It is a tumor that develops on the brainstem and impacts the working of the nervous system.This form of cancer is considered to be resistant to chemotherapy treatment and the tumor also cannot be operated upon.
According to the doctors, the young boy, may not survive past spring.
Little Daniel's mother Carley Nickerson in an effort to make her son's 6th birthday special, wrote to the Attleboro Sun Chronicle to publish a story about Danny's wish which entails receiving cards.
Once little Danny's story was published on the front page, the websites Reddit and Twitter were overflowing with hashtags asking the citizens to mail cards to the young boy.
The young boy heartily wished to receive cards in the mail with his name on them on the occasion of his 6th birthday.
Young Danny had received more than a hundred thousand cards and seven thousand gift parcels from all over the world by Friday, his birthday, from kids as well as adults.
To top it all, celebrities Ashton Kutcher and Lil Wayne requested their fans to send love to little Danny.
Danny on his birthday reached the post office in a fire truck along with local firefighters to collect more of his gift parcels where he was welcomed with a trumpet rendering birthday music played by his grandfather.
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