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A restuarant in Texas opened early or 1 hour and 15 minutes before its scheduled opeining time to serve the favorite breakfast meal of a 3-year-old child diagnosed with leukemia, MSN News reports.

Adelaide Stanley used to visit the restaurant together with her whole family and would have brunch when she was not yet diagnosed with leukememia. However, the family stopped visiting the restaurant after Adelaide was diagnosed with the rare cancer on July 1, 2019, when she turned 3 years old.

According to the American Cancer Society, leukemia is a rare cancer that affects platelets, and white blood cells. This type of cancer typically starts in the bone marrow. In data obtained by Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, an estimated more than 399,900 are living with this cancer and this has become the sixth most common cause of deaths for both men and women. 

Meanwhile, for the family of Adelaide, this cancer has dramatically affected her because of the pain and chemoteraphy. Vanlam Nguyen and Jordon Stanley told the Good Morning America that the disease weakens the immune system of the child and they have to keep Adelaide inside the house. The parents also added that they cannot do their usual activities as a family.

Nguyen said: "A simple common cold would put her into the hospital. As a parent with a kid who has leukemia, I try to keep her in a bubble." She also shared with a news outlet that they changed some of their personal activities like hugging anyone to nearly becoming germaphobes, or being obssessed with cleanliness, because they are afraid to bring home a germ. 

J. Wilson's in Beaumont is one of the favorite restaurants of the family. In one of their recent trips, Adelaide wanted to stop a while in the restaurant and get food. However, her father told her that they will have to stop and visit the restaurant when she is better. He said: "Baby, when you're not sick anymore, when you get better, we can go eat there."

Nguyen told his friend about the heartbreaking moment. His friend tried to reach out to the owner of the reastaurant to see if they can accomodate a special request by opening early so that Adelaide and her family can get into the restaurant. John Wilson, the owner of the restaurant, responded and decided to give an hour and 15 minutes before the opening time of the restaurant.

Moreover, the staff of the restaurant also obliged just to give a smile to the child. They went to work early, cleaned thouroughly, and decorated the establishment in pink, Adelaide's favorite color.

Wilson said during an interview that, "Seeing her smile, just knowing we could give her a little sense of normalcy was great." He also added that this is something that they all felt great about asit fulfilled the wish of little Adelaide. The restaurant did not charge the family.

Moreover, another report from a news outlet states that doctors are hoping to declare Adelaide cancer free by September 2021.