PHOTOS: Boy gets IMPD escort as he leaves Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health
Drake Price,11, recently underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health.
He prepared to leave the hospital Thursday morning with his parents.
Dave Marren
In February 2017, Drake began to have headaches accompanied by unbearable pain. Then came the strokes. One day, the right side of his face began drooping, he experienced slurred speech and loss of feeling in his right arm. It happened two more times and then Drake was rushed to the emergency room in his hometown of Warsaw, Ind. A CT scan revealed a baseball-sized tumor in his brain. That's when he was rushed to Riley Hospital for surgery.Dave Marren
Fast forward to Thursday, April 27. Drake gets to go home. According to @IMPDnews, this is Drake handcuffing his doctor at Riley Hospital.. surrounding by officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.IMPD
Drake's dream is to be a police officer. Here he is surrounded again by his friends in blue and McGruff the Crime Dog.IMPD
Drake in front of a quilt of police patches from all over the country at Riley Hospital.IMPD
Here's Drake talking to the media outside Riley as he prepares to head homeIMPD
To celebrate leaving the hospital, Drake was joined by IMPD officers for a special police escort.IMPD
Officers with the IMPD Northwest District Community Relations Unit has surprised Drake at the hospital in March.
Dave Marren
Two signs hung on Drake's door at Riley: "Be Wise, Be Kind, Be Brave" and "If you're not smiling, you're not doing it right!"
#DrakeStrong
Dave Marren