New Orleans boy inspires first-of-its-kind play space at Children’s Hospital [Video]

INTO EVERYTHING. AND THIS IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL MANIFESTATION OF THAT. WE ARE MONTHS AWAY FROM SEEING THE FIRST SIGNS OF WALKER’S IMAGINARIUM GOING UP AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. IT IS THE LEGACY FROM A LITTLE BOY WHO WDSU CHRONICLED CLOSELY OVER THE YEARS WALKER BARRY, THE NINE YEAR OLD BATTLED BRAIN CANCER FOR TWO YEARS. HE PASSED AWAY BACK IN 2021, BUT IT’S THE JOY THAT HE’S LEAVING BEHIND THAT WILL FOREVER BE IMMORTALIZED FOR OTHER PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. HE BROUGHT JOY INTO TERRIBLE PLACES. CRASH IMPOSES WALKER BARRY WAS YOUR TYPICAL LITTLE BOY FUNNY, OUTGOING, FULL OF LIFE. YOU, AND FULL OF LIGHT. LIKE HE WOULD DANCE IN WAITING ROOMS OF AWFUL PLACES BEFORE TERRIBLE TREATMENTS. A RAY OF SUNSHINE. DESPITE THE DARKEST OF TIMES, HIS GOAL WAS TO HAVE NO OTHER CHILD GO THROUGH WHAT HE WENT THROUGH. WALKER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN CANCER AT SEVEN YEARS OLD. I …