According to a news report from cbs12.com, “If you can eat pizza, you can help save a life Thursday night. A Fort Pierce young man needs your help. He was recently diagnosed with cancer and lost his leg. Thursday, a local restaurant is trying help the family pay those expensive medical bills.”
“23 year-old Chris Dixon played basketball and football at Fort Pierce Westwood High School. In mid-September after three months of pain and wrong answers, he was told he had cancerous tumors in his thigh and a leg full of blood clots. He underwent surgery that forced the removal of his entire right leg and hip. Dixon has no health insurance,” said the story. “So, Big Apple Pizza in Fort Pierce heard the story and they had to help.”