8-Year-Old Louisiana Boy With Terminal Brain Tumor Only Wants You To Send Him Cards For Christmas

Southwest Louisiana community and beyond are asked to send Christmas cards to a Vinton boy.

One of nation's leading Quarter Horse racetracks is located in Vinton.

"Last week, we got the news that his tumor was growing. At the start, they give you nine to 12 months. And on the 12th of this month, it'll be nine months," Danielle Quibodeaux, Drake mom, told Drew Marine a local news reporter with KPLC News.

Earlier this year, 8-year-old Drake was diagnosed with Difuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a terminal brain tumor.

"What do you want to do for Christmas?" Danielle said.

"Tough," Drake said quietly. "It's tough." "That's a tough question, he said."

His mother clarified: "We have got to go see LSU football and we had a deer hunt. He killed a deer, so, I don't know what we could possibly do to top that."

So, this holiday season, a family friend decided to post on Facebook asking people to "flood his mailbox" with Christmas cards.

"It's not about presents, it's not about nothing. It's about letting him know the community loves him and they're behind him," Danielle said.

Danielle said this gesture gives them hope, no matter what they're going through.

"We're blown away with the support. People will come up to me and they're like 'thank you for letting us take part in this.' I'm like, 'I should be thanking you.' I don't know why they're thanking me because it should be the other way around, but we're blown away," she said.

Drake has already gotten several cards and he's excited to get more.

When asked how many do you want to get Drake replied 190.

"He wants 190 cards, that's his goal," Danielle said. "We tape them to our front door. He just looks at them and he says 'They love me so much mamma,' I'm like 'yes baby.'"

If you would like to send Drake a Christmas card, his address is:

Drake Quibodeaux
2412 Hwy 388
Vinton, LA, 70668