Young Cancer Warrior Receives A Room Makeover By The Phillies

By Kim Hudson, CBS Philadelphia

September 8, 2023

LANGHORNE, Pa. (CBS) -- The Philadelphia Phillies gave a young fan and cancer survivor a makeover for his bedroom Thursday as part of the team's support for September's Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

"Sorry," Kristin Linder's voice trailed during their interview with CBS News Philadelphia.

She and her husband Gary began to cry as they remembered the fear and frustration of January 2022. That is when their 3-year-old boy Rowan became ill and started a series of trips to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. The couple remembered one day when they took Rowan to the hospital and tests revealed no answers.

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