‘My hero’: 9-year-old boy helps father fight cancer with stem cell donation

TORRANCE, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS) – A 9-year-old California boy is being called a hero after he saved his father’s life with a stem cell donation.

Nick Mondek, a 45-year-old father of two, was facing a second battle with leukemia in April when his then-9-year-old son, Stevie, stepped up to help by donating his stem cells.

“I wanted to help him get rid of his cancer, and I wasn’t nervous at all,” Stevie said…

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