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‘Hug Your Kids A Little Tighter’: Support Rising For Manorville 7-Month-Old Battling Leukemia
Support is pouring in for the family of a “bashful, happy” 7-month-old boy from Long Island battling leukemia.
Manorville’s Carmine Gary Martino was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, a type of blood cancer, in early December 2022, according to a GoFundMe campaign created by his grandmother, Colleen Martino.
She said the diagnosis came after the boy spent two weeks in and out of the hospital with a high fever, low blood counts, transfusions, and biopsies.
“His parents, Carmine and Christina, and our entire family are devastated by this diagnosis,” Martino said.
She went on to descr…
