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according to FIGHT FOR MADDIE, the girl's Facebook page, the family made a quick trip to Houston today for an early morning consult at Texas Children's Hospital.............
By Diane Smith
dianesmith@star-telegram.com
ARLINGTON — Maddie Higgins was blindfolded as she approached a neighbor’s front yard, not knowing what to expect.
A 6-year-old girl with a rare form of brain cancer, Maddie has long wished to play in the snow.
She was about to get her wish, a chilling experience in the middle of July.
“It’s impossible!” Maddie said as the blindfold was removed. “It’s summer.”
Thanks to Emergency Ice, a Dallas-based company that does all things ice, Maddie was able to play in the snow Friday afternoon, building a snowman with friends and family.
“This is awesome. It made my day,” said Gregory White, a pastor and employee at the company, which turned 20,000 pounds of ice into snow.
Similar sentiments came from Maddie’s mother, Melanie Higgins.
“I’m amazed,” she said. “I’m just overwhelmed with emotion.”
Maddie has glioblastoma (GBM), an aggressive brain cancer that is common in adults but extremely rare for children.
“There are no treatments for kids,” Melanie Higgins said.
Maddie has already undergone two surgeries and more than 60 radiation treatments for the cancer and is being examined Monday for another possible tumor.
from Fort Worth Star Telegram
according to FIGHT FOR MADDIE, the girl's Facebook page, the family made a quick trip to Houston today for an early morning consult at Texas Children's Hospital.............
By Diane Smith
dianesmith@star-telegram.com
ARLINGTON — Maddie Higgins was blindfolded as she approached a neighbor’s front yard, not knowing what to expect.
A 6-year-old girl with a rare form of brain cancer, Maddie has long wished to play in the snow.
She was about to get her wish, a chilling experience in the middle of July.
“It’s impossible!” Maddie said as the blindfold was removed. “It’s summer.”
Thanks to Emergency Ice, a Dallas-based company that does all things ice, Maddie was able to play in the snow Friday afternoon, building a snowman with friends and family.
“This is awesome. It made my day,” said Gregory White, a pastor and employee at the company, which turned 20,000 pounds of ice into snow.
Similar sentiments came from Maddie’s mother, Melanie Higgins.
“I’m amazed,” she said. “I’m just overwhelmed with emotion.”
Maddie has glioblastoma (GBM), an aggressive brain cancer that is common in adults but extremely rare for children.
“There are no treatments for kids,” Melanie Higgins said.
Maddie has already undergone two surgeries and more than 60 radiation treatments for the cancer and is being examined Monday for another possible tumor.
from Fort Worth Star Telegram
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