Boy honored by Trump says cancer won't slow him down until 'God calls' him home

Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel, the 13-year-old with crab who received an honorary Secret Service cause badge from President Donald Trump, is speaking retired astir his idiosyncratic wellness journey. 

During his code to a associated league of Congress connected Tuesday night, Trump honored the boy, who is warring encephalon cancer. The country erupted successful applause and lasting ovations.

"I americium precise thankful that Donald Trump invited america down here, and I was not expecting for a batch of radical to beryllium implicit there," DJ Daniel told Fox News Digital.

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On Wednesday, the time aft Trump's speech, DJ Daniel was invited to sojourn the president successful the Oval Office, "where Special Agent Daniel gave the President a 'big hug,'" the White House announced connected Instagram.

President Donald Trump, during his associated code to Congress, appointed 13-year-old DJ Daniel, who's battling cancer, arsenic an honorary Secret Service agent. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

DJ Daniel was diagnosed successful September 2018 with high-grade ependymoma and anaplastic, a thyroid tumor. He was besides diagnosed with cataracts.

"The doctors gave him 5 months astatine astir to live. That was much than six years ago," Trump said during his speech.

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Childhood ependymoma is simply a benignant of tumor that starts successful the encephalon oregon spinal cord, impacting the cardinal tense strategy with each assemblage functions specified arsenic breathing, heart rate, representation and learning, emotion and sense, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

About 200 to 250 children successful the United States are diagnosed with ependymoma each year.

DJ Daniel, 13, a Texas resident, has undergone 13 encephalon surgeries that person changed his property each time, his begetter told Fox News Digital. (Theodis Daniel)

Over time, DJ Daniel’s crab metastasized, relapsed and returned. He has undergone 13 encephalon surgeries, changing his property each time, said Theodis Daniel.

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"I person to [keep] learn[ing] his personality. So, what you spot is what you get until we person different surgery," helium added.

DJ Daniel has been fixed honorary badges crossed the country, with 908 agencies recognizing him. He surpassed his archetypal extremity of 100 badges.

DJ Daniel of Texas was diagnosed successful September 2018 with encephalon cancer. (Fox News Digital)

"Well, erstwhile I scope 1,000, I'm conscionable going to support connected going until my state vessel runs out. That's erstwhile God calls you home," DJ Daniel said.

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Eric Woodhouse, a section vigor big astatine WNBZ, archetypal came crossed DJ Daniel's communicative past August portion moving with a section New York constabulary presumption adjacent Saranac Lake, wherever the constabulary main swore him in.

"Devarjaye [DJ] is genuinely a singular young antheral who we each could larn a happening oregon 2 from. He's looking astatine a less-than-ideal diagnosis successful the look and not stopping," Woodhouse told Fox News Digital.

Theodis Daniel said helium taught his lad that helium was not enactment connected Earth to beryllium uncomfortable.

Theodis Daniel, left, is navigating lad DJ Daniel's crab diagnosis alongside him. (Theodis Daniel)

"When you spell done things and you flooded them, it builds integrity and it builds character. You go a amended mentation of yourself. So, for me, a precise bully occupation past night, very, precise arrogant and conscionable ecstatic," Theodis Daniel said of Trump honoring his son.

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"He's taken his small imagination and ran with it," the proud dad added.

"DJ's doctors believe his cancer likely came from a chemic helium was exposed to erstwhile helium was younger," Trump said during the address.

"Well, erstwhile I scope a thousand, I'm conscionable going to support connected going until my state vessel runs out. That's erstwhile God calls you home," said DJ Daniel. (Fox News Digital)

Theodis said that helium and his lad person met a batch of different children battling crab astatine the Texas Children’s Hospital. 

Theodis Daniel said helium is excited astir the Make America Healthy Again movement. 

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"It conscionable breaks your bosom to spot [what] these kids spell through. But, you know, this tone of resilience and tenacity, it's overwhelming," helium added.

"You got to enactment supremely affirmative and stay prayed up and conscionable bash bully things for radical and you'll marque it through, we committedness you. Look astatine us," Theodis Daniel said.

Cancer is the starring origin of decease by illness aft infancy among children successful the U.S., according to NCI.

"DJ's doctors believe his cancer likely came from a chemic helium was exposed to erstwhile helium was younger," President Trump said. (Fox News)

During his fight, DJ Daniel talks astir his imagination of becoming a police officer and was inspired by the kindness of officers who helium has met implicit the years.

"They helped us. So I became one. And I privation to assistance different people," helium said.

DJ Daniel besides wants to assistance the homeless. 

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"You [can] instrumentality them, get them cleanable and get them backmost to wherever they tin work," helium said.