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- Taylor Swift made a quiet donation to the mother and father of a 2-year-old lady named Lilah, who was recognized with stage 4 most cancers
- On Oct. 17, the musician made a $100,000 donation by way of GoFundMe to Lilah, following a TikTok from her mom exhibiting off the toddler’s love for Swift
- “Sending the most important hug to my buddy, Lilah!” Swift captioned her GoFundMe donation
Taylor Swift helps out a younger fan in want.
On Friday, Oct. 17, the pop star, 35, made a quiet donation to the mother and father of a 2-year-old lady named Lilah, who was recognized with stage 4 most cancers after struggling a seizure at simply 18 months outdated.
Lilah’s mother Katelynn Smoot has shared her daughter’s story on social media for months, and the toddler’s household has been fundraising for her remedy by way of GoFundMe since March.
Swift got here into the image simply final week, when Katelynn shared a video to her TikTok account — dubbed “Stand with Lilah” — exhibiting how her 2-year-old known as the “Lifetime of a Showgirl” singer her “buddy” whereas watching a video of Swift on her iPad.
“This could be my fault,” Katelynn joked within the caption of the Oct. 8 video, which additionally featured footage of the mom-of-two pregnant with Lilah whereas attending Swift’s Eras Tour.
“Lilah’s title was initially going to be Willow,” the proud mother continued, referencing Swift’s 2020 observe by the identical title. “We have been set on that title my complete being pregnant however in the end ended on Lilah.”
“I listened to Taylor my complete being pregnant after which birthed a mini Swiftie. Lilah loves Taylor’s music and through her most cancers remedy she at all times discovered pleasure in it,” Katelynn continued. “I hope Lilah will get by means of this analysis and will get to at some point go to a Taylor Swift live performance in individual. I do know she would like it.”
In response to the GoFundMe web page, Lilah’s type of mind most cancers is extraordinarily uncommon and aggressive, as solely 58 identified circumstances have been documented documented within the U.S. final yr.
Though the toddler has already had a mass faraway from her mind and recovered from the surgical procedure nicely, Lilah’s remedy nonetheless contains three months of chemotherapy, three months of stem cell remedy and a few proton radiation, which would require her to remain at a hospital for 4 weeks at a time and to journey a number of hours away to a kids’s hospital.
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After simply over per week, Katelynn’s heartfelt video seemingly made its option to Swift, and on Friday, Oct. 17, the musician made a $100,000 donation on GoFundMe.
“Sending the most important hug to my buddy, Lilah!” she wrote beneath her donation. “Love, Taylor.”
Katelynn, Lilah and the remainder of the household have been instantly ecstatic, because the donation introduced them almost $60,000 over their $100,000 fundraising purpose.
In a video shared on Friday, Katelynn wrote that the donation would permit them to “simply deal with being right here with our lady.”
“Is that this actual life?” she captioned the heartfelt video, which featured herself and Lilah dancing to Swift’s new observe “The Destiny of Ophelia.”
“Thanks so a lot @taylorswift. I’m in shock,” Katelynn continued. “This implies a lot to us. I can’t specific in phrases how extremely grateful we’re. Tyler [Lilah’s father] and I can simply deal with our child lady and being collectively as a household.”
The candy video additionally featured Lilah thanking the pop star — and as soon as once more calling her “my buddy.”
“I can’t cease crying. You could have given us such a ravishing present,” Katelynn added. “Thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️.”
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