A tale of strength and resilience came full circle Friday at a Needham elementary school as a young student shared a book she wrote about her cancer battle that featured a very special character and left officers fighting tears.Mia Lee was diagnosed with cancer when she was 4 years old. When she finished her treatments and went into remission two years ago, Needham police escorted her home to celebrate the milestone.A photo taken at the time showed Mia standing on her lawn wearing a big smile and a T-shirt that read “Hip Hop Horray My Last Chemo is Today” as she stood alongside Rocket, a police comfort dog. While police officers and Rocket were visiting the Broadmeadow Elementary School during morning drop-off Friday, Mia, who is now in third grade, and her teachers stopped by to share a surprise — a copy of Mia’s book “My Cancer Story.” One of the pages reads, “Cancer 0, Mia 1” and lists the number of transfusions, lumbar punctures, nights in the hospital, clinic visits, pokes and days of treatment that “1 Amazing Girl” endured.Another page nearly brought officers to tears.”Rocket and K9 Ghost even have their own special feature page in her book, highlighting Mia’s memorable ride home. There aren’t many things that stop us in our tracks during a busy morning, but this moment did,” the department posted on its Facebook page. “We’ll admit, it left quite a few of us choked up.”Don’t worry, officers, it left your neighbors over at Channel 5 choked up, too!EpilogueMia’s book is available on Amazon. The back cover reads, “My name is Mia and I am eight years old. I go to school at Broadmeadow Elementary School and am in 3rd grade. I love spending time with my pet bunny, Bun-Bun. I also love playing with friends. This is a true story about me and is my first published book.”
NEEDHAM, Mass. —
A tale of strength and resilience came full circle Friday at a Needham elementary school as a young student shared a book she wrote about her cancer battle that featured a very special character and left officers choked up.
Mia Lee was diagnosed with cancer when she was 4 years old. When she finished her treatments and went into remission two years ago, Needham police escorted her home to celebrate the milestone.
A photo taken at the time showed Mia standing on her lawn wearing a big smile and a T-shirt that read “Hip Hop Horray My Last Chemo is Today” as she stood alongside Rocket, a police comfort dog.
While police officers and Rocket were visiting the Broadmeadow Elementary School during morning drop-off, Mia, who is now in third grade, and her teachers stopped by to share a surprise — a copy of Mia’s book “My Cancer Story.”
One of the pages reads, “Cancer 0, Mia 1” and lists the number of transfusions, lumbar punctures, nights in the hospital, clinic visits, pokes and days of treatment that “1 Amazing Girl” endured.
Another page nearly brought officers to tears.
“Rocket and K9 Ghost even have their own special feature page in her book, highlighting Mia’s memorable ride home. There aren’t many things that stop us in our tracks during a busy morning, but this moment did,” the department posted on its Facebook page. “We’ll admit, it left quite a few of us choked up.”
Don’t worry, officers, it left your neighbors over at Channel 5 choked up, too!
Epilogue
Mia’s book is available on Amazon. The back cover reads, “My name is Mia and I am eight years old. I go to school at Broadmeadow Elementary School and am in 3rd grade. I love spending time with my pet bunny, Bun-Bun. I also love playing with friends. This is a true story about me and is my first published book.”