Make-A-Wish sends ABQ boy to Disney World

AN ALBUQUERQUE BOY IS ENJOYING A TRIP OF A LIFETIME THIS AFTERNOON AND IT S ALL TO KEEP HIS MIND OFF A POTENTIALLY LIFE- THREATNING DISEASE AUSTIN REED JOINS US LIVE TO TELL US WHERE THE BOY S DREAMS WILL SOON COME TRUE SEVEN YEAR OLD MIKEY MIKUS- KAUFFMAN IS YOUR AVERAGE SECOND GRADER HE PLAYS VIDEO GAMES BASKETBALL AND WILL PROBABLY HOP ON ANY RIDE AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK BUT SOMETIMES THOSE LOVES CAN GET IN THE WAY MIKEY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKIMIA LAST YEAR AND HAS A BIG CHEMO TREATMENT COMING UP IN A LITTLE OVER A WEEK BUT FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE ON HIS MIND FUN nats fam talking IT S BEEN A ROUGH YEAR FOR THE MIKUS- KAUFMANN FAMILY 00 15 07 pam very hard its hard to watch mikey its hard to watch his mother BUT THANKS TO THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION THINGS WILL BE MUCH EASIER AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK 00 05 45 waylon today we re sending him off on what s going to be a wonderful trip to disney world He s gonna be there on new year s eve which will be an incredible time at disney world as it always is MIKEY HIS MOM DAD AND UNCLE WILL ALL SPEND FIVE DAYS IN SUNNY ORLANDO nats lugage 15 52 THE TRIP COST A TOTAL OF 8 000 DOLLARS 00 06 34 waylon we do this because these children need the hope and strength and the joy to fight through some of the illnesses that they might be going through IT S A DREAM COME TRUE AT A PERFECT TIME 00 09 29 mikey I think I am gonna love it and stuff MIKEY GOES IN FOR MORE CHEMO TREATMENT WHEN HE RETURNS 00 13 25 carolyn its going to give him a whole week where he can not worry about cancer he can just be a child THIS IS THE MAKE- A-WISH FOUNDATION S 107TH WISH THIS YEAR REPORTING LIVE AUSTIN REED EYEWITNESS 4