Career-choice Stories

Hot shot is an active and playful five year old. He lives with his parents Heatwave and Quickshadow. His father is a firefighter and his mother is a pediatric nurse. They live in Fort Worth Texas. They live a very normal and happy life there. However soon Hot shot begins to feel unwell. Hot shot has a headache, he is tired, he has nausea with vomiting, he has a stiff neck, and a head tilt. Hot shot's parents are worried. His parents take him to Cook Children's hospital after calling their pediatrician to see what is wrong. Hot shot has an MRI done and other tests too. Hot shot is then diagnosed with Medulloblastoma a type of brain tumor that is brain cancer. Hot shot is brave and ready to fight his cancer head on. At the hospital Hot shot makes friends with four other kids his age with the same type of cancer. They become the best of friends and decide to fight their cancer together. They are determined to win too! (Humanized)

Heatwave and Quickshadow are so happy. They now have a baby boy who was just born today. They named him Hot shot. But quickly the joy turns to great concern. They are told that Hot shot has several heart defects. He has a two major heart defects teratology of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries, a small right ventricle, a blocked artery, and two holes in his heart. The doctors are stunned he is alive. He was immediately sent to Texas Children's Hospital. They were stunned about Hot shot's heart. But they saw it could be handled with open heart surgery. So Hot shot was going to begin a journey of trying to stay healthy with an unhealthy heart. He makes friends as he grows up at the heart center who also have serious defects. They all become good friends and have many surgeries while they grow up. Soon things were going to get even more hard as they go through this journey of theirs. (Humanized)

Hot shot is five years old. He lives with his parents Heatwave and Quickshadow. Hot shot loves to run, jump, climb and play. He loves to be active. They all live in Fort Worth Texas. Hot shot is very happy and healthy. However soon he starts to feel unwell. A few days later he gets much worse and his parents take him right to Cook Children's Hospital ER. There all kinds of tests are done. Hot shot is then diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia a type of blood cancer. Hot shot is ready to be brave. Hot shot befriends seven other kids his age with the same type of cancer. They decide to fight their cancer together and become the best of friends. They are determined to win too! (Humanized)

Heatwave and Quickshadow live in Cincinnati Ohio and they now have a happy and healthy son named Hot shot. They loved him from the moment he was born. Hot shot was growing up fast and becoming very healthy and active. Hot shot is now five years old. Hot shot starts to feel unwell. On the Monday before Thanksgiving he is so sick he is taken to Cincinnati Children's hospital to find out what is wrong. They do a lot of tests. Then on Thanksgiving day they find out Hot shot has Ewing Sarcoma a type of bone and soft tissue cancer. Hot shot is ready to be brave and fight his cancer. At the hospital Hot shot makes friends with four other kids his age with the same type of cancer. They all become best friends and are ready to fight their cancer together. They are going to win too! (Humanized)

Hot shot was born to Heatwave a firefighter and Quickshadow a pediatric nurse. Hot shot was born with a complex heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot. Hot shot was diagnosed with it at the age of five because his symptoms were mild to moderate wasn't showing almost any cyanosis and went unnoticed for the first five years. But at five years old Hot shot was started having problems. His parents took him too his pediatrician who sent them to a pediatric cardiologist. They do tests on Hot shot and discover the defect they were amazed he went undiagnosed but it happen because some people don't find out that have this defect until they are adults. Hot shot is going to need a surgery to fix it and to see a cardiologist on regular basis now. Hot shot meets four other kids his age who also didn't get diagnosed with their heart defects till later and need surgery and possible other treatments. The five of them become friends. Hot shot is going to be brave and learn what it means to be a heart warrior. (Humanized)

Hot shot is eight years old. He loves to run, jump, climb and play. He lives with his parents Heatwave and Quickshadow. Hot shot was about to finish second grade. During the last week of school they move to Fort Worth Texas. They are all very happy. However soon Hot shot starts feel unwell. His parents take him to the doctor who tells them to go to Cook Children's hospital. There they do many tests and are told Hot shot has Ewing Sarcoma a type of bone cancer and needs treatment. Hot shot is brave and ready to face it head on. There at the hospital he makes friends with four other kids his own age who have the same type of cancer. They decide to fight their cancer together and become the best of friends. They are determined to win too! (Humanized)

