RICHMOND, Va. — 8-year-old Kasen Diggs is a massive fan of golf. He has his own putting green, a golf cart, and a personal parking space in the driveway drawn with sidewalk chalk.
Golf is his passion, and when he was faced with a cancer diagnosis and seemingly endless tubes and IVs in the hospital, the sport served as a motivator.
“He was just tied to the bed, he wouldn’t get out of bed for anything,” said Kasen’s mother, Claudia. “One of our friends brought up a putting green to his ICU room, and he was like, ‘Oh! Okay.’ … immediately, he wanted to get out of the bed and start putting.”
In the spring of 2024, Kasen developed a fever. His parents, Claudia and Cory Diggs, initially thought it was a virus. The illness led to blood work, tests, and a shocking chest X-ray…