Cydney

Shopping is a favorite activity for a teenage girl; however, when Wishes & More grants a shopping wish we do it up big! Please meet, Cydney.  She just graduated from high school and plans to head to the University of Texas – Austin in the Fall… an amazing feat considering what she has gone through in the past year. She played on her high school’s tennis team and last Fall she experienced  a strange pain in her upper left arm. Since it was her final season, she ignored the pain until she noticed a lump after her last match. She immediately went to the doctor, where they found a mass that had grown so large it fractured her bone! After a few puzzling biopsy readings, she received her diagnosis of Osteosarcoma, commonly known as bone cancer. She is still undergoing chemotherapy and recently had surgery to replace the bone in her arm with a cadaver bone. We were thrilled to meet this amazing young woman and learn that despite everything she’s been through, her charming personality still shone through! She told our Wizards that she would love to experience a shopping spree at the Mall of America to visit her favorite stores and prepare for her first year of college in the Fall. We waved our wands, arranged for a limo to pick her up and bring her to MOA and granted her fabulous wish with the support of friends at Altar’d State, Lululemon, Nike and OFFL/NE by Aerie. Each store made her visit amazing with decorated fitting rooms, gift cards, discounts, and their undivided attention. She and her entourage also enjoyed a complimentary meal thanks to Cantino Laredo! Thank you to all these incredible wish contributors who helped us make Cydney’s wish extraordinary!