7-year-old fighting leukemia fulfills his dream of conducting an orchestra

A 7-year-old Canadian boy fighting leukemia recently was given the opportunity to fulfill one of his dreams — conducting an orchestra.

According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Jordan Cartwright has often taken solace in music as he undergoes “rounds of aggressive chemotherapy.”

Jordan, who loves classical music, dreams of becoming a conductor one day, and on Monday, he had an opportunity to do just that. He led the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra during a rendition of "O Canada," his country’s national anthem, during their Christmas concert.

"It's fun and exciting,” Jordan told CBC. “And very interesting because I never heard a real orchestra before."

According to CBC, Jordan and his family have been staying at Edmonton's Ronald McDonald House since March while he receives treatment. Staff at the Ronald McDonald House organized the opportunity for Jordan. The symphony's concertmaster, Robert Uchida, met with Jordan to teach him how to be a conductor.

Jordan’s parents were moved by the event.

"There was not a dry eye in the entire auditorium," Jordan's father, Scott Cartwright, told ABC News. "For my wife and I, it was an absolutely and astronomically amazing event."

Cartwright said the seeing his son conduct the orchestra "is burnt in my memory forever."

"We don't know what tomorrow holds and getting to see our 7-year-old son all done up like a grown-up — it gave us a glimpse of what he might be in 30 years," Cartwright said. "That is something we'll always cherish."

Cartwright added that his son has worked with a music therapist while he was in the hospital.

"They started working on writing a song together and the chorus of the song goes, 'I am Jordan. I have cancer, but I am so strong,'" Cartwright said. "That therapist really brought light, happiness and joy to Jordan and other children at the hospital in their darkest moments."

Cartwright called the experience "the biggest Christmas miracle since the birth of Christ."

Cartwright also asked that people pray for his son’s friend Aurora, who they met at the Ronald McDonald House.

"She's holding on by just a thread," Cartwright said. "She needs her own Christmas miracle, too."

Jordan faces more chemotherapy sessions, his father added.

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