Boy with cancer gets his wish to ride on a 'unicorn'

5-year-old Wyatt Haas of Fallon, Mont., had his dream fulfilled.

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December 27, 2019 at 7:42PM
Wyatt Haas, 5, of Montana rides a horse decorated to look like a unicorn. MUST CREDIT: Courtesy of Tamara Choat.
Wyatt Haas, 5, of Montana rides a horse decorated to look like a unicorn. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Before he left in early December for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis to have surgery on a cancerous brain tumor, 5-year-old Wyatt Haas of Fallon, Mont., had his dream fulfilled. Wyatt got to ride on a unicorn.

Two of the mythical creatures, in fact, appeared at a last-minute party in a park thrown by Wyatt's kindergarten class. Two of the children's mothers who own horses painted their animals the colors of the rainbow with bright chalk sticks; other parents brought party favors, two cakes and juice. Afterward, Wyatt asked his mom to take him to a unicorn store.

"I think the whole thing blew his mind," Corissa Haas said. The family is hoping to cover Wyatt's medical expenses with a GoFundMe account that has raised more than $8,000.

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