Jayden was unfortunately diagnosed with bone cancer in 2010. He managed to battle through this and caused the cancer to get into remission. Sadly, Jayden then formed another form of cancer later.
The Doctors had told the family that there was nothing else that they could do to help him. They gave an estimate of about 6 weeks before the 6 months of being bedridden.
Jayden had most of his wishes fulfilled, but one of them was harder than the others... to meet the Caped Crusader: Batman.
Youngstown, Ohio helped this dream become reality:
The city of Youngstown, Ohio, Jayden's home, has been called many things but until you live here, you will never understand the will and determination of this community. Together, more than 30,000 people joined the Facebook movement "Lighting the Bat Signal for Jayden". The effort was to get Christian Bale, the real Batman, to come and meet Jayden. It was a tall order, but not one tall enough for Youngstown to back down from. Those labeled "Jayden's Warriors" spread the word to anyone within an earshot and on August 23rd, Jayden got to meet "Batman".
At a local area middle school football field, Jayden was escorted by his parents while thousands of "Warriors" cheered him on. He got to light the Bat Signal and even got to ride in the Bat Mobile. This was the night of Jayden's life. Batman, "real" or not and accompanied by many other super heroes, made Jayden's wish come true.
Jayden's family revealed on Facebook that Bale had in fact flew them to LA on the 5th of September:
"Finally can share!!! Christian sent us to LA and we had lunch at Disney club 33 on wed!! He and his family were so awesome and down to earth!!!"
"The entire interaction was like old friends having lunch. Jayden did not get star struck but was well aware of who we were with!" she gushed. "They talked movies and super Heros an he was genuinely happy to hear about everything Jayden wanted to tell him. Christian, his wife and daughter are three of the most beautiful people we have ever met! Christian made these arrangements for us personally and ensured we were treated like royalty. I don't have even one negative thing to say about them. I can tell you that they were just as impressed w Jayden as Jayden was w them :)"
Good luck little fella, keep on the good fight...
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