Weei/nesn Jimmy Fund Radio-telethon

K&C - Nixon Clarke, 6, precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Newton with his parents, Karen and Shaun, and brother, Hamilton 8-22-18

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Kirk and Gerry met Nixon and his parents when they visited the Clinic this spring.After his first day of skiing for the season at Stowe in Nov. 2017, Nixon had a shower and went out for dinner. After dinner, Nixon and his brother wanted to go for a quick swim in the pool before bed. When getting changed, his parents noticed that Nixon had an odd rash that had only appeared while they were at dinner. Thinking about how quickly it appeared, they tried to find a doctor close by.The closest doctor was at a little hospital in Vermont about 30 minutes away, so Shaun took Nixon to the emergency room just to be safe. Very quickly the doctors deduced that it was most likely a viral rash and he was pretty much ok and could probably even ski the next day.However, because there was no pediatrician at the hospital, they needed to refer Nixon to one remotely. They advised that, because of Nixon's age, there could be a chance that the rash stemmed from some bacteria that can cause changes very quickly in children. The docto