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Ex-U.S. President George H.W. Bush shaved his to make a 2-year-old boy feel . The boy, Patrick, is the son of Mr Bush's . He has a blood called leukemia. Treatment for leukemia people's hair fall out. Bush said he wanted to help Patrick. People say Bush, 89, now like Patrick. One said: "It's hard to tell them ." Mr Bush, and his wife Barbara, gave money to help pay for Patrick’s medical . People can give money for his treatment on a special website. It was by Mr Bush's other bodyguards. They also shaved their head.

Mr And Mrs Bush's child, a daughter, died from leukemia 60 years ago. The girl was four years old. They worked for years after to get money for leukemia research. A clinic called the Robin Bush Child and Adolescent Clinic at a hospital in Texas in 2004. Leukemia is a kind of of the blood. It killed many people, but today people can get at hospital. It's easier to children than adults. Anyone can get leukemia. In 2000, around 256,000 children and adults developed some of leukemia, and 209,000 died from it.

 
 

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