Positivity: Miracle Network Child Overcomes Cancer

Tommy Plunkey reacted as a six year-old would:

Miracle Network child gets his miracle
Mid-Michigan boy overcomes cancer
GENESEE COUNTY (WJRT) - (08/07/06)–A Hurley’s Children’s Miracle Network patient has finally found a miracle.
Two and a half years ago, cancer took a strong hold over a little Mid-Michigan boy. But after years of living with leukemia, he is free — free of disease and free to live a healthy life.

He’s just 6 years old, but the boy has lived a life most kids his age could never understand.

(Angie) You always think it’s not going to happen to you,” said mother Angie Plunkey. “We were a normal, everyday family. Everything was going great and boom, my son has cancer.”

Tommy Plunkey was diagnosed with leukemia in 2004. It’s a form of cancer that starts in the bone marrow and then spreads to the blood.

And after battling the disease for more than two years, the fight is over, and the one-time patient is now a survivor.

“We just had our last bone marrow draw and it came back cancer free,” Angie said.

For Tommy, there’s only one word to describe how he feels.

“Happy,” he said.

Cancer free means he is free to finally do what he couldn’t do before. It’s the simple things that offer so much freedom, not only for Tommy, but also for his entire family.

“He’s excited,” Angie said. “He’s had a weight lifted off of him. The first night he stayed up until 1 a.m. dancing around the table, singing, ‘My cancer is gone. My cancer is gone.’”

And gone are the days of long hospital stays, chemotherapy and uncertainty.

“We are still going to take it one day at a time,” Angie said. “I am blessed to have all three of my boys. And I wouldn’t trade that for anything.