Nolan is one of 11 National Champion for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Nolan Smith, 5, is a cancer survivor and a National Champion that advocates for pediatric healthcare. All 11 national champions have their own story.“We went from a normal Saturday afternoon to finding out our child was going to lose his eye just like that,” said Dr. Courtney Smith, Nolan’s mother and pediatrician with CHRISTUS Children’s Primary Care. “I’ve cared for children going through cancer throughout my career, but it is entirely different being on the other side.
Two weeks later, Nolan had surgery to get his eye removed in July 2019. Eight weeks after surgery, he was fitted for a prosthetic eye - as he likes to call it, his “superhero eye.” Now, Nolan is 5 and cancer-free. He enjoys going to his six-month appointments, and when he’s there, he likes to visit his friends in the Child Like Zone. He loves to read, recently began playing t-ball, and enjoys hanging with his younger brother, Cooper.
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