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Taylor Swift made a quiet donation to the parents of a 2-year-old girl named Lilah, who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
On Oct. 17, the musician made a $100,000 donation via GoFundMe to Lilah, following a TikTok from her mother showing off the toddler’s love for Swift<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
“Sending the biggest hug to my friend, Lilah!” Swift captioned her GoFundMe donation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Taylor Swift<\/a> is helping out a young fan in need.<\/p>\n On Friday, Oct. 17, the pop star, 35, made a quiet donation<\/a> to the parents of a 2-year-old girl named Lilah, who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer after suffering a seizure at just 18 months old.<\/p>\n Lilah’s mom Katelynn Smoot has shared her daughter’s story on social media for months, and the toddler’s family has been fundraising for her treatment via GoFundMe<\/a> since March.<\/p>\n Swift came into the picture just last week, when Katelynn shared a video to her TikTok account \u2014 dubbed “Stand with Lilah” \u2014 showing how her 2-year-old called the “Life of a Showgirl” singer her “friend” while watching a video of Swift on her iPad.<\/p>\n “This might be my fault,” Katelynn joked in the caption of the Oct. 8 video, which also featured footage of the mom-of-two pregnant with Lilah while attending Swift’s Eras Tour.<\/p>\n “Lilah’s name was originally going to be Willow,” the proud mom continued, referencing Swift’s 2020 track by the same name. “We were set on that name my whole pregnancy but ultimately ended on Lilah.”<\/p>\n “I listened to Taylor my whole pregnancy and then birthed a mini Swiftie. Lilah loves Taylor\u2019s music and during her cancer treatment she always found joy in it,” Katelynn continued. “I hope Lilah gets through this diagnosis and gets to one day go to a Taylor Swift concert in person. I know she would love it.”<\/p>\n According to the GoFundMe page, Lilah’s form of brain cancer is extremely rare and aggressive, as only 58 known cases were documented documented in the U.S. last year.<\/p>\n Although the toddler has already had a mass removed from her brain and recovered from the surgery well, Lilah’s treatment still includes three months of chemotherapy, three months of stem cell treatment and some proton radiation, which will require her to stay at a hospital for four weeks at a time and to travel several hours away to a children’s hospital.<\/p>\n