A mother who shared heartbreaking photos showing her young son being comforted by his big sister in the midst of chemotherapy has revealed he's now been given the all-clear from leukemia.
In September 2019, Kaitlin Burge from Princeton, Texas, posted photos of her son Beckett, then four, being comforted by his older sister Aubrey, then five, as he vomited over a toilet in reaction to grueling treatment.
She shared at the time that Aubrey would even carry her younger brother in her arms and place him on the couch while the tot was too weak to walk.
Beckett, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of two in April 2018, had spent months in hospital having chemotherapy.
However, his mother has now revealed that her son has been given a clean bill of health and is at school; a video shows him ringing the chemo bell at his hospital last week to mark a new chapter in his life.
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Happy ending: In September 2019, Kaitlin Beckett shared images of her daughter Aubrey, then five, pictured rubbing her little brother's back during treatment for lymphoblastic leukemia and the photos went viral. This week she revealed her son has been given the all-clear
Back to health: Beckett, now six, with his big sister, Aubrey, now seven. He had his last treatment in August and has returned to school for the new term
The siblings pictured during Beckett's treatment. Kaitlin says that the pair have an 'incredible bond' and Aubrey remains 'her little brother's protector'
The mother-of-three, who is married to husband Matthew and has a younger daughter, Chandler, decided to release the painful images in 2019 to show the importance of family in times of crisis, she says.
Kaitlin adds that Aubrey, now seven, still plays the role of protector, revealing the siblings have formed an 'irreplaceable bond' because of Beckett's illness.
'Aubrey had such a huge impact on helping him get through this. They developed a bond that only siblings have that I couldn't even replace.
'When he was going through chemo she was more of a motherly figure, but Aubrey's starting to notice that now he's off it, he's wanting to be a bit more independent.
'She's struggling with that as he's now found his inner voice and any time she tries to help him he says "I can do it by myself"'.
She adds that she even welcomes their occasional fights because it's a sign of normal family life resuming.
Beckett pictured ringing the bell on his hospital ward to mark the end of his treatment after getting a clean bill of health
Kaitlin and her husband Matthew help congratulate their little boy after he ends his treatment
In tougher times: Aubrey cleaned up for her little brother after he'd been unwell during his months spent in hospital having chemotherapy
Beckett is now finding his feet again and has returned to school where he is excelling, while Aubrey has returned to her own hobbies that were previously stopped due to the financial strain her family were under during her brother's treatment.
Kaitlin says: 'The last two years, he's been going through the day-to-day chemo he's been on.
'He was taking the nightly chemo pills and going in for treatment, then on August 8th, they stopped all chemo.
'He was done with treatment. He's going in once a month of labs but you never know - it's a different world.'
