7-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Returns to Hospital With Legos for Patients

Nbcwashington · Dec 24, 2019 · 207 words · By Drew Wilder

Community Philanthropy Pediatric Cancer Recovery

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“A 7-year-old Virginia girl who spent most of the past year in cancer treatment returned to the hospital Monday bearing gifts for other patients.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that a young girl from Virginia (Poppy Sellier) returned to the hospital on a Monday to deliver gifts (Legos) to other patients after her cancer treatment.

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web search NEUTRAL — He is (1) French and is also studying English. What's it like for him? "I (2) living here," says Andy, "and I'm beginning to feel like I've lived here my whole life and not for only (3) years.
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web search NEUTRAL — Result: Twenty-three girls aged 12-18 years old and had menarche who underwent cancer therapy in January-August 2019 in Dr. Sardjito General Hospital were included in the study. Among them, 61% girls …
https://www.academia.edu/108945491/Anti_Mullerian_hormone_an…

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“Poppy Sellier spent last Christmas fighting leukemia on the 10th floor of Inova Children’s Hospital — the oncology unit.”

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Two separate sources explicitly state that Poppy Sellier spent last Christmas fighting leukemia on the 10th floor oncology unit of Inova Children's Hospital.

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web search NEUTRAL — Poppy Sellier spent last Christmas fighting leukemia on the 10 th floor of Inova Children’s Hospital — the oncology unit. In August, she became a cancer survivor. Poppy returned to the 10 th floor hau…
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/7…

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web search NEUTRAL — Six-year-old Poppy Sellier, a student at Our Lady of Hope School in Great Falls, completes treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.By mid-afternoon, Poppy and Charlotte were at the emergency room, then a…
https://www.catholicherald.com/article/local/six-year-old-po…

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web search NEUTRAL — Monday morning Poppy Sellier returned to a place most kids would not — the hospital where she battled acute myeloid leukemia. Now in remission, the popular and precocious 6-year-old returned to Inova …
https://wjla.com/news/local/former-cancer-patient-lego-expre…

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“In August, she became a cancer survivor.”

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The evidence from the article '7-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Returns to Hospital With Legos for Patients' explicitly states that in August, she became a cancer survivor.

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web search NEUTRAL — Six-year-old Poppy Sellier completes treatment for leukemia.When Charlotte thought of cancer treatment, her vision was of the television shows with people feeling really lousy and vomiting all the tim…
https://www.catholicherald.com/article/local/six-year-old-po…

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web search NEUTRAL — Poppy Sellier | #CapsFightCancer. Checking in on Make-A-Wish Mid Atlantic's Poppy and that smile that lit up our starting line-up last year!
https://www.nhl.com/fr/capitals/video/poppy-sellier-capsfigh…

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“Poppy returned to the 10th floor hauling a wagon full of Legos — surprise gifts for the kids still fighting cancer.”

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Multiple sources confirm Poppy returned to the 10th floor with a wagon of donated Legos as gifts for other children fighting cancer.

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web search NEUTRAL — A 7-year-old Virginia girl who spent most of the past year in cancer treatment returned to the hospital Monday bearing gifts for other patients. Poppy Sellier spent last Christmas fighting ...
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/7…

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web search NEUTRAL — Poppy poses with the parents of a young patient at Inova Children's Hospital. Six year old Poppy was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia four days before Christmas 2018. After 236 days in and out of…
https://www.inovanewsroom.org/featured-posts/2019/12/acute-m…

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web search NEUTRAL — Now in remission, the popular and precocious 6-year-old returned to Inova Children's Hospital bearing gifts—300 donated LEGOS for old friends and new friends, such as Alaina Gibson.
https://wset.com/news/local/6-year-old-former-cancer-patient…

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“Poppy’s mom asked for Legos on Facebook, and donations were piled up on her front step the next day.”

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The provided web search results for this specific claim contain generic information about Lego recycling and unrelated results, but do not contain the specific detail about the mother's Facebook request and the subsequent delivery of donations.

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web search NEUTRAL — Donate used LEGO pieces to give them new life and create smiles! Since LEGOs aren’t made from recyclable materials, donating is the only way to truly “recycle LEGOs.” Brick Recycler solves this proble…
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web search NEUTRAL — The site owner hides the web page description.
https://www.facebook.com/Capitals/videos/poppy-sellier-updat…

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“Alaina Gibson, who was admitted to Children’s Hospital just four days ago.”

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The source '7-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Returns to Hospital With Legos for Patients' explicitly quotes Alaina Gibson and states she was admitted to the Children's Hospital just four days ago.

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web search NEUTRAL — Children's Hospital Patient Alaina Gibson.“It’s really inspiring to see someone so young giving as much as they can to people who were in the same place as her,” said Alaina Gibson, who was admitted t…
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/7…

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web search NEUTRAL — Now in remission, the popular and precocious 6-year-old returned to Inova Children’s Hospital bearing gifts—300 donated LEGOS for old friends and new friends, such as Alaina Gibson.
https://wjla.com/news/local/former-cancer-patient-lego-expre…

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web search NEUTRAL — Inova Children's Hospital Emergency Room.Inova Children’s Emergency Room (ER) at Fairfax Hospital is the most comprehensive pediatric ER in the region and provides family-friendly emergency care in a …
https://www.inova.org/locations/inova-lj-murphy-childrens-ho…

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“Poppy also delivered Legos to patients’ siblings.”

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The provided evidence mentions delivering Legos to patients like Alaina Gibson, but does not specifically mention delivering them to the siblings of patients.

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web search NEUTRAL — Government sets the thresholds.
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web search NEUTRAL — I Built The BIGGEST LEGO SETS Ever Released!I build the largestest sets Lego has ever released - Diagon Alley, Ninjago City Gardens, the Santiago Bernabéu, t...
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