Heatwave and Quickshadow have just welcomed a son into the world. They are very happy they now have a child. However they are very concerned their son was born with complex heart defects and needs a lot of care. By the time Hot shot is five years old he has had 5 open heart surgeries and 6 cauterizations. He has had 11 procedures. He also has some good friends who also are regular visitors to heart center. Soon Hot shot's heart cannot take much more and he needs a new heart. Hot shot hopes to get a new heart soon. His friends also need new hearts too. Hot shot hopes to get a new heart soon. (Humanized)

Hot shot is a playful and active five year old. He lives with his parents Heatwave and Quickshadow. His father Heatwave is a firefighter and his mother Quickshadow is a stay at mom. They even have their Dalmatian puppy Fireplug who is 10 months old. They live in Fort Worth Texas. Hot shot loves to run, jump, climb and play. He is a very good little boy. Hot shot is full of hopes and dreams. Hot shot is thinking about being a firefighter or a baseball player or zookeeper who works with rhinos or something else when he grows up. In early May Hot shot begins to feel unwell. Hot shot has a bad headache, he has nausea with vomiting, he is tired, he isn't as active as before, he is having trouble with his left leg, and he is cranky. His parents take him to his pediatrician. His pediatrician sends them to Cook children's to get an MRI. The MRI reveals Hot shot has a brain tumor the size of a peach. The tumor is biopsied and Hot shot is diagnosed with Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor or ATRT a type of brain cancer. Hot shot is brave and ready to face his cancer head on. He makes friends with four other children his age with the same type of cancer. They decide to fight their cancer together and become the best of friends. Hot shot is determined to kick cancer's butt! (Humanized)

Hot shot is a playful and active five year old. He lives with his father Heatwave and his mother Quickshadow. They live in Fort Worth Texas. His father Heatwave is a firefighter and his mother Quickshadow is a pediatric nurse who works at Cook Children's hospital. Hot shot is a very kind, gentle, loving and generous little boy with a big heart. Hot shot dreams of either being a firefighter like his father, or baseball player, or a zookeeper who works with rhinos or something in the medical field like his mother. In early May Hot shot begins feel unwell. He is tired, he has a painful lower left leg, he is limping, he has a fever, and soon there is a huge lump on his shin. His parents take him to his pediatrician who sends them to Cook children's hospital. Hot shot sees a special doctor in the hospital. The doctor does all kinds of tests on Hot shot. Then Hot shot is diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma a type of bone cancer. Hot shot is brave and ready to fight his cancer head on. Hot shot makes friends with four other kids his age with the same type of cancer. They become the best of friends and decide to fight their cancer together. Hot shot is determined to kick cancer's butt! (Humanized)

Hot shot is five years old. He loves to run, jump, climb and play. He is a very active little boy. He is full of energy and life. He lives in Cincinnati Ohio with his parents. He loves his life there. However in November shortly after his birthday Hot shot starts to feel sick. He is wondering why he is feeling so bad. He hopes to get better soon. However one night about week later he feels so bad his parents take him straight to Cincinnati Children's hospital. There they run tests on Hot shot. It is discovered Hot shot has heart failure. His is pretty bad and he needs a heart transplant. Luckily for them Cincinnati Children's hospital is one of the best hospitals for kids and their hearts. They do very many heart transplants. Hot shot is now waiting for his new heart at the hospital due to how bad he is. Hot shot is monitored closely and sometimes needs more care. There Hot shot meets four other kids his age with heart failure also waiting for new hearts. Hot shot is hoping he will get his new heart soon. (Humanized)

