Nebraska pediatric cancer survivors storybook put to music [Video]

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – The setting of 7-year-old Keely Holcomb’s reality is far different than her imagination.

After being diagnosed with leukemia at three, Keely spent most of her young life in the hospital. When she sat down to write and illustrate a storybook, it wasn’t about saving herself; it was about saving others.

It’s called, “The Enchanted Amazon,” set in a magical forest.

“I really like animals so this story basically is saving animals,” she said.

Her character does it alongside her favorite people: “Mom, Kira, Me, Sadie, Colt, Kieser, Keeton, Dad.”

Keely recalls how cancer treatment took so much out of her.

“I couldn’t walk or anything because my legs hurt really bad,” she said.

In her storybook, she can do amazing things, like save animals from trees and lift rocks much larger than her whole family combined.

“The Enchanted Amazon” runs parallel to Keely’s own life of overcoming challenges. Like Keely, Dmitrii Shaposhnikov, a high school composer, …