Boy Dancing in the Grocery Store With His Grandpa
This Boy’s Wish the Night Before Surgery Was to Dance With His Grandpa . . . at the Grocery Store
11:57 PM Kyu: Grandpa, let's go dancing! Grandpa Txhiaj Sawm: Now? Kyu: Yeah, it'll be fun! Grandpa: Okay. *Grandpa changed out of his PJ* *Kyu stayed in his PJ* *DRIVES TO LOCATION* *Pulls up to Festival Foods* Grandpa: Do you guys need to buy something? Kyu: No grandpa, we dance here in the groceries store. Grandpa: Here? People are going to think we're crazy! Kyu: People? What people? Grandpa: I thought we were going to a party or a club. *ME laughing hysterically* Kyu: Grandpa, Use your imagination. You can dance anywhere! 🤣 Thanks dad for being such a good sport for Kyu and giving him all of your time before his surgery tomorrow. It was pretty fun! #TeamKyu #Kyu0902 Click below to read more about Kyu's story: https://www.facebook.com/donate/367008143938299/
Posted by Rasami Moua on Tuesday, June 4, 2019
The night before a big surgery, all 5-year-old Kyu San Juan wanted to do was have a dance party with his grandpa. So dance, they did . . . in the frozen food section of a Green Bay, WI, grocery store. Born with a "cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a tangle of abnormal blood vessels connecting arteries and veins in the brain," Kyu had had one surgery already, a "craniotomy AVM resection" following the AVM's rupturing. Unfortunately, the AVM grew back, and on June 5, Kyu was set to have surgery again — but not before dancing.
In a post on Facebook, his mom, Ràšámî Møûä, shared that at 11:57 p.m. on the night of June 4, Kyu approached his grandpa, Txhiaj Sawm Muas, and said, "Grandpa, let's go dancing!"
After convincing his grandpa the time to dance was then and there, Txhiaj changed out of his pajamas (Kyu opted to dance in his red PJs), Ràšámî drove them to the grocery store, and Txhiaj became confused. "Do you guys need to buy something?" he said. Kyu informed his sceptical grandfather, "No grandpa, we dance here in the [grocery] store," and when Txhiaj hesitated over the fact that people might think they're "crazy," Kyu told him: "Grandpa, use your imagination. You can dance anywhere!"
The pair shimmied their way up and down the frozen food aisle to the tune of "Rebel Just For Kicks" by Portugal. The Man, and it seems as though the choreography sent the best vibes into the universe for Kyu, who came out the other end of a successful surgery the next day.
"We are so pleased to announce that Kyu was discharged this evening (Friday, June 7th)," Ràšámî wrote on Kyu's Facebook donation page. "He's recovering so well, taking his walks through the halls with his nurse like a champion being so full of energy that the doctors don't see why he can't go home to finish recovering in the comfort of his own bed."
And we're sure he'll be back to dancing in the frozen food aisle very soon, too.
