Viral video shows girl dancing through cancer treatments at children's hospital
A Houston girl undergoing treatment at Texas Children's Hospital gave new meaning to her last name in a viral video.
Piper Lively, 7, danced her way through cancer treatments July 6 in a video posted on Facebook. The video was taken after Lively faced a bout of nausea and vomiting. Lively is receiving treatment for a neuroblastoma tumor.
Lively can be seen sporting pink slippers and dancing to Earth, Wind & Fire's "September."
The video had been viewed more than 40,000 times as of Friday afternoon.
Lively is a first grader at Black Elementary and the reveals that she's been in and out of the hospital for numerous procedures, tests and surgeries dating back to February.
"Piper is in recovery. They were able to remove the breathing tube. The doctor estimates that 95 to 99 percent of the tumor was removed and all of it looked dead," said Lively's Facebook page.
Neuroblastoma's are the most common cancer in infants and accounts for 6 percent of all cancers in children, according to the American Cancer Society.