As the clip shows us, he has to wear a white mesh mask to his 30-day proton therapy sessions, but the St. Louis Children’s Hospital staff helped decorate the piece of medical equipment to make it look like a Stormtrooper mask from the Star Wars films, and they also hooked him up with a full costume, as well.
For a young Star Wars fan, that’s about as cool as cool can get.
Moreover, the hospital also enlisted the help of a pair of Stormtroopers to walk him to the procedure.
That little boy’s name is Evan, and his story is enough to get this writer all teary-eyed.