{"id":299302,"date":"2026-05-19T05:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/299302\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T05:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:41:28","slug":"make-a-wish-surprises-houston-4-year-old-battling-blood-disorder-with-vip-monster-jam-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/299302\/","title":{"rendered":"Make-A-Wish surprises Houston 4-year-old battling blood disorder with VIP Monster Jam trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"4-year-old's 4-year-old’s wish comes true<\/a> <\/p>\n

A Houston-area 4-year-old battling a serious blood disorder received the surprise of a lifetime Monday. FOX 26’s Randy Wallace explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n

HOUSTON – A Houston-area 4-year-old battling a serious blood disorder received the surprise of a lifetime Monday when Make-A-Wish Texas Gulf Coast and Gexa Energy announced a VIP family trip to Monster Jam in Austin this June.<\/p>\n

Houston 4-year-old battling critical illness gets surprise VIP Monster Jam wish trip <\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

“He loves everything about Monster truck,” said Shelly Millwee, President\/CEO, Make a Wish Texas Gulf Coast Louisiana. “If it has wheels on it he’s excited for it.”<\/p>\n

She’s talking about 4-year-old Gordo who has been battling a critical illness involving a blood disorder.<\/p>\n

But his mother, Cruz Lara, says he’s getting bigger and doing what kids his age should be doing.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Gexa Energy surprised Gordo with a party announcing a trip to Monster Jam in Austin in June for his entire family.<\/p>\n

He will get the VIP treatment.<\/p>\n

“Being part of a wish is indescribable,” said Millwee.<\/p>\n

Why you should care:<\/p>\n

Right now in Houston, the Make-A-Wish Foundation is working to get more than 1,000 wishes for kids.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to find out more, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Source: FOX 26’s Randy Wallace spoke with Shelly Millwee, President\/CEO, Make a Wish Texas Gulf Coast Louisiana.<\/p>\n

Houston<\/a>News<\/a>Top Stories<\/a>Heartwarming News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"4-year-old’s wish comes true A Houston-area 4-year-old battling a serious blood disorder received the surprise of a lifetime…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[247,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-299302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-heartwarming","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}