El Paso business donates custom tiger car to 2-year-old cancer patient

El Paso, Texas -- One local man turned a hobby into a business after being inspired by a 2-year-old El Paso Children's Hospital cancer patient.

Little Noah was only 5-days-old when Lydia Rios and her wife met him for the first time.

“We were his foster parents for fourteen months and then we adopted him in May of 2020,” said Rios.

Shortly after Noahs adoption, Lydia and her wife were surprised with news no parent ever wants to hear about their child.

“Three months after his adoption we found out about his cancer,” said Rios.

2-year-old Noah was diagnosed with Leukemia and would have to spend months in the hospital for chemotherapy treatments, but to Noah's parent’s surprise their son would be spending his time in the hospital riding in style.

"Noah's story in itself is inspirational because he’s brave and just the joy you see in him. He doesn't think anything is wrong with him," said John Deslongchamps, owner of Pint-size customs.

Fixing up Little Tikes cars was something Deslongchamps did for his three grand children, but after hearing Noah's story it turned into more than just that.

“Noah's story almost inspired me to create the company Pint-size Customs because before that it was just a hobby after hearing about Noah's deal, I finally created the company," said Deslongchamps.

Organizers from Gold Out El Paso, a local non-profit organization, reached out to Deslongchamps to ask if he would donate one of his cars to little Noah.

"They didn't tell us until the car was almost finished," said Rios, "They told us the day before it got delivered and they explained the idea behind it and it was such a surprise.”

Deslongchamps spent three weeks completing the design for little Noah.

“Noah lives life like nothings wrong and no matter how bad it is for him he gets up and he smiles so I wanted to make something that reflected him. Brave and strong and courages so I built him a tiger car,” said Deslongchamps.

For Rios and her wife, this kind gesture from a complete stranger has helped make Noah's cancer journey that much easier.

"We never met him and we had no idea who he was but knowing that it was Noah's story that inspired him was just really sweet,” said Rios.

Deslongchamps has not been able to meet baby Noah due to safety precautions but he is hopeful that he will get to meet him soon.

Deslongchamps plans on creating more cars like this for other children in need.