Miles Nelson remembered well

On Saturday morning Miles Nelson a three year old boy from West Concord  lost his battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, with his parents by his side.
 
In September the DCI did a full page story about Miles which is below:
 
Big Rigs for Miles
 
Young cancer patient goes miles to enjoy final weeks
 
Miles Nelson is a kid on a mission to enjoy life.
Saturday he ventured into the Dodge County Fairgrounds in Kasson for the Big Iron Classic to check out the big rigs. It wasn’t long before he found himself behind the wheel of a semi truck owned by Bill Funk Trucking of Chatfield checking out all the cool gadgets inside the cab.
And just a short time later Funk had Miles in the cab as his partner riding in the parade of trucks around the county.
Miles, who just turned 3 in August, is as eager as any kid his age in wanting to explore the world. But what’s different about him is that his days on this earth are numbered. Miles is dying, leaving his parents trying to do as much as they can with him in his final days.
“He’s out being a little boy doing all fun things,” said Jake Nelson, Miles’ father.
For the past year, Miles has been battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia, a very aggressive blood cancer. AML is one of the most common types of leukemia among adults and is rarely diagnosed in people under age 40. Most people who develop AML have no identifiable risk factor.  
“Nobody knows where it comes from or what causes it,” Jake said. He noted one in 500 children contract AML.
The West Concord boy has gone through seven rounds of chemotherapy. “He was resisting chemotherapy, and they couldn’t get him into remission,” Jake Nelson said. To make matters worse, Miles is not a candidate for a bone marrow transplant.
The only option for Miles at this point is outpatient chemotherapy. “Just to prolong it and buy some time,” Jake says. Miles also gets blood transfusions as needed at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester.
Miles is forced to wear a feeding tube connected into his nose. The tube allows him to get all his medication. “He has to wear it all the time,” Jake said. The tube has become routine “just like brushing your teeth,” he added.
The family doesn’t know exactly how long Jake will live. His mother, April, explained it could be “two weeks or two months.” And it may possibly be even a little longer. They pointed out one kid made it a full year. “There is no way for them to say. Every kid is different,” Jake said.
Miles doesn’t have an immune system left in his body. “Just an infection could take him down quickly,” Jake said.
Jake has taken off work from Tom Kadlec Honda in Rochester to be with his son during his fight. “I hope to be off the whole time with him,” he said.
Wherever family members go, they wear t-shirts with the saying, “My son’s battle is my battle,” and “his battle is our battle.” They had the t-shirts created just because of Miles.