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After recording her new song at Rotation Records, Amy Hosmer left the studio. She was greeted by about 75 enthusiastic fans, ranging from young children to middle-aged men. Amy smiled shyly and thanked everyone for their coming. Not what we'd expect from a rock star.
Similar to most little girls, Amy loves to perform and wants to be a professional singer. The 11-year-old girl receives a lot of attention, but she's far from self-absorbed. Recently, she told her mom, ''I always ask God to take away your pain if anything happens to me. '' Amy prays for the people she loves, even when she has so many reasons to pray for herself
Amy has brain cancer. Her cancer was discovered when she was two-and-a-half years old. Early treatment reduced the size of Amy's tumor (肿瘤) so that it wasn't life threatening. Since then, Amy has had regular MRIs to check her health. Doctors recently discovered that the brain tumor was growing. On January 30, they operated and removed 80 percent of the tumor. Amy will go through chemotherapy(化疗) for the remaining