A Kansas boy who’s fighting cancer says his dad is his hero.
The feeling is mutual, and both have matching “battle wounds” to prove it.
Gabriel Marshall, 8, is like any other kid.
He loves to laugh, play outside, and sometimes pick on his younger sister.
But the soon-to-be third grader has been battling brain cancer since March of 2015.
Gabriel has undergone numerous rounds of chemotherapy and radiation.
He’s also had a tumor removed from his head.
At first, Gabriel said the scar was cool. Then, it really hit home when people started staring at him.
That’s when Gabriel’s dad, Josh, decided to take a big step to support his son.
“He’s my best friend,” Josh said. “He really is.”
He got a tattoo on his head to match his son’s real scar.
“For him to just do this for me,” Gabriel said. “To keep all the people away from me kind of, not stare at me. So now we can both get stared at.”