Katie Hasn't Stopped Fighting

Several months ago, the Wyatts heard some of the most devastating news a family can endure.

Doctors said there wasn’t much more they could do in 14-year-old Katie Wyatt’s battle with kidney cancer. She had to sacrifice school. She had to give up regular visits from classmates. There was pain. There was fatigue. And there wasn't much time.

Her family, father Doug Wyatt and his girlfriend Lisa Moryc and Katie’s mother Sandy Wyatt, cherished every moment they had with her.

And although there has not been a cure and her case is still considered terminal, she's feeling a little better these days. In fact,  she’s even hanging out with the Detroit Red Wings.

“I’m feeling a lot better,” Katie said. “I’m walking around and going places.”

One of those places was a Detroit Red Wings game last month, where she sat in a suite, rode the Zamboni and met the players in the locker room after the game.

“They were all nice,” Katie said. “They all stopped and said hi.”

She even received an autographed stick from Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood.

Katie also recently received some sunshine during a weekend trip to Florida. Her body couldn't endure a flight, so the family drove. She could only stay a couple of days, but she said she loved every minute of it.

“It was fun,” she said. “We hung out on the beach, at the pool and went to some souvenir shops.”

Her father, Doug Wyatt, and his girlfriend, Lisa Moryc, said it's been a blessing that Katie has been able to enjoy life a little bit.

"Every single day we are with her, it's amazing," Moryc said. "Even doctors think its amazing."

Katie still suffers from fatigue and weakness, but Moryc said her pain has been significantly reduced. She is being treated by University of Michigan Health System doctors with a new medication. Her tumors have not been growing, and her health has held steady.

She has spent a lot of time at home, going for hospital visits every other week.

"She has done a lot of things with family and friends she wouldn't have been able to do," Moryc said. "It's great to see her smile."

Not every day is smiles, however.

Sometimes Katie doesn't want to get out of bed and tires easily.

"A lot of times, she doesn't get motivation until the evenings," Moryc said. "If she has a day out, the next day she has to rest."

In January, hosted a fundraiser, called , to help the Wyatt family with medical costs. More than 800 people attended the event, which raised thousands of dollars. The school has done various things for Katie, including selling bracelets with her name on them, taking up collections at lunch and having choir and band concerts in her honor.

Doctors diagnosed Katie with renal cell carcinoma when she was 11. She stopped attending school in November.

"We want to send a big, giant thank you to all the support Katie has received," Moryc said. "We want people to know their thoughts and prayers have been heard and Katie had the opportunity to do things she wouldn't have been able to do."