A 5-year-old boy from Wisconsin, United States danced with his grandfather in a grocery store before a scheduled operation on his brain.
Kyu San Juan invited his grandfather Txhiaj Sawm Muas, to join him for dancing at around 11:57 p.m., as per a Facebook post by his mother Rasami Moua, on June 4.
The boy’s request came prior to his surgery the next morning for cerebral arteriovenous malformation, a tangle of abnormal blood vessels connecting arteries and veins in the brain.
Image: Screengrab from Rasami Moua’s video via Facebook/Rasami Moua
After his grandfather changed clothes, the family drove to a grocery store named Festival Foods. Upon arriving, the grandfather asked if they were going to buy something. Kyu replied, “No grandpa, we dance here in the groceries store.”
Despite his grandfather’s confusion, Kyu told him to “use his imagination” and that he can “dance anywhere.”
“Thanks dad for being such a good sport for Kyu and giving him all of your time before his surgery tomorrow. It was pretty fun!” the boy’s mother said.
Kyu danced in a red jumpsuit and red shoes while his grandfather, who was expecting a different venue for the dance, was wearing a blue long-sleeved button-down paired with dark gray slacks.
The operation was successful and Kyu was discharged from the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin last Friday, June 7, as per his mother’s update on the same day.
The dance video has been viewed over 100,000 times, as of this writing. JB
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