Kid kicks cancer, gets big surprise

A fitting welcome for a nine-year old super hero. Cancer may be his kryptonite but this superman named Edward is beating it.

"For three years he takes chemo everyday, oral chemo, and then once a week he takes seventeen pills every Wednesday and then every three months he gets IV chemo and a spinal injection of chemo," explains Edward's mom, Melissa.

On April 2, 2014 Edward was diagnosed with leukemia after his ear infection wouldn't go away, but his mom Melissa Chambers says it never stopped his fight, even when in pain.

"Kids are amazing, I mean you know he has all the same chemo effects and I mean he gets up and he throws up and he just comes to school or tries to."

But now after 1,166 days of chemotherapy, he's finally seeing that light at the end of the tunnel with his final chemo treatment set for June 11th at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

To commemorate the end of Edward's fight, his third grade teacher, Dawn Bonenberger, thought a surprise celebration was in order.

"He's done an amazing job, he's missed a lot of days this year but he still, he has a home school teacher, and he's still plugging away at home doing his work and keeping up and getting good grades and when he's here he does the best that he can he is just a wonderful student," says Bonenberger.

A welcoming that overwhelmed not just Edward but his parents too.

"He was so shocked he turned to me and said, 'did you know about this?' I was like 'yeah that's why I told you to shower!"

Both Melissa and David Chambers describe the surprise welcoming, "Emotional, grateful.. I mean that was amazing. It's really nice when he sees everyone around him is giving him support as well, it's been a tough few years for him."

Now that his hardest battles are over with, he can't wait to trade in his hospital visits for outdoor activities.

Edward says, "I wanna try the swim team, basketball and soccer."