WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — Birthdays are an annual thing. Parties aren’t always. Last year, Eric Piburn spent his 11th birthday in the hospital. To make up for lost time, the Piburn family, along with Old ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A Tampa Bay teen who dedicated his life to spreading kindness has entered hospice care, according to his family. Eric Piburn, 14, was born with congenital heart defects. He had four open ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Eric Piburn, a Tampa Bay teen who made it his mission to spread kindness and hope to anyone he met, died Wednesday afternoon, family friend Julie Weintraub confirmed to 10 Tampa Bay. The ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Eric Piburn, a Tampa Bay teen who made it his mission to spread kindness and hope to anyone he met, died Wednesday afternoon, family friend Julie Weintraub confirmed to 10 Tampa Bay. The ...

"This is what got us through this last week with the doctor calling us last minute saying we're going [back to] the hospital," the Florida boy's mom said. Terminally ill Eric Piburn received the ...

It’s not every day you get the Pasco County sheriff knocking on your door, and if you do, you’re probably in some trouble. But it was the opposite for a terminally ill Land O’ Lakes boy who got the ...

A Pasco County 11-year-old boy who is terminally ill is stealing the hearts of many as he tries to check off wishes from his bucket list, while he still has time. Eric Piburn’s life dream is to appear ...

Since he was born, 9-year-old Eric Piburn has suffered from a congenital heart defect. Piburn, who also has pulmonary hypertension, has had four open-heart surgeries and is expecting to undergo more.