anna gilligan has our story from new york. >> i was just a normal kid from brooklyn. and then, bam, i got cancer. >> ryan got the devastating news right after his 14th birthday. after suffering from feverish fatigue and throat infection that is wouldn't go away doctors finally figured out what it was. >> i was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. he underwent treatment like a trooper. his mother anna said he never complained even when he was in pain. he wouldn't say but they knew because of his heart rate. one hardest parts chemotherapy for ryan was he was two weak to play the sports he loved. he would literally sleep in bed with glove in his hand. a ball. and it would break my heart. so ryan tried out art which he could do in his hospital bed. one night he started drawing when he was too anxious to sleep his mom woke next morning she couldn't believe what she saw. ryan this is really good. but you really didn't believe her i thought at that was like a mom instinct. ryan's potential was obvious. he was introduced to the art therapist gabby at the maria childrens's ho