Kennebunk 6-year-old beats cancer | wfmynews2.com [Video]

KENNEBUNK, Maine — Eight months ago, young Jackson Kalhbenn’s life took an unexpected turn when a fall revealed he had bone cancer. 

Fast forward to Easter this year, the celebrations looked a bit different for the Kalhbenn family. 

Amid Easter eggs and family gatherings, six-year-old Jackson had another reason to celebrate—walking out of the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital, cancer-free.

“We didn’t know eight months ago what the journey was going to be like,” Martine Kalbhenn, Jackson’s mother, said.

The family hadn’t even had a chance to fully unpack their bags Monday after their long stay at the hospital, but it didn’t matter, because Jackson was finally back home, for good.

“He spent 66 nights in the hospital. Nineteen hospital stays,” Martine Kalbhenn, said.

For eight months and 14 cycles of chemotherapy, Jackson fought a battle that no child should ever have …