Although four-year-old McKenna May has suffered the painful side effects of
leukemia for half her life, the Ohio child’s father has blocked her from
visiting Disney World through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
"I think it should go to kids who only have six months to live," Toledo
resident William May told the Sentinel-Tribune, saying that it would be
inappropriate to use Make-A-Wish money on his daughter, who just finished her
last treatment.
According to May, the child is “free and clear,” despite the fact that
doctors say she will not actually be “cancer free” until five years after that
last treatment.
Susan McConnell, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish for Ohio, Kentucky and
Indiana, told the Sentinel that the four-year-old certainly qualifies for the
trip because she went through so much for two years.
"The doctors are the ones who determine if she is qualified," McConnell
said.
May has only recently been granted visitation rights to see his daughter, and
attended “very few treatments and doctors appointments,” the child’s
grandmother, Lori Helppie, told the Sentinel.
"I wasn't allowed to be involved," May said. "It ticked me
off." <-- see, this sentence right here tells it all. This has nothing to do with the trip being awarded to another child, it's about him. SMH
May’s announcement has created something of a national firestorm, which could
benefit the four-year-old, whose mother and grandmother are now trying to raise
the $3,500 they need to take her to the Magic Kingdom through alternate
means.
"She's really excited," Whitney Hughes, the child’s mother, told the paper.
"It's all she's talked about for the last three months."
The mother and grandmother have placed collection jars all around their tiny
Ohio town, and have also taken to the internet.

I hope they raise the money so that baby can go...she needs a vacation...n her daddy is just a jackazz
ReplyDeleteHe is like many fathers, they don't care about their children.
ReplyDeleteIn due time I think they will get the money needed.
ReplyDeleteWhat a stupid dad.
Let that lil baby go to Disneyland....Wth is wrong with you???? #Idiotx100 SMDH
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