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Doctors said 3-year-old Nash Stineman with special needs wouldn’t live to see his second birthday.
But he proved them wrong.
On Sunday, November 17 his town threw him a parade in Chicago, Illinois to celebrate his third birthday.
Nash has a rare neuromuscular disease known “SMARD” which causes muscular weakness and a sudden inability to breathe.
And there’s no cure.
It also means he has a weak immune system and can’t be around a lot of people, so the parade was the perfect birthday party.
Hundreds of people from his community came out to celebrate with him.
More than 100 trucks, jeeps and cars of all kinds drove down the family’s street.
And instead of throwing out candy like a typical parade, there was banana pudding for Nash.
It’s the only food Nash eats by mouth because he gets intravenous nutrition.
Nath’s mom Brittany Stineman said it was surreal how may people wanted to celebrate her son.
Stineman started her own nonprofit called Smash SMARD, to find effective treatments for kids like Nash.
Since February, they’ve raised more than 2 million dollars.
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