5-year-old with cystic fibrosis asks for stickers and cards as he fights COVID-19

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A little boy who's currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is requesting for people to send him stickers and notes of encouragement as he nears the end of his fight. Noah Schneider tested positive for the virus on Dec. 30. The 5-year-old was born with cystic fibrosis -- an inherited, life-threatening disease that damages the lungs, digestive system and other organs.

is requesting for people to send him stickers and notes of encouragement as he nears the end of his fight.

"He's gotten five cards, but nurses gave him [stickers] and now he has a couple thousand," Schneider, of Yuba City, California, told "Good Morning America. "He loves getting them. He asks almost every day, 'Did I get a package?'" Schneider said she knew that her husband Andrew had a mutated gene that could cause CF, since Andrew's daughter from a previous relationship, Ashlynn, 7, has the disease. Schneider said she was tested and also had the mutated gene.

"Due to Noah's frequent need of a ventilator during admissions, he received a trach [tube] in his throat Oct. 27, 2020, so it would be easier to ventilate without actually having to intubate him," Schneider added. When Noah began requiring more oxygen than he was getting at home, Schneider brought him to Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, where Noah tested positive for COVID-19 and still remains a patient.DeeDee Rodigo is a child life specialist at Sutter Medical Center Children's Center who focuses on psycho-social support for pediatric patients and specializes in patients with CF.

 

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God please be with this child and let no harm come his way... God Bless 🥰😇

Wish you all the best little champ!

Healing for prayer for the chid and many more in Jesus Christ name 🙏🙏 amen 🙏

If you'd like to mail stickers and a note to Noah, please send to: Sutter Medical Center ATTN: Noah and Haley Schneider 2825 Capitol Avenue Sacramento, California 95816

ebruenig If you'd like to mail stickers and a note to Noah, send to: Sutter Medical Center ATTN: Noah and Haley Schneider 2825 Capitol Avenue Sacramento, California 95816

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