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12 August 12, 2016 Feature BULLSEYE
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Nellis makes childhood wish reality
U.S. Air Force photo by Sta Sgt. Darlene Seltmann By Sta Sgt. Darlene Seltmann and platelet transfusions, and biopsies.
Our stays were so frequent a port was
A pararescueman shows Reymond their night vision equipment during his visit to the 99th Air Base Wing Public A airs implanted directly into Reymond’s heart
66th Rescue Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 19, 2016. In addition to visiting to make it easier for the chemotherapy and
with the pararescuemen, Reymond got a rst-hand look inside the HH-60. NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — various transfusions.”
Growing up building model airplanes
with his dad, Reymond Rivas always For Reymond the cancer wasn’t the
dreamed of joining the Air Force to be- worst part.
come a ghter pilot.
“It was the chemo that takes your hair
Unfortunately on Dec. 28, 2013 his and it was really the most painful. I would
dream was put on hold as he was diag- be the in hospital for week long stays,” said
nosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Reymond.
Recently, Reymond was given the op- For the family of ve the rst year was
portunity for a wish. A wish he could hard. It was a balancing act for the whole
have easily chosen as the typical family family.
trip to Disneyland but that’s not what he
wanted. His wish was to visit Nellis Air “Little by little he got better, and each
Force Base, Nevada and experience what phase grew further and further apart. He
it’s like to be a pilot. hasn’t physically been admitted to the hos-
pital for over six months now,” Vivian said.
On July 19, that wish came true as the
Rivas-Cook family was wholeheartedly wel- A life threatening diagnosis takes a toll
comed to Nellis AFB. ey received a behind not only the individual, but the entire fam-
the scenes look at what it’s like to be stationed ily. e purpose of visiting Nellis AFB was
at the multifaceted military installation. to provide an interruption to the normal
stressors of life and give the family a day of
“When we learned that Reymond had enjoyment without having to worry about
leukemia we had no choice but to go into anything else.
battle-mode,” said Vivian Rivas-Cook,
Reymond’s mother. “ e next year con- The first part of his day was spent
sisted of nothing but hospital stays, blood __________ See WISH, on page 20
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