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Sat Jan 11, 2020, 06:49 AM Jan 2020

Boy who beat cancer gets surprise greeting from entire school [View all]

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Boy who beat cancer gets surprise greeting from entire school

CBS News

Published on Jan 10, 2020

When 6-year-old John Oliver finished chemo treatment for leukemia, he returned to school to a standing ovation from his classmates.

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From https://fox8.com/2020/01/08/6-year-old-geauga-county-boy-beats-leukemia-classmates-celebrate-final-chemo-treatment/

6-year-old Geauga County boy beats leukemia; classmates celebrate final chemo treatment

POSTED 8:07 PM, JANUARY 8, 2020, BY JENNIFER JORDAN

NEWBURY, Ohio (WJW) – There was a standing ovation inside St. Helen Catholic School in Newbury on Wednesday for a 6-year-old boy who has now won the biggest battle of his young life.

John Oliver Zippay, also known as J.O., received his final round of chemotherapy two days after Christmas, ending a 3-year battle with leukemia. So Wednesday, his classmates, teachers and family took time out to celebrate.

"He's doing great! Yeah, he's feeling better. A lot of his side effects over the years involved his legs from the steroids and he's doing great," his father John Zippay said.

But John Oliver’s parents, John and Megan Zippay, say these past three years have been anything but easy.

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