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Washington family asks strangers to send cards and stickers to their dying on his birthday

Bubby Everson, an 8-year-old boy in Washington, is getting ready to celebrate his 9th birthday. Fearing that this birthday will be his last, Bubby`s parents are hoping strangers can help fulfill his one birthday wish to get lots of mail.

Bubby Everson really loves mail.

“Even if it’s junk mail we give it to him and we say, ‘Here, Bubby, here’s your mail,” Bubby’s mom, Brandi McNerney-Everson, told KCPQ.

The 8-year-old Graham, Washington, boy especially loves letters with stickers inside.

“If there are stickers in it he loves,” Bubby’s dad, Thomas Everson, added. “He’ll play with the stickers. He’ll put stickers all over the place.”

Bubby’s parents are happy to let their son put stickers anywhere he wants in their home, as a reminder to celebrate the short time they have with him.

Bubby has Cytomegalovirus (CMV). The boy’s doctors believe that in Bubby’s case, it will be fatal.

Along with CMV, Bubby has been diagnosed with a number of other conditions. He wears a cochlear implant to hear and wears casts on his feet to help with scoliosis. He has autism, cerebral palsy and epilepsy, too, sometimes having as many as 10 seizures a day.

“It’s very tough, I love him to death and I wouldn’t change him but knowing that could lose him at any time that’s hard,” said Brandi.

"We take every day like it’s the last because, we don’t know when that’s going to be," said Thomas.

Knowing his upcoming 9th birthday could very well be his last, Bubby’s parents are asking friends and strangers alike to send their son cards — preferably with stickers inside — before February 11th so they can present him with his favourite things.

"We’re going to do a treasure hunt for these birthday cards using pictures and each picture is going to lead to the next and finally to a treasure chest for him," Thomas told MyNorthwest.com.

They set up a PO box in their small town to receive the letters.

Bubby Everson
PO BOX 1142
Graham, Washington 98338

The Eversons have been overwhelmed by the response to their son’s story so far.

"I’m very shocked. I mean obviously we hoped there would be some coverage but the way it has developed it has just blown us away. Every little bit helps, every card helps. It’s going to be amazing,” Thomas told MyNorthwest.com.

The family is also raising money to build Bubby a sensory room.

“Because a complication can take his life any time … a question arose why we might be investing in a sensory room for him,” Thomas wrote on Facebook. “We’re committed to making his life as comfortable as we possibly can. A sensory room would significantly improve his mood and better moods leads to better days, and better health. When he does die, his sensory room items and medical supplies will be donated to other families who deal with the same difficulties.”

Learn more about Bubby’s sensory room here.

Follow his story on Facebook here.