The fish of his dreams
6-year-old battling cancer catches some muskies

Yep, people who get that fishing gene are fortunate. But life also deals some hands that are hard to play, and Kevin Husky drew one early in the form of a medulloblastoma, a particularly nasty kind of cancer that grew a life-threatening tumor the size of a tennis ball in his small head.

He survived brain surgery last winter and began a rugged regimen of chemotherapy that statistics say should keep him cancer-free. And when his parents asked what he would like as a reward for being such a tough guy, his answer was: "I want to go muskellunge fishing on Lake St. Clair."

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