Toddler Winning Fight Against Cancer

Noah Jackson looks like your typical three year old boy. He's learning his letters, loves playing outside and Santa Claus recently brought him a pint-sized John Deer tractor.
But, two years ago Noah began a fight for his life. At just 15 months old, he was diagnosed with Leukemia, a cancer that affects 2,500 kids every year.
"We went in for a 15 month check up and a flu shot. Immediately when we walked in the door my pediatrician said something does not look right," said Allison Jackson, remembering the day her son was diagnosed.
"You never think in one million years your child is going to have Leukemia," said Jackson.
The same night Noah was diagnosed, he boarded a plane with his mom, dad and grandmother. He began chemo treatments at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
"It was a Thursday night, "said Jackson. "It was ten days before Christmas, and your life changes in a second," she said. "You just want to do everything possible to make him well and you can't. It's out of your hands. You have to put it in God's hands and that's what we did."
With hundreds of prayers and the help of a great team of doctors, Noah fought the disease and found himself in remission in a matter of months. He was prescribed 146 weeks of chemo, which are mostly administered at Mobile's Springhill Hospital. Already, Noah has finished 89 weeks, and his family is looking forward to 2008 being the last year of the cancer treatments.
"2008 is going to be a great year for our family," says his mom, who is expecting her third child this spring.