From ABC NEWS
They say the best things come in small packages, but in little 2-year-old Hazel Hammersley's case, they come in the form of at least 20 pizzas surprising you in your hospital room when you wake up from a nap.
Hazel, who has been in the oncology department at Children's Hospital Los Angeles since July 4, was diagnosed with high-risk stage 3 neuroblastoma in April, and has been in the hospital fighting to regain her white blood cell count in order to be released.
"We generally have a pretty good time here," Hazel's mother, Lauren Hammersley, told GoodMorningAmerica.com. "They have the playroom here on the floor, which she loves, and I bring bags of toys and things. But after some time, you get a little stir crazy."
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So one day, while Hazel's grandmother was visiting, they came up with the idea to tape a silly message in the window of her hospital room, something her grandma had done years ago when she was admitted in the hospital.
The family jokingly taped the message, "SEND PIZZA RM 4112," onto the window by Hazel's bed, not really expecting anything to come from it.
"Hazel was trying to wave to people in the street and nobody waved back, so we thought this was a fun way to just pass the time," Hammersley said. "We thought it would be fun and put a smile on someone's face. We never expected to get any pizza."
And for a few days, they didn't get any pizza.
But on July 13, several days after they posted the silly note...........................................................
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