HARPURSVILLE — A 10-year-old boy with a life-threatening seizure disorder recently had his dream come true when he traveled six hours to meet April the giraffe, according to our sister station WBNG in New York.
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Alex Johnson, an Avon resident, and his family were able to meet the giraffe on Tuesday at Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville.
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"I can't believe that we're hear actually cause we watched online for so long, we were waiting for that baby, oh my goodness gracious, we didn't think she was ever going to come, or she was ever going to come,” said Alex’s mother Dawn Johnson to a WBNG reporter.
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WBNG reports Alex is visually impaired and can barely talk.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation offered Alex a wish a couple weeks ago, and after months of watching and waiting for April to give birth on the adventure park's live feed, his family knew they wanted to travel to meet April and her calf Tajiri in person.
"Alex and his family are just wonderful, wonderful people, such a strong loving family and to see a child of these circumstances really be able to just enjoy a day that's just for him is incredible," said Heidi Robinson of Make-A-Wish Foundation Central New York.