7-Year-Old Who Donated His Hair For Wigs Diagnosed With Cancer

ROSEVILLE, CA- Seven-year-old Vinny Desautels spent two years growing his hair to donate to kids with cancer, shortly after he was diagnosed with cancer himself.

Just weeks ago, Desautels donated 13 inches of hair in hopes of helping a child in need after a tough two years of being teased and mistaken for a girl, according to his story on GoFundMe.

The story explains that he had a swollen eye for a few weeks that had been dismissed as allergies, but on April 28 when he came home from school complaining of knee pain, his parents noticed a significant lump on his right hip.

Desautels was quickly diagnosed with an aggressive stage four cancer, manifesting in a malignant tumor on his eye, as well as, a large growth on his Iliac bone.

Fox News reports that doctors are still trying to identify the type of cancer Vinny has.

Desautels' grandparents started a GoFundMe campaign in order to ease the burden on his parents. His mom, Amanda, is six months pregnant and his father, Jason, is a combat veteran.

“Over the next days, weeks, and months ahead they will need to be at countless doctor appointments, hospital stays and surgeries. As you can imagine with the normal costs of everyday living such as rent, food, gas, car, etc., the medical costs can be astronomical.”

>>See the Fox News interview with Vinny Desautels here

Photo courtesy of The Desautel Family on GoFundMe