Teen cancer survivor uses her Make-A-Wish to give back [Video]

Two-year-old Waylon waited in the family lounge of the UNC Children’s Hospital with anticipation.

A girl with a royal blue sash with the words “Wish Kid” crouches down and says, “You can have any toy you’d like”.

To the nurses, doctors, patients and parents on the wing she is17-year-old Indigo Powell, “the miracle child,” as her dad calls her.

At age 14, doctors at UNC Children’s diagnosed her with Stage 4 Glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer with a survival rate of less than seven percent, according to the National Brain Tumor Society.

Surgery, chemotherapy and experimental T-Cell treatments led her to remission.

“Children don’t usually survive through that. So, watching her journey has just been amazing,” Indigo’s mom, Lori Powell, said.

To most, she was a warrior, living proof of her fighting spirit, but to Waylon — her name was “Indi,” and the family lounge filled with more than …