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5-year-old Fighting Cancer Uses Sticky Note Art to Make Friends Through Hospital Window

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Liz Mixdorf tells Fox News her son Meyer, 5, made an unexpected friend across the street while he was inpatient

Meyer Mixdorf, 5, was a patient at Children’s Mercy Kansas City in Missouri back in May when he made his first “mystery friend,” Johnna Schindlbeck, a Truman Medical Centers employee who works across the street.

His mother, Liz Mixdorf, told Fox News that Meyer had been diagnosed with brain cancer in December 2020 and was taken to Children’s Mercy to receive treatment. 

Five months into his treatment, Mixdorf and her husband decided to arrange sticky notes in the shape of a smiley face on Meyer’s window to lift his spirits after a difficult stem cell transplant. The trio never knew that they’d receive a winky face in response to their artwork a day later.

When they finally noticed the Post-it message, the Mixdorfs and Schindlbeck went back and forth sending emojis to each other for a few days. 

“It was a really entertaining, uplifting activity that Meyer looked forward to,” Mixdorf said. 

Courtesy Fox News

August 3, 2021

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