leukemia Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:03:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg leukemia Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Adorable Batkid Cleans Up Gotham City (San Francisco) https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/11/18/1-adorable-batkid-cleans-gotham-city-san-francisco/ Tue, 19 Nov 2013 03:38:03 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=11581 The good people of San Francisco, California can sleep a little more soundly.

Last Friday, their city was been made safer by a very special superhero.

Batman and a special Batkid spent the day patrolling the streets and battling crime.

Batkid’s real identity (ssssh, don’t tell anyone!) is five-year-old Miles.

Miles has been winning his own battle, ever since he was just one year old—against a disease called leukemia, which is a form of cancer.

Miles’s leukemia is in “remission,” which means that he is doing very well now. In fact, he started kindergarten this year.

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