The warrior who beat cancer after six years and wants to become a doctor – 01/07/2018

You do not have to go far to find great warriors who are fighting without stopping. Lautaro Daniel Britos, seven years old and neighbor of Morón, is one of them: after six years of fighting, he overcame a head tumor and leukemia.

"He is healed, he is released," they said "Dani" and his family a few weeks ago from the doctor at the Garrahan Hospital in the city of Buenos Aires. Hearing the news, the child said between tears and hugs to his mother, Gabriela Puyol: "I beat cancer, thank God."

It all started when Dani was a year old and his mother began to feel that something was happening. "He walked very young and I noticed that suddenly lost his stability and always fell to the left ," says the mother, who over time perceived changes in behavior of his son as to express or scratch his head continually.

The fight began on December 31, 2012, when the boy fainted at his home for no reason. There, he was taken to Morón hospital, where Dr. Néstor Vargas observed him, studied him and recommended his transfer to Garrahan hospital to be able to perform very complex studies. After a CT scan was diagnosed with a tumor in the head, below the right hypothalamus .

"After that, we We started a long path of treatment that ended when my son was four years old, during which time he was operated by a neurosurgeon who came specifically from France to help, "recalls Dani's mother and her four siblings who sent him small drawings and messages of encouragement.

The operation was "miraculous" Clínicas hospital and doctors used a laser to intervene on the cyst.After the fight Untiring, fate has put another obstacle in the life of the child: they noticed that the lymph nodes of the neck and pelvis were swollen. It was again studied and the diagnosis was the least desired: leukemia.

So Dani was involved in another battle that he knew how to win with the help of his loved ones. Chemotherapy and admissions in three-month cycles made attendance in the first year of school impossible. Without giving up and with the help of his mother, he learns to read alone and replaces toys with books.

The story of Dani shows that every stone found on the road can be overcome, the important thing is to never lose a smile.

Today, he has a big dream to fulfill, he is a fanatic fan of Deportivo Morón and a great follower of "Bicho" Rossi, before the team. That's why she also fantasizes about playing in the premiere of her love club. And not only that: "I would also like to be a doctor to save all the sick" says the little warrior.