Parents of ‘Mighty Mason’ continue to raise awareness for childhood cancer in honor of late son

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)– “Mighty Mason” Garvey captured the hearts of Hoosiers during his conflict with cancer. It’s been a twelvemonth since helium mislaid that conflict to embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. His parents, Kevin and Heather, are inactive amazed astatine the benignant of interaction helium made.

“People conscionable gravitated to him,” Heather said. “I don’t know, helium conscionable benignant of had this benignant of swag astir him.”

“When you met him helium made a quality successful your life,” Kevin said. “He changed you. He made you amended aft being with him. He did it small, helium did it successful his ain quirky way, but helium had impact.”

Kevin and Heather cognize a batch of radical got to spot Mason’s narration with Colts cornerback Kenny Moore II and the amusive helium got to person with his favourite sports teams. However, they shared that astir had a look astatine the amended days portion down the scenes it was a batch harder.

“Mason’s passing was very, precise difficult,” Heather said. “He was successful an utmost magnitude of symptom and an utmost magnitude of agitation and that lasted for a very, precise agelong time.”

“You get to the constituent wherever you cognize the extremity is adjacent [and] you consciousness helpless and you truly are looking for immoderate answers, immoderate benignant of comfort,” Kevin said.

Through it all, a doc and his squad astatine Riley Hospital for Children were determination each measurement of the way.

Dr. Adam Hill and the Palliative Care radical became the family’s go-to contacts during their astir hard times, and the Garveys ne'er needed much assistance than connected June 25, 2020.

“They called that greeting [and] I knew that helium was successful trouble, they were successful distress,” Hill said. “Mason was uncomfortable, successful symptom arsenic helium was dying.”

Hill said arsenic a antheral of faith, helium felt similar getting the telephone from the Garveys was nary coincidence.

“Whatever I could to marque immoderate tiny quality successful that infinitesimal and ended up spending each time retired determination successful their home.”

Still, adjacent helium couldn’t hole for the emotions that came erstwhile Mason died.

“When I near their location a small earlier six o’ timepiece I sat successful my car and cried.”

Mason had a tone that touched anyone who got close. In a abbreviated time, his parents watched him reached many.

“Mason successful his 9 years connected world made a bigger quality than astir radical volition marque successful a lifetime,” Kevin said.

Only a fewer days aft Mason took his past breath, Kevin and Heather figured retired what they wanted to bash to transportation connected Mason’s legacy.

“There had to beryllium a crushed that Mason went done this and we couldn’t conscionable fto that beryllium the extremity of it,” Heather said.

Click here to larn astir the Mighty Mason Fund that supports rhabdomyosarcoma probe and enactment tuned to larn astir the Garveys’ caller task with Riley Hospital for Children. Randall Newsome volition person that communicative Thursday connected “All Indiana.”