{"id":446926,"date":"2026-09-25T02:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/446926\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T02:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:44:08","slug":"a-texas-girls-disney-dream-brings-hope-amid-cancer-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/446926\/","title":{"rendered":"A Texas girl\u2019s Disney dream brings hope amid cancer fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 7-year-old Texas girl fighting a rare bone cancer is holding onto a dream of setting sail on a Disney cruise, a wish her family says would give her the chance to simply be a kid again.<\/p>\n

Jade has been diagnosed with mesenchymal chondrosarcoma. Since her diagnosis, she has undergone intensive chemotherapy, surgery, hospital stays and ongoing treatment. Her family makes an approximately five-hour round trip between Laredo and San Antonio for specialized care.<\/p>\n

Despite the challenges of treatment, Jade\u2019s family describes her as funny, caring and adventurous. She says she wants to become a doctor someday so she can help other children the way her own doctors and nurses have helped her.<\/p>\n

When Jade learned she qualified for a wish through Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas, she chose a Disney cruise. She hopes to swim, meet favorite characters, watch shows and spend time with her family.<\/p>\n

ALSO: City of Austin cancels Lake Austin drawdown<\/a><\/p>\n

Jade\u2019s mother, Patty, said cancer treatment has forced Jade to spend important moments in the hospital, including her seventh birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis wish gives her something joyful to dream about and the chance to focus on being a kid instead of being a patient,\u201d Patty said.<\/p>\n

As Childhood Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, Jade is still waiting for her wish. Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas says more than 350 eligible children across the region are also waiting for wishes to be granted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 7-year-old Texas girl fighting a rare bone cancer is holding onto a dream of setting sail on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-446926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446926","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=446926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}