH IS A BASKETBALL-LOVING KID WHO ATTENDS MOUNT WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I’M SEVEN BUT THIS YOUNG MAN HAS ALREADY LIVED A FULL LIFE A FIVE-TIME. LEUKEMIA SURVIVOR. WALSH HAS BEEN BATTLING CANCER SINCE HE WAS THREE YEARS OLD TECHNICALLY SETH IS ON PALLIATIVE CARE RIGHT NOW. THERE’S NO STANDARD TREATMENT OUT THERE TTHA WILL WORK FOR HIM. AND SO RIGHT NOW HE DID A CLINICAL TRIAL AT THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA THREE MONTHS AGO, AND WEAD H TESTS THE WEEK BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY AND HE’S IN 100. PERCENT REMISSION NOW. HE’S READY TO PLAY BASKETBALL TEINGAM UP WITH TEAM IMPACT WALSH FOUND HIS NEW TEAM. THE NEWEST MEERMB OF THE BELLARMIN KNITSGH MUCH LIKE THE PROGRAM DID ALMOST 10 YEARS A,GO BUT THEN 14 YEAR OLD PATRICK MCSWEENEY TO PASS INTOHE T TORCH MORE THAN ATHNYING KNOWING THE POSITIVE IMPACT. IT’S HAD ON ME AND KNOWING IT WILL HAVE THE SAME EFFECT FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. THIS IS JUST BEEN IT’S A IT’S A DOING A GREAT MOMENT WALSH’S FAMILY SAYS THEY’RE FOREVER THANKFUL TO THE BELLAMIN BASKETBALL PROGRAM, BUT THE KNIGHTSVILLE THEY’RE MORE GRATEFUL. I THINK WE’RE GONNA GET MORE OUT OF IT THAN SETH WILL AND NOT SAYING SOMETHING BECAUSE HE’S HAVING A BLAST TODAY SEVEN YEAR OLD SETH WALSH MEAD THIS BASKETBALL PROGRAM AND EVERYBODY ASSOCIEDAT WITH IT BETTER AS I’M LOOKING HE’S RUNNING AROUND WITH BALLOONS RIGHT NOW. AND LET’S HOPE HE’S HAVINGS A FUN AS IT APPEARS IF YOU HAD A MESSAGE FOR COACH DAVENPORT THE TEAM WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM NOW THAT YOU’RE OFFICIALLY A PART OF THE THG?IN ALMOST THERE WORK HARD FOR THE
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7-year-old who has survived cancer 5 times 'signs' with Bellarmine basketball
Seth Walsh is a basketball-loving kid who attends Mt. Washington Elementary School, and at 7 years old, has already lived a full life.Walsh is a five-time leukemia survivor.His battle began the day after Christmas in 2018, at just 3 years old. Currently, he's in remission.Teaming up with Team Impact, a program that signs children who face serious illness or disabilities to college athletic teams, Walsh joined his new team — the Bellarmine men's basketball program."Today, 7-year-old Seth Walsh made this basketball program and every associated with it better," Bellarmine coach Scott Davenport said.Walsh's message to his new coach, "I'll work hard for (Bellarmine)."

Seth Walsh is a basketball-loving kid who attends Mt. Washington Elementary School, and at 7 years old, has already lived a full life.

Walsh is a five-time leukemia survivor.

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His battle began the day after Christmas in 2018, at just 3 years old. Currently, he's in remission.

Teaming up with Team Impact, a program that signs children who face serious illness or disabilities to college athletic teams, Walsh joined his new team — the Bellarmine men's basketball program.

"Today, 7-year-old Seth Walsh made this basketball program and every associated with it better," Bellarmine coach Scott Davenport said.

Walsh's message to his new coach, "I'll work hard for (Bellarmine)."