11-year old cancer survivor invents device to help kids going through chemo

NAUGATUCK, Conn. -- An inventive teen used her experience with cancer to create something to help others, WTNH reported.

Kylie Simonds was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer three years ago.

“I lost my hair and always used to get sick easily,” Kylie told the station.

Since chemotherapy, Kylie has been cancer-free!

So when she was recently given a school assignment to create something that addresses and everyday problem, she invented a chemo backpack.

“I used to have to use the I-V poles and I always tripped over all the wires,” she told WTNH. “It was hard to walk around, and I always had to have someone push it for me because I was kind a weak when I was in chemo.”

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Kylie is now raising money, so the backpacks can be manufactured, so that other kids can move around easier while having chemo.

From her Go Fund Me site: