'Officer Abigail', 7-year-old Texas girl fighting cancer, preparing for hospice care, says family

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A 7-year-old-girl who has been fighting Wilms Tumor, a severe kidney cancer, and has dreamed of fighting crime, has been recommended for hospice care, according to her father in a Facebook Live post.

Abigail Arias, lovingly known as "Officer Abigail", has suffered with cancer since 2017. But she has a dream; she wants to be a police officer.

Over the past few months, she has been invited to all sorts of events around the state. She has been made an honorary police officer in her hometown of Freeport, Texas, as well as by department as far away as New York, as well as being invited to the White House.

Chief of Police Ray Garivey said that she is a valued member of the Freeport community.

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“She is such an inspiration to not only us, but the community. She is fighting for her life, while people like you and I fight about if we’ll get a raise,” Garivey said. “We police officers fight to protect and serve our community, and that is what she is doing every day in her body. We are proud of her.”

Abigail's father, Ruben Arias, posted a video on her Facebook page breaking the bad news. He said on Thursday, she began experiencing pain in her left side. Wilms Tumor can spread to lymph nodes in the abdomen and to the lung, according to the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Oncology website.

When they met with her oncology team, Arias said the family was told that 3/4 of her left lung had been consumed by the tumor, and the right lung "was not far behind." Arias said doctors asked for permission to start coordinating with a hospice care for her medication.

"We're not giving up by no means," Arias said tearfully in the video. "We still have faith in our Lord that he's going to give us the miracle we seek. But we still have to in the meantime do what's best for her at the moment."

According to Garivey, Abigail is scheduled to be sworn-in as an honorary agent with the DEA on Monday.

“She has touch millions of people’s hearts in the nation,” he said. “She fights the bad guys just like us police officers.”

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