“Obviously that’s not good for her, and so she’s been receiving a lot of blood transfusions and platelet transfusions,” Tara said. She also bruises very easily, her mom said. So that means her platelets are always low, her red blood cells are low and her white blood cells are low, and so she’s very susceptible to infection and very susceptible to bleeding.”

“Basically what that means is her bone marrow isn’t working properly. “It’s a bone-marrow failure disease,” Tara said. Souder has aplastic anemia, her mom Tara Souder said. Part of the Taco Tico dining room was decorated in a Hawaiian theme with Hawaiian-themed music playing in the background. Souder knew she was getting a Make-A-Wish trip to Hawaii and knew a surprise party was coming up, but this party caught her by surprise, as it was intended.Īmong those there were her boyfriend, brother, aunt and her boyfriend, cousins, dad and mom, as well as Make-A-Wish wish granters Amy and Bobby Bisterfeldt. She thought she and her family were dining there this past weekend, but when they pulled up, she saw her dad and thought, “He’s not supposed to be here.” NEWTON-McPherson resident Savannah Souder looked a little surprised walking into the Newton Taco Tico on Saturday morning, seeing friends, relatives and media there. Savannah Souder, center, gets a hug from her dad, Aric Souder, as Souder’s mom Tara looks on Saturday morning at Taco Tico in Newton.

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