Dancing Dad Still Rejoices Young Son’s Cancer Victory

The Bible gave us the uplifting Prodigal Son story but today’s “Dancing Dad” is also enrapturing us on the Internet with his young son’s “miraculous” cancer-free dancing clip that’s gone viral.

As Fox News tells it: “Kennith Allen Thomas – otherwise known as the “dancing dad” took [social media] by storm with his daily father-son duo dancing videos. In the now viral video called “When your son is cancer free” – which has been viewed more than 400K times – Thomas and his son, Kristian, who beat leukemia in November 2018, can be seen dancing outside their home in matching flannels, jean & smiles spreading from ear to ear.”

The backstory if not the ending is familiar to most fighting the dread disease: “When Kristain was diagnosed with leukemia in June 2018, Thomas, a father of four, said his family’s world completely shifted from daily blood work to over a month straight in the hospital while Kristian went through his first round of chemotherapy…Every day [and while still managing his dance studio], Thomas would do a daily dance with Kristian in order to set a positive mood for his family” of six and posted the dancing videos on the Internet. After 149 days, Kristian was declared cancer-free. The doctors were at a loss. But Thomas concluded: “I guess you would call it a miracle.” This November marks Kristian’s 36th month of being without cancer. Thomas has since “retired” from teaching dance, the father-son dancing continues …

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