Emma fights cancer and asks only to send pictures of puppies

March 24, 2019

The family of the youngest 7-year-old learned in January that the girl had a brain tumor that was not cured. The girl has received messages from all over the world.

Emma is only 7 years old and fighting cancer.

After the parents of Emma Mertens They found that her daughter's flu-like symptoms, vomiting, and headaches became more intense than usual, so they took her to the doctor and discovered that the child had an abnormality.

It was then that family life has changed dramaticallyespecially that of the minor, who has had to undergo frequent consultations, surgeries and weeks of radiotherapy.

"Never, in my wildest dreams, I thought I should tell our children that their little sister had brain cancer terminal that can not be used, "said Geoff Mertens, Emma's father, at the digital portal of Univision.

However, Geoff felt that he needed to do something more to make his daughter feel more comfortable and find his smile again.

So he decided to ask through social networks, that users send pictures of dogs to the younger ones so that they change mood.

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In a few days letters, photos and parcels have begun to arrive in an uncontrolled way at Emma's and at the local post office.

"I go to the post office every day and I fill the back of my truck.One day there were three charges for everything to report," said his father, happy.

But as if that was not enough, Emma has received messages from different parts of the world like Holland, England, Germany, Italy, Australia and even Venezuela.

"Emma loves dogs and it works! The response was amazing. Emma changes the world. The messages from the people are so encouraging and comforting, "Geoff said.