This 10-year-old lost both his legs to the flu. Now he’s fighting back as a comic book superhero.

GRAND BLANC, MI – A new comic book inspired by a 10-year-old Grand Blanc boy’s hard-fought battle with the flu is now available for purchase.

The book, “Kaden Blaze Fights Flu Bug,” tells the story of a superhero based on Kaden Stevenson, a fourth grader at Brendel Elementary School.

He lost both his legs about three years ago due to complications of the flu.

“When I think about how all the things that he has gone through, I don’t feel like I would have been as strong as he is,” Stevenson’s mother Michele Stevenson said. “He doesn’t give up.”

Students gathered at Brendel Elementary on Thursday, Sept. 25, to celebrate the launch of the book, created by Families Fighting Flu.

“Kaden’s story has had such an impact on our kids, teachers, staff, and parents,” Brendel Elementary Principal D