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Illinois community celebrates as 2nd-grader returns home cancer-free
CHATHAM, Ill. – An Illinois community fully supported and showed up to celebrate a local second-grader who returned home cancer-free after a successful surgery.
Video of the heartwarming moment showed police and neighbors in Chatham coming out for the celebration on Saturday.
Judah Collins had been undergoing chemotherapy since August of last year. He also relapsed last November, leaving his family “devastated,” according to the Chatham Police Department.
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“This time, he needed a bone marrow transplant. On January 17, 2024, they transplanted his mother’s bone marrow into his little body. The transplant was successful!” the department wrote on its Facebook page.
Video showed police patrol cars lined up and flashing their lights while neighbors cheered, clapped and waved flags as Judah and his family returned home.
“When Judah made it home today, he had an army of people there to welcome him and his family home…What an incredible story of resilience, never giving up, and the true power of a mother’s love,” Chatham Police said.
Storyful contributed to this report. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
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All Ascension Illinois hospitals, physician offices, and care sites across Illinois remain open and operational – 1340 WJOL
Ascension previously reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that has caused disruptions to patient care in its network. Our priority remains on providing safe patient care. Ascension, with the support of leading cybersecurity experts, worked around the clock over the weekend to respond to the ransomware incident affecting our systems. We are focused on restoring systems safely. We are making progress, however, it will take time to return to normal operations. As systems and services come back online, we will share those updates so that our patients and communities can plan accordingly. We have established a dedicated website to share any updates we have across our system.
All Ascension Illinois hospitals, physician offices, and care sites across Illinois remain open and operational. We continue to accept all internal and external transfers. Despite the challenges posed by the recent ransomware incident, patient safety continues to be our utmost priority. Our dedicated doctors, nurses, and care teams are demonstrating incredible thoughtfulness and resilience as we use manual and paper based systems during the ongoing disruption to normal systems.
We thank you for your patience and understanding as we navigate this unexpected situation. Rest assured, our commitment to the health and safety of our community remains our highest priority.
Please refer to our website via the link below for Ascension Illinois specific information and updates.
https://about.ascension.org/
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Big Ten Network Televising All 3 Games in Purdue-Illinois Baseball Series
All three games of the Purdue-Illinois baseball series will be televised on Big Ten Network later this week. Both teams announced the news on Monday. This weekend marks the final one of the conference’s regular season schedule before entering tournament play.
Because of Big Ten Network’s coverage, there have some time changes to the three-game series, which runs from Thursday, May 16 through Saturday, May 18 and will be played at Alexander Field in West Lafayette, Ind. Here’s the updated schedule, per Purdue’s social media team:
Game 1: Thursday, May 16 at 8 p.m. ET
Game 2: Friday, May 17 at 8 p.m. ET
Game 3: Saturday, May 18 at 3 p.m. ET
Heading into the final series of the regular season, Illinois sits in first place in the Big Ten standings. The Fighting Illini own a conference record of 15-6 and are 30-17 overall. Purdue is in a three-way tie for third place with a 13-8 record in Big Ten play. The Boilermakers are 33-19 on the year.
Indiana and Michigan are also 13-8 in Big Ten play this season. Purdue dropped series to both the Hoosiers and Wolverines earlier this year. Indiana and Michigan play a three-game series in Bloomington, Ind. this weekend.
At 14-7, Nebraska sits in second place all alone. The Huskers close out the regular season with a three-game series against Michigan State.
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