Five-year-old Ari Schultz suffers from congestive heart failure, and has already had three open heart surgeries in his short life.

On Wednesday June 14, after spending almost 200 days in hospital, Ari learned that he would be packing his bags and heading home by the end of the week. The brave little Red Sox fan said his first stop would be the baseball pitch! Credit: AriEchoOfHope via Storyful