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Cancer Survivor Aiden Burkhart Can Be a Kid Again

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No parent expects their child to develop cancer.

A kid belongs in school, on the playground and with friends as they begin their life, not in a hospital going through chemotherapy.

Kansas native Aiden Burkhart is enjoying the things that any nine-year-old kid should while growing up, such as playing soccer and basketball, though he had to fight to do so.

He had to beat cancer first, and due to the lack of funding and resources available for pediatric cancer, he did it with chemotherapy designed for adults.

That journey – which spanned over a year – all began with a bath.