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'It was awesome': Massive truck parade helps Arlington Heights boy celebrate beating cancer - Chicago Daily Herald

'It was awesome': Massive truck parade helps Arlington Heights boy celebrate beating cancer - Chicago Daily Herald

'It was awesome': Massive truck parade helps Arlington Heights boy celebrate beating cancer - Chicago Daily Herald
Nov 30, 2020 1 min, 15 secs

After a three-year battle with leukemia, 6-year-old Dylan Schroeder of Arlington Heights got a surprise vehicle parade outside his home Sunday to help mark his last day of chemotherapy.

He and his parents, Fred and Joanna, pictured, watched for nearly two hours as the parade featuring hundreds of trucks of all kinds and exotic cars filed past their home.

Dylan Schroeder, 6, of Arlington Heights reacts Sunday when he spots a surprise truck parade outside his home to help him celebrate his last day of chemotherapy.

6-year-old Dylan Schroeder of Arlington Heights waves as trucks drive by his home Sunday during a surprise parade celebrating his last day of chemotherapy.

Dylan Schroeder reacts with amazement at the sight of a particular truck Sunday during a surprise parade outside his Arlington Heights home to help him celebrate his last day of chemotherapy.

Special guests dance on the sidewalk during a surprise parade outside Dylan Schroeder's Arlington Heights home Sunday.

Rick West | Staff Photographer.

6-year-old Dylan Schroeder of Arlington Heights and his mom Joanna wave at a passing truck Sunday during a surprise parade outside his home.

After a three-year battle with leukemia, Dylan Schroeder's parents wanted to surprise their 6-year-old truck-loving son with a parade to celebrate his last dose of chemotherapy.

For nearly two hours Sunday afternoon, hundreds of trucks of every size and purpose filed past an excited Dylan, his family, friends and neighbors in front of his Arlington Heights home.

"The parade was a lot more than I expected," Joanna Schroeder said

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