“Preston is a huge Mavs fan and a lover of basketball,” his mother, Rachael Pipkins, said. “Preston could no longer play or run, his appetite was decreasing, and he was losing weight and his lips became pale. After his last basketball game, he could only run one time across the court and nearly passed out. I took him to the emergency room because I thought it was anemia.”
Indeed, Preston was anemic, but only because he had acute myeloid leukemia, Rachael explained. The family’s entire life has been flipped upside down ever since the diagnosis.
“Preston is a great kid and deserves the world,” Rachael said.