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Nova Scotia community renovates backyard for boy fighting leukemia

Nova Scotia community renovates backyard for boy fighting leukemia

A community turned a waterlogged backyard into the perfect place to play for little boy with leukemia.

Bryan Carroll spends most of his time at home in Darmouth, Nova Scotia, because of his illness.

Last year, the seven-year-old boy was diagnosed with leukemia. At one point it had gone into remission but unfortunately, it came back.

So family friend, Leanne Christie, made a few phone calls and gathered volunteers to transform the family’s yard, reported CTV News.

“Bryan’s dad and I were standing in the backyard (and) he mentioned what his thoughts were on the backyard, but that time was just not on his side,” Christie told the news outlet.

Christie then went online to setup a GoFundMe page to raise money for the backyard makeover.

Four days later, approximately 50 people showed up to lend a hand, mostly students and teachers from Carroll’s school. They laid sod, set up furniture, installed a swing set and even filled a trunk full of toys for the little boy.

“Everybody here just wanted to do something,” Christie told Global News. “We were all searching for something that we could do and this was born and here we here.”

The best part … it was all done in secret. The family had no idea as they spent the day on a train trip.

After five hours of hard work, the backyard was eventually transformed into a beautiful place for the family to spend time in the summer.

When the Carroll family finally returned home, they were amazed.

“We have limited time and we need to enjoy it. So it is nice, it is very nice,” Carroll’s dad, Sean, told CTV News.

There were also two special guests that paid the family a visit, reported Global News. NHL stars Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon “toured the yard and even played with the water guns for a while.”

The GoFundMe page will stay up till Friday and all the money raised will go the the Carroll family.