5-year-old cancer survivor rings bell to celebrate milestone

Do you understand why you're ringing this bell? Yes. Why is it? Because I'm done with cancer. Yes, you're done with cancer. At just five years old, Charlie is celebrating the win of a lifetime. My birthday already passed, so I'm four now. I first met this tiny yet tough warrior a year ago. She was making her way through treatment for leukemia. Her parents rocked by the diagnosis. I was pretty scared. We didn't we didn't know anyone with leukemia. Leukemia is a cancer of the blood and while the survival rate for children continues to improve the treatment can feel endless lasting two and a half years. Well, it's a very long journey, it's two and a half years long for most families. It's intensive for the first eight months or so, and followed by a main a long maintenance phase of everyday oral chemotherapy and clinic visits. That brings us to this moment. It's time to celebrate. For Charlie, no more chemotherapy. The end to a long road. We'll still probably be a little on edge when we get little bumps and bruises and watch for things like that in case that there is a possible relapse, but we are just trusting that everything is done and over with. So in her special dress, precious gold being the color of childhood cancer, Charlie is ready to twirl her way into her next phase. Can I give you a hug? Congratulations, sweetheart. Ring this bell three times well. It's told to clearly say, my treatment's done, the course is run, and I'm on my way. You ring that bell, girl. Ring it, Charlie, three times. Good job, babe. We did it. You want to go give hugs and high fives? for what Charlie has been through for the promise her life now has for the medical team who got her here and for all of those who are trying to beat cancer we cherish this moment there's not a bell ringing that I haven't teared up because you just see the pain and the happiness and the small wins and And when someone can put their hair in a pigtail again, those are small things that most of us take for granted every day. And to see them on the other side is just inspirational. Dr. Katie says Charlie is in remission, and then after five years of scans and no return, she will be cancer-free.