Thief steals dying child's seizure medication at Texas fair

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 06:28 · Archive

A thief stole nearly $2,000 worth of seizure medication from a three-year-old boy's wheelchair at the State Fair of Texas.

A thief stole nearly $2,000 worth of emergency seizure medication and approximately $1,500 in cash from the wheelchair of Devin Cervantes, a three-year-old boy with stage IV terminal brain cancer, at the State Fair of Texas on 6 October. His mother Kayla Price, a single parent, had taken her children to the fair after Devin experienced a particularly good day. She briefly turned her attention to her older son when a stranger took her purse from the back of Devin's wheelchair.

The purse contained two doses of prescription nasal spray medication vital to stopping Devin's seizures. Price told Fox 4 that insurance would not cover a replacement, and she faced a desperate struggle to obtain new doses. 'The potential of my son having a seizure and me not having that medication … it sucks,' she said. 'I could lose everything because of someone's careless act.'

Devin has endured six rounds of chemotherapy and 45 radiation treatments, but his tumour continued to grow and he was placed in hospice care. The New York Post reports that a good Samaritan stepped in to help replace the medication. Price reported the theft to Dallas police and appealed to the thief to return her belongings.

How it is being reported

• Texas thief steals terminally ill boy’s seizure meds at state fair — hero steps in to cover cost“The potential of my son having a seizure and me not having that medication … it sucks.”New York Post · 15 Oct, 06:07
• Heartless thief steals terminally ill child's medication from back of his wheelchair at Texas State FairA heartless thief stole nearly $2,000 worth of vital seizure medication from a terminally ill three-year-old boy's wheelchair at the State Fair of Texas. Devin Cervantes has stage IV brain cancer.Daily Mail · 15 Oct, 02:06

In this story: Devin Cervantes · Kayla Price · State Fair of Texas · Dallas

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