Braving Leukemia

Gary Gunderson

Columbia Missourian

Scott Sappington rests in his hospital bed in the family's living room. Scott, who has had leukemia 9 of his 12 years, died May 31, 1976, three months after this photograph was made. Weeks later, Mrs. Sappington gave birth to a new boy.

Gary Gunderson, "Braving Leukemia," in POYi Archive, Item #8986, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/8986 (accessed May 18, 2024).