Hot shot is a very playful and active child who loves to run jump climb and play. He lives with his father Heatwave and his mother Quickshadow. Heatwave is a firefighter and Quickshadow is a pediatric nurse. They all live in Fort Worth Texas and have a very happy life there. Hot shot is a very good, kind, smart, and generous little boy with a big heart. Hot shot loves to be with his family. Hot shot starts to feel unwell. He has a bad headache, he is vomiting, he is tired, he has a stiff neck, he is walking funny, and he has a head tilt. Hot shot feels so unwell one day his parents take him right to Cook Children's hospital out of worry. There they do an immediate MRI from the ER. Hot shot is then diagnosed with a brain tumor in his cerebellum which is in the back of his brain. Hot shot's tumor is about the size of a kiwi fruit and the doctors take it out and test it. Then Hot shot is diagnosed with Medulloblastoma a type of brain cancer. Hot shot is brave and ready to face his cancer head on. Hot shot makes friends with four other kids his age with the same type of cancer. They decide to fight their cancer together and become the best of friends. Hot shot is determined to kick his cancer's butt! (Humanized)

Hot shot was born to Heatwave and Quickshadow. He was very cute and precious. However Hot shot was born with complex heart defects. Hot shot was going to need a lot of help to stay healthy. His parents love him and want to help him very much. Hot shot as he grows he has many things done to his heart. By the time he is 5 years old he has had 7 cardiac catheterizations, and 4 open heart surgeries. Hot shot has many good friends in the hospital including 4 kids his own age who also have complex heart defects. Hot shot isn't doing well at five years old and his cardiologist says he needs a new heart. So Hot shot needs a heart transplant. He finds out his friends need heart transplants too. They all hope to get their new hearts soon. (Humanized)

Hot shot Flamezer has just moved to Fort Worth Texas with his parents Heatwave and Quickshadow. Hot shot loves to run jump climb and play. He is a very active little boy. Hot shot is also very happy and healthy. However shortly after the move, he becomes very sick. One night he feels so bad his parents take him to Cook Children's hospital. Hot shot is checked into the hospital. There they do all kinds of tests. Then a couple of days later Hot shot is diagnosed with Anaplastic Ependymoma a type of brain tumor that is brain cancer, the most common solid tumor cancer in children and the most deadly childhood cancer. Hot shot is brave and ready to fight his cancer. He makes friends with four other kids in the hospital with the same type of cancer. They become best friends and decide to fight their cancer together. They are determined to win too! (Humanized)

To Heatwave and Quickshadow Flamezer a son was born. They named him Hot shot. They all live in Fort Worth. Little Hot shot was born with heart defects and he was going to need many surgeries as he grew up. Hot shot has had 5 surgeries in his first five years. However at five years old his heart can't take it anymore and begins to fail and it is bad. He needs a heart transplant. Amazingly enough Cook Children's welcome their first heart transplant surgeons just recently. Hot shot also has friends his own age with heart defects who also need heart transplants now. Hot shot is now waiting for his new heart at the hospital due to how bad he is. Hot shot is monitored closely and sometimes needs more care. Hopefully one of them will be the first heart transplant receipt at Cook Children's. Hot shot is hoping he will get his new heart soon. (Humanized)

Hot shot is eight years old. He loves to run, jump, climb and play. He lives with his parents Heatwave and Quickshadow. Hot shot was about to finish second grade. During the last week of school they move to Fort Worth Texas. They are all very happy. However soon Hot shot starts feel unwell. His parents take him to the doctor who tells them to go to Cook Children's hospital. There they do many tests and are told Hot shot has Ewing Sarcoma a type of bone cancer and needs treatment. Hot shot is brave and ready to face it head on. There at the hospital he makes friends with four other kids his own age who have the same type of cancer. They decide to fight their cancer together and become the best of friends. They are determined to win too! (Humanized)

