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Dr. Mike Richards talks Children’s Minnesota patient’s journey to recovery

After collapsing on the field during football practice in August 2017, Luke Bonte came to Children’s Minnesota where Dr. Mike Richards, a pediatric oncologist, diagnosed him with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. From this point forward, Dr. Richards and his team at the Children’s Minnesota Minneapolis hospital teamed up with Luke to beat his cancer and get him back on the football field.

Watch the full KARE-TV story: Tackle Cancer: Luke Bonte, St. Francis football.

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