Chandler boy a Phoenix Children’s honor patient

Among the many emotions that any mother would experience while her child is undergoing treatment for cancer, Chandler resident Lindsay Shaw had an extra one.

Her son Connor, who was 4 when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, would need to undergo chemotherapy, but would not need the radiation. Might that spare his hair?

“When I first heard his protocol, that without the radiation, Connor wasn’t going to lose his hair and it was going to be a little bit different,” Lindsay said. “One of his most prominent traits, if you see Connor, is his gorgeous red hair…

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