A fairytale come true for little Kira; New seats after show is missed.Byline: JOANNE BUTCHER LIKE every little girl, little Kira Edgar dreams of being a princess. For weeks, she had been looking forward to watching her favourite heroines at the Disney Princesses on Ice show at Newcastle's Metro Radio Metro Radio is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to North East England. Its output is principally contemporary pop and dance music. It is owned by EMAP and is part of their Big City Network of stations. Arena. But instead of going to the ball, the five-year-old spent the night in a hospital bed after being struck down with swine flu swine flu n. A highly contagious form of human influenza caused by a filterable virus identical or related to a virus formerly isolated from infected swine. . Fortunately Kira has her own fairy godmother fairy godmother fulfills Cinderella’s wishes and helps her win the prince. [Fr. Fairy Tale: Cinderella] See : Fairy fairy godmother mythical being who guards children from danger and rewards them for good deeds. after the Chronicle stepped in and secured the youngster tickets to see another Disney show. Mum Mandy Hall, from Walker, Newcastle, said: "Kira was so poorly. They gave her Tamiflu, but she had to stay in hospital for two nights. She was devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. that she couldn't go to the show, but she was far too ill." Brave Kira, a pupil at Walkergate Primary School, has battled a lot during her short life. Aged just 18 months, she was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma, a very aggressive form of brain tumour Noun 1. brain tumour - a tumor in the brain brain tumor neoplasm, tumor, tumour - an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose glioblastoma, spongioblastoma - a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always . "We started to notice Kira was losing balance and her head was tilting to one side. We thought that perhaps she had a problem with her inner ear or had a virus so we took her to the doctor," said Mandy, 28. "After a number of tests we were told she had cancer. "To hear that is every parent's worst nightmare. Until you start talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to the experts you automatically think your child is going to die." Kira then underwent 14 hours of surgery and afterwards her tiny body was bombarded with intensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy. But for the last two years the little fighter had steadily been getting stronger - until the swine flu virus knocked her for six. Kira was especially susceptible to the bug because of her previous illness. At first, Arena box office staff had no sympathy for the poorly little girl and refused to refund or swap the tickets. Mandy had forked out nearly pounds 100 on tickets for herself, Kira and nana Shirley Hall, 48. She said: "It was just another blow on top of everything else. "I didn't want my money back. I just wanted to be able to take her to see something else. She had been so excited about going to a show. "I understand they don't give refunds normally, but I couldn't believe they wouldn't make an exception for the circumstances." But after we contacted Metro Radio Arena and told them about Kira's heart-rending story, the venue apologised and gave the family free passes for new show Disney Live - Three Classic Fairy Tales, coming to the Arena in March next year. "It's fantastic," said Mandy. "I'm so pleased and Kira is very excited. "She's well on the way to recovery now and this will give her something to look forward to." CAPTION(S): SPECTACULAR SHOW: Disney on Ice DELIGHT: Kira has been given tickets for the next Disney show |
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