AUDUBON, N.J. - A local Audubon pizza shop is hoping to make a difference for one family by organizing a fundraiser for a little boy diagnosed with leukemia, creating unique pizza boxes."It was just him and I at the emergency room that day," Callen’s mom, Tori Sarlo explained. "Ryan was at work.
I hugged him as hard as I could and I just broke down."The family got the diagnosis a month ago. Little Callen McDonald had been sick, fighting through COVID and another bug.
But, when doctors told his mom, Tori, that Callen had leukemia, time stood still."I actually asked the doctors over and over again, ‘Am I going to lose my little boy?’ And they said no, but they couldn’t promise me that.
They couldn’t assure me that," Tori said.Tori quit her job as a sign language interpreter, knowing her son’s condition would demand her undivided attention.