Police, fire department help celebrate Upstate girl battling rare form of cancer on her birthday
5-year-old Riley Faith Steep was diagnosed with Stage 4 Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma in September
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Updated: 11:29 PM EDT May 2, 2021
5-year-old Riley Faith Steep was diagnosed with Stage 4 Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma in September
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Updated: 11:29 PM EDT May 2, 2021
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HOW ABOUT THIS A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY PARADE FOR AN UPSTATE GIRL BATTLING A RARE FORM OF CANCER TODAY HER COMMUNITY BRINGING OUT ALL THE STOPS TO CELEBRATE HER PHOTOJOURNALIST MATEO RODRIGUEZ SHARING HER FUN TONIGHT. OH BEYOND MY WATER STREAM. WE’RE HERE IN SIMPSONVILLE FOR RILEY FACE BIRTHDAY. I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF THERE’S WORDS TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR EVERYBODY COMING OUT FROM SANTA CLAUS TO MICKEY MOUSE TO KONA IEEE THE POLICE THE FIRE. JUST EVERYONE JUST PULLED TOGETHER AND DID AN AWESOME PARADE FOR HER JUST A DAY TO FORGET ALL THE HOSPITAL FORGET ALL THE DOCTORS AND THE POPES AND EVERYTHING AND JUST HAVE FUN JUST BE A KID. SHE HAS ADRENAL CORTICAL CARCINOMA STAGE 4 CANCER AND IT JUST HAS A BAD PROGNOSIS AND SHE HAD A LOT OF CHEMO IMMUNOTHERAPY AND SURGERY AND JUST A LOT OF BAD DAYS AND WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER A REALLY FUN DAY. IT’S IMPORTANT FOR US TO COME OUT HERE AND ENGAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE THESE POSITIVE REACTION, YOU KNOW INTERACTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SOMEONE’S DAY SPECIAL IT’S NOT ALWAYS JUST ABOUT GETTING A BAD GUY. IT’S YOU KNOW, IT’S ABOUT PUTTING A SMILE ON A CHILD’S FACE. ARE YOU THE HAPPIEST LITTLE GIRL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH