Khyrstin “Kyssy” Andrews has taken the hearts of social media by storm and when you see her smile, you’ll understand why. Khrystin is a terminally ill six-year-old girl that has been living her dream of becoming a police officer. She’s fighting stage 4 of a rare kidney cancer, and previously told her mother that she wanted to pull somebody over as an officer.
Fortunately, Andrews goes to the same church as a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper. After a few calls, Andrews received a Houston Police Department uniform in her size along with a hat, boots, belt and spurs.
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According to NewsOne, in July, HPD Chief Of Police Charles A. McClelland Jr. made Andrews an honorary HPD officer. In October 2014, DPS gave her honors and made her an honorary state trooper. Since then, she has accompanied the force for a few months.
Andrews has gotten to ride the HPD’s mounted patrols and a DPS helicopter, and she even got a chance to pull over a speeder, the Houston Chronicle reports.
According to Andrews’ mother Marla Jones, the young woman is currently undergoing a stronger round of chemotherapy for her rare cancer, called Wilm’s Tumor, which was diagnosed in 2012. The cancer has spread to her lungs.
Wilm’s Tumor is a rare kidney cancer that primarily affects children. Also known as nephroblastoma, Wilms’ tumor is the most common cancer of the kidneys in children. Wilms’ tumor most often affects children ages 3 to 4 and becomes much less common after age 5.
Wilms’ tumor most often occurs in just one kidney, though it can sometimes be found in both kidneys at the same time.
Jones says she is extremely thankful for how the police came together for her daughter.
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“The way the departments came together as one unit to help Kyssi is just amazing,” Jones said. She is trying to raise awareness for pediatric cancer and wishes September, Cancer Awareness Month, received more attention.
“October is breast cancer awareness month and the whole world turns pink for it. Gold is the color for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and I would love the world to turn gold for one month, too,” she added.
Andrews’ older siblings say they are amazed by her resolve, Jones shared. She is living with one kidney and two partial lungs, but she maintains a positive spirit throughout.
On her Facebook page of over 180,000 fans, it states that Kyssi’s smile is basically her wig, she really doesn’t like to cover her bald head but sometimes she will. Instead of covering it up, she chooses to smile and wear her bald head proudly.
Her personality and her spirit is so great that on days that her mother is down and out because of how Kyssi is feeling or even just because of what’s going on around her or with her, Kyssi always tells her mommy “It’s ok…Don’t cry, you gotta be a big girl so I can take you to Chuck E Cheese, to the mall and to the zoo”
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