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DAY FORECAST COMING UP. THANK YOU ERIC. A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR GOT AN UNEXPECTED SURPRISE AT NORTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL YESTERDAY. OUR MEGAN MATTHEWS TALKED WITH THE STUDENT AND HAS MORE ON HIS SURPRISE GRADUATION CEREMONY. GETTING TO WALK ACROSS THE STAGE FOR GRADUATION IS A MILESTONE FOR MANY HIGH SCHOOLERS. BUT FOR LANDON LESTER, A SENIOR AT CLOVERPORT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY, HIS GRADUATION LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT FEELS LIKE THERE’S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT, LIKE, MIXED EMOTIONS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME. A LITTLE BIT OF SADNESS THAT I WON’T GET TO SEE MY TEACHERS AGAIN OR ANYTHING. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I’M READY TO GO ON TO THE NEXT. LIKE COLLEGE AND STUFF. IN MARCH, AT JUST 18 YEARS OLD, LESTER WAS ADMITTED TO NORTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS TOLD HE NEEDED A NEW HEART. IT’S HAD ITS UPS AND DOWNS, MIXED EMOTIONS EVERYWHERE, AND ALTHOUGH HE IS STILL WAITING FOR HIS HEART. THE STAFF AT NORTON CHILDREN’S HAD A SURPRISE UP THEIR SLEEVE. THROWING HIM HIS OWN GRADUATION WITH SOME OF LESTER’S TEACHERS EVEN SHOWING UP. HIS MOTHER, DON LESTER, EXPLAINING IT’S MORE THAN SHE COULD HAVE EVER HOPED FOR. BASICALLY, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYTHING AS NORMAL AS WE COULD DO. WITH WITH THE SITUATION WE’RE IN. AND IT DIDN’T STOP THERE. LESTER WAS ALSO AWARDED WITH HIS CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE, WHICH WILL BE PUT TO USE THIS FALL AS HE ATTENDS MURRAY STATE FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. A GRADUATE OF THE CLOVERPORT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, CLASS OF 2025. CONGRATULATIONS, LANDON. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE THE GRADUATION HE WAS EXPECTING, LESTER SAYS IT’S SOMETHING HE WILL NEVER FORGET. THEY’RE ALL VERY KIND AND SWEET TO ME, AND THEY TRIED THEIR BEST TO DO ANYTHING THEY CAN FOR ME BECAUSE IT’S A TOUGH SITUATION. BUT IT’S JUST THEY DO THE BEST