Port St. Lucie child cancer patient fosters dozens of kittens

Port St. Lucie child cancer patient fosters dozens of kittens

A mother made an emotional plea for help on Monday after her 15-year-old daughter was left in a coma following a hit-and-run crash in Fort Pierce over the weekend.

WPTV NEWS CHANNEL 5GILMORE SHARES HOW HER PASSIONFOR ANIMALS IS HELPING HERTHROUGH HER ILLNESS ANDINSPIRING OTHERS.<< FOURTEEN YEAR OLD BRIEANNAELMER IS A TWO TIME CANCERSURVIVOR.

WE WERE TOLD THAT ITWAS CANCER IT WASRHABDOMYOSARCOMA WHICH IS ASOFT TISSUE CANCER EACHDIAGNOSIS LEFT HER IN ST JUDECHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN MEMPHISTENNESSEE FOR A YEAR.

RECENTSCANS SHOWED HER CANCER HADRETURNED AND SPREAD THROUGHOUTHER BODY.

... WETREATING TO SLOW IT ANDPREVENT IT FROM SPREADING ASQUICKLY AS IT WAS SO SHE CANHAVE SOME QUALITY TIME TIMWITH HER FAMILY AND ANIMALS.

IHAVE AN ATTRACTION TOSOMETHING THAT NEEDS ME SHESAYS HER PASSION FORFOSTERING... PARTICULARLYKITTENS HELPED HER THROUGHEACH REMISSION AND RELAPSE."SHE'S DEFINITELY A NURTURER -WHETHER IT'S BABIES ORKITTENS" SO FAR BRIE HASHELPED FOSTER MORE THAN 50KITTENS FROM NO KILL SHELTERSIN OUR AREA THAT WERE LATEADOPTED.

"BEING ABLE TO GETTHOSE ANIMALS OUT OF A SHELTERAND INTO A FOSTER HOME ISTHEIR BEST BET.

HER HOPE IS TOINSPIRE OTHERS TO DO THE SAMIF I CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO ITITOF US BECAUSE SHE IS SHESUCH AN AMAZING KID AND SHEMADE A HUGE IMPACT HERE ASWELL AS ANYWHERE SHE GOES INTHE FACE OF A DAUNTINGDIAGNOSIS, BRIEIS ONE TEENAGER WE CAN ALLLEARN FROM... THE LESSON?

LIIN THE MOMENT.

WHEN YOU GOTHROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THISYOU ALMOST HAVE TO LIVE THATWAY, YOU GET TO THE POINTWHERE YOU TAKE EVERYTHING DAYBY DAY AND YOU TRY TO ENJOY ITAS MUCH YOU CAN ESPECIALLY THELITTLE THINGS (CAT NATS) ONTHE TREASURE COAST CG WPTV NC5