Chicago Police Officers Make 6-Year-Old Cancer Patient's Dream Come True

Six-year-old Madison Pruitt, who is in hospice care for a rare form of cancer, was visited by dozens of Chicago police officers. | Via ABC-7 Chicago.

CHICAGO, IL -- Dozens police officers made a six-year-old girl’s life dream come true by officially making her a Chicago police officer.

Six-year-old Madison Pruitt is currently in hospice care for a rare form of muscle cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma. After telling a hospital social worker that her only wish was to be a police officer for a day, Chicago police led by Interim Superintendent Eddie Johnson went to Madison’s South Side home on Wednesday afternoon to pay her a visit.

At first the plan was to have Madison attend a roll call and get a tour of the Chicago Police 6th District station, but when Madison’s grandmother called to say her granddaughter wasn’t feeling well, the officers showed up on the little girl’s front porch.

As the TV news cameras rolled, the interim superintendent greeted the surprised Madison.

“Hi, I’m Superintendent Eddie Johnson. I heard… your lifelong dream was to become a Chicago Police officer, so today I’m going to make it official and make you a lifelong Chicago police officer. Congratulations,” Johnson told Madison.

Interim Superintendent Johnson presented Madison with a Chicago police hat, and a medal of valor, donated by a Chicago police lieutenant still active on the force.

Then the 6th District police officers staged their daily roll call in front of Madison’s house. Others rode in on horseback.

"I'm just so overjoyed for all this love for my baby. You don't know," Madison’s grandmother Pamlor Nelson told ABC 7 Chicago News.

Only 350 cases of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a subtype of sarcoma, are reported each year in the United States affecting children under the age of 21 years. The family hopes Madison’s story will encourage people to donate to pediatric cancer research.

For more information on ways to give, visit the Sarcoma Foundation of America, or consider making a donation to Emily Beazley’s Kures for Kids.