Imagine the small town of Ganado...fairly quiet every night with the exception of car traffic. Well that wasn't the case this past Monday as a pinked out fire truck and police cruiser made their way through town and to the home of 11 year old Sydney Kallus. Monday was the night before Sydney and her mom Jennifer, would return to Houston for Sydney to start her second to last chemotherapy treatment.

Firefighters from Port Lavaca, Victoria and Inez traded out their normal uniforms for pink versions, and Texas Ranger Drew Pilkington donned a light pink button-up shirt and a pink cowboy hat.

The Guardians of the Ribbon, a nonprofit, is made up of volunteer firefighters and law enforcement officers who raise money for cancer patients.

The Crossroads chapter began when Victoria firefighter Wendell Geigle bought a fire truck at auction and painted it pink.

Boyd Staloch, current president of the chapter, said as a firefighter, he's trained to help people at their worst. Staloch said driving the pink fire truck became something he could do. On Monday, he also brought a special gift to the Kallus home, his daughter Kaitlin.

The 18-year-old, who overcame her own battle with cancer three years ago, jumped out of the fire truck as it pulled to a stop in front of the Kallus' home with a dozen pink roses in her hand and was the first to Sydney's side.

The two had never met, but there was an instant connection. For Sydney, that was important because she found a confidant.

Sydney's strain on lymphoma is rare and fast-growing. In August, before being diagnosed, Sydney felt a small bump on the side of her neck. She was worried because she thought it was a bone sticking out.

One month later, that pea-size bump grew to the size of a tennis ball and cultivated all over her body.

Sydney's father, Frank Kallus, said by the time they scanned her body, the cancer had spread everywhere.

Since being diagnosed, Sydney has received seven chemotherapy treatments.

She is at MD Anderson Children's Cancer Center in Houston completing her eighth round.

During the past six months, she and at least one of her parents have spent more than 100 days in the hospital, leaving behind her sisters and baby brother, Gabe, 11 months, most of the time in the care of their Aunts Rebecca and Mimi Kallus.

Sydney's most recent scan has shown that her cancer is gone.

As a Lymphoma patient myself I can honestly say Sydney's story inspires me to fight on. We are all warriors from the people who came before us to the people who will come after us until this disease is fully cured. Rock on Sydney, prayers will continue to go your way from your good buddy Dave Fenix here at Classic Rock 1069.

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