McKenna's Dream tells the inspirational story of McKenna Modler, her battle with brain cancer and her desire to help raise money to support families who have children dealing with cancer. Find "McKenna's Dream" on YouTube.
McKenna's Dream (2014) Online
- Original Title :
- McKennau0027s Dream
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary / Animation / Short / Family
- Year :
- 2014
- Directror :
- Gabe Allen,Jacob Brewster
- Cast :
- Emma McQuillan-Finn,McKenna Modler,Scott Modler
- Writer :
- Gabe Allen,Jacob Brewster
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 5min
- Rating :
- 6.5/10
In 2010, McKenna Modler, then a 10-year-old, was devastated when her beloved grandmother died after a 18-month battle with cancer. Weeks later, McKenna's headaches, which she had experienced for a few years, began getting worse. Doctors speculated that the headaches were as a result of her sorrow over her grandmother's death. But the headaches didn't go away, in fact they grew in frequency and intensity. McKenna and her parents made the round of specialists, but they couldn't figure out what was wrong. Finally in November 2010 - 11 months after her grandmother's death - an eye doctor discovered a mass pushing on her eye. She was given an MRI at Kingston General Hospital and then rushed by ambulance to Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto. There McKenna and her family received the bad news. Cancer. The little girl had a brain tumour and needed a shunt put in her head to relieve the pressure. In the months that followed while travelling between home in Lansdowne and hospitals in Kingston and ...
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Emma McQuillan-Finn | - | Granddaughter (voice) |
| McKenna Modler | - | Grandma McKenna (voice) |
| Scott Modler | - | Dog (voice) |
| Lucas Pollard | - | Grandson (voice) |
| Brandon Swain | - | Grandfather (voice) |