David Spisak, an eight-year-old cancer patient, has been battling with leukemia since he was two. Amid painful treatments, his parents were surprised to see their son in high spirits, thanks to his 2nd grade girlfriend he has fallen in-love with.
People reports the Chesapeake, Virginia boy had gone through extensive chemotherapy, received two transplants and had beaten cancer three times. Sadly, his cancer returned in March and left his parents with no further options but to let him experience a normal childhood instead.
"We just decided it was time to give him a childhood," David's mom, Amber told ABC News. "If the outcome was going to be the same, if he was going to continue to get cancer, we decided that if he wasn't going to win, that we would give him everything right now."
When David began to look better, his parents sent him back to school in September where cupid came in. He met his classmate, 7-year-old Ayla, and started having a little crush on her.
"In art class, I told her I liked her and she just had a surprised face. So we..." David told ABC. "Started dating," Ayla finished.
It wasn't too long until David became too sick for school, though. When he started staying at home, his parents were surprised to see letters from Ayla telling him she loves him with her phone number "all over". Their classmates wrote several notes telling David how much she misses him, too.
"That's where we sort of put together that this was something more," Amber added.
His parents then set him up for a date with Ayla. After her parents' approval, David called and invited Ayla to go bowling.
"Certainly at 8 years old, you don't think that they'll have a first love or a first kiss or a first date, and it was just something that I accepted wasn't going to happen," Amber shared. "But it did."
David brought a teddy bear and roses while Ayla pushed him around on his wheelchair, helped him bowl and shared pizza with her boyfriend.
"She's definitely had an impact on his spirit, and I haven't seen this side of him in a long time," Amber told ABC. "The best part was watching the way they just needed to be close to each other and their conversation never got shy or quiet. That was all they needed to be happy."
"He was just so determined for her, he really pushed himself for her," she added. "Once we realized that this wasn't the typical elementary school crush, once we saw this heartfelt connection that they have, we were so happy that she came into his life and that he came to her life for some reason."
