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Massachusetts neighbors organized a Halloween do-over for a 4-year-old girl after a hospital stay kept her from trick-or-treating on Oct. 31.
ACUSHNET, Mass. — A Massachusetts community gave a 4-year-old girl a Halloween do-over after she missed trick-or-treating while recovering in the hospital.
Ava went into the hospital about a week before the holiday for a procedure related to a rare heart condition called truncus arteriosus, her mother, Rebekah Clancy, said.
"There was a complication in surgery. They accidentally nicked her liver, so we were there longer than expected," Clancy said.
Ava was sedated through the holiday and woke up asking about trick-or-treating, her mother said. "She was asking, 'When are we going trick-or-treating?' and I didn't want to tell her," Clancy said....
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