Toddler Cancer Patient Gets Surprise Police Escort to Last Chemo Treatment
Mila Martineau was diagnosed with a rare cancer in January.
— -- A Massachusetts girl battling a rare cancer got a big surprise when she was cheered on by neighbors and given a police escort on her way to her last chemotherapy treatment.
Mila Martineau, 2, was diagnosed with a rare cancer called embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in January of this year. To stop the cancer, the toddler underwent grueling months of chemotherapy, according to a Facebook page her family started to document her illness.
Mila's mother Jessica Martineau said on the page that they had been looking forward to the end of the therapy, including the weekly trek into the city for the treatments at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
She has welcomed the community support. "They made it really easy to just do the whole thing," Martineau told ABC affiliate WCVB-TV in Boston.
"I was looking for a great quote regarding the light at the end of the tunnel. Many referred to a freight train coming," TK's mother Jennifer Martineau wrote on Facebook. "We can see the light at the end of the tunnel and this freight train is filled with celebratory fireworks, champagne and cheerleaders because we are down to one chemo."
Mila went to her last scheduled chemotherapy treatment in style. When the family left for the treatment. they were given an escort by police and the local fire department, along with a cheering section of neighbors, according to WCVB.
Martineau was overwhelmed with the outpouring of support. Wiping away tears she simply said, "They're amazing!"
