DEEP-DISH HOMECOMING.PALMDALE - Two children sponsored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that grants wishes to children (2.5 years to 18 years old) with life-threatening medical conditions. and their families enjoyed a pizza party Thursday courtesy of employees of Rally Auto Group. The wishes for the teens were adopted by United Auto Workers/General Motors as part of their ongoing partnership with the foundation that answers the wishes of seriously ill A patient is seriously ill when his or her illness is of such severity that there is cause for immediate concern but there is no imminent danger to life. See also very seriously ill. children. Andrew Biller, 15, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor Brain Tumor Definition A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in the brain. Unlike other tumors, brain tumors spread by local extension and rarely metastasize (spread) outside the brain. , returned to the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley after a trip on a Disney cruise with his family, while Malan Boswell, 12, and his family returned from a trip to Disney World. Boswell has been diagnosed with sickle cell anemia sickle cell anemia n. A chronic, usually fatal inherited form of anemia marked by crescent-shaped red blood cells, occurring almost exclusively in Blacks, and characterized by fever, leg ulcers, jaundice, and episodic pain in the joints. with complications. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 3 -- color) Rally Auto Group general manager Eric Prothro, top, looks on as Malan Boswell, 12, and Andrew Biller, 15, check out the pizzas for a welcome-home party for the two seriously ill kids, who were granted wishes from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Above, Andrew points to a cake made just for him and Malan. At left, Malan and Andrew dig in to slices of pizza. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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