Heatwave and Quickshadow live in Fort Worth Texas and they now have a happy and healthy son named Hot shot. They loved him from the moment he was born. Hot shot was growing up fast and becoming very healthy and active. Hot shot is now five years old. Hot shot starts to feel unwell. On the Monday before Thanksgiving he is so sick he is taken to Cook Children's hospital to find out what is wrong. They do a lot of tests. Then on Thanksgiving day they find out Hot shot has Ewing Sarcoma a type of bone and soft tissue cancer. Hot shot is ready to be brave and fight his cancer. At the hospital Hot shot makes friends with four other kids his age with the same type of cancer. They all become best friends and are ready to fight their cancer together. They are going to win too! (Humanized)

Hot shot was born to Heatwave and Quickshadow Flamezer. They live in Houston Texas. Hot shot was born with complex heart defects. He spent much of his time in and out of the hospital. Hot shot even though he is now five years old he has had 8 catheterization surgeries, 4 open heart surgeries and he even had a pacemaker put in. Hot shot has friends at the hospital who also have complex heart defects. They are four children his own age and they often play together. They are very good friends. Then Hot shot's heart can't take much more and he needs a new heart. So Hot shot is in need of a heart transplant. Hot shot finds out his friends need heart transplants too. This is a big moment because it might be the 700th heart transplant at this hospital it has one of the best heart transplant programs in the world. Hot shot is hoping he will get his new heart soon. (Humanized)

Megatron and Hyperia have four amazing children. Slipstream their oldest and only daughter, Thundercracker their older son, Skywarp their younger son, and Starscream the youngest son and child. They all lived in town in Vermont. Then they moved to Fort Worth Texas. Megatron works with his best friend as co owner of a company they own together, now he is going help out at the home office at Fort Worth. Hyperia works as a pediatric oncologist at Cook children's hospital now which is the reason for the move. Slipstream is 15 and just started high school as a ninth grader, Thunder is 13 and just started middle school as 7th grader. Skywarp is 11 and is in fifth grade and Starscream is 8 and in third grade. However in November a couple of months after Starscream's ninth birthday he starts to feel unwell. He has a headache, he is nauseous, he is vomiting, he is cranky and this morning he has a seizure. His worried parents take him to Cook children's Hospital after his seizure. They do all kinds of tests. Then Starscream is diagnosed with anaplastic ependymoma a type brain tumor that is brain cancer, the common solid tumor cancer in children and the most deadly. Starscream is brave and ready to fight his cancer. He meets a girl his age who has the same type of cancer as him. They become best friends. They decide to fight their cancer together. They are determined to win too! (Humanized)

Hot shot is a playful and active five year old. He lives with his parents Heatwave and Quickshadow. His father Heatwave is a firefighter and his mother Quickshadow is a stay at mom. They even have their Dalmatian puppy Fireplug who is 10 months old. They live in Fort Worth Texas. Hot shot loves to run, jump, climb and play. He is a very good little boy. Hot shot is full of hopes and dreams. Hot shot is thinking about being a firefighter or a baseball player or zookeeper who works with rhinos or something else when he grows up. In early May Hot shot begins to feel unwell. Hot shot has a bad headache, he has nausea with vomiting, he is tired, he isn't as active as before, he is having trouble with his left leg, and he is cranky. His parents take him to his pediatrician. His pediatrician sends them to Cook children's to get an MRI. The MRI reveals Hot shot has a brain tumor the size of a peach. The tumor is biopsied and Hot shot is diagnosed with Choroid Plexus Carcinoma a type of brain cancer. Hot shot is brave and ready to face his cancer head on. He makes friends with four other children his age with the same type of cancer. They decide to fight their cancer together and become the best of friends. Hot shot is determined to kick cancer's butt! (Humanized)

Hot shot is five years old. He loves to run, jump, climb and play. He lives with his parents Heatwave and Quickshadow. During the summer they move to Fort Worth Texas. They are all very happy. However soon Hot shot starts feel unwell. His parents take him to the doctor who tells them to go to Cook Children's hospital. There they do many tests and are told Hot shot has Ewing Sarcoma a type of bone cancer and needs treatment. Hot shot is brave and ready to face it head on. There at the hospital he makes friends with four other kids his own age who have the same type of cancer. They decide to fight their cancer together and become the best of friends. They are determined to win too! (Humanized)