5-year-old fighting cancer uses sticky note art to make friends through hospital window

Distance was no obstacle for a young boy and a hospital credentialing coordinator who have become friends through their sticky note window art.

His mother, Liz Mixdorf, told Fox News that Meyer had been diagnosed with brain cancer in December 2020 and was taken to Children’s Mercy to receive treatment.  The first elaborate sticky note design Meyer Mixdorf wanted to send was Nintendo's Mario, his mother Liz Mixdorf tells Fox News. (Elizabeth Mixdorf) In return, Johnna Schindlbeck and her colleagues at Truman Medical Centers sent back a rose and mushroom from Nintendo's Mario franchise. (Elizabeth Mixdorf) Meyer Mixdorf would rest and wait near the window in his room at Children's Mercy Kansas City, so he wouldn't miss the sticky note responses he'd get from his "mystery friends" at Truman Medical Centers across the street, his mother Liz Mixdorf tells Fox News. (Elizabeth Mixdorf) Meyer Mixdorf and his parents would send written messages to Johnna Schindlbeck out of sticky notes from their room at Children's Mercy Kansas City. One day, they wrote: "C U IN 2 WKS." (Johnna Schindlbeck) Johnna Schindlbeck would send sticky note messages right back to Meyer Mixdorf and his parents from her office across the street at Truman Medical Centers. In response, she wrote: "Take Care." (Johnna Schindlbeck) Meyer and Liz Mixdorf were able to meet the staff who made Meyer's days brighter with their window sticky note art at Truman Medical Centers. Left to right: Grace Clark, Johnna Schindlbeck, Meyer, Cheryl Grey and Liz. (Keith King) Liz Mixdorf (left) and Johnna Schindlbeck (right) shared a touching moment when they finally met in-person at Truman Medical Centers in July 2021. (Keith King) Five months into his treatment, Mixdorf and her husband decided to arrange sticky notes in the shape of a smiley face on Meyer’s window to lift his spirits after a difficult stem cell transplant. The trio never knew that they’d receive a winky face in response to their artwork a day later.