Rowan Begbie of Knoxville, Tenn., lives with a rare condition known as Sanfilippo syndrome, which affects less than 1% of the population
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- A 3-year-old Make-A-Wish recipient in Tennessee received her dream gift: a hot tub
- Rowan Begbie of Knoxville loves water, and her parents say she needed a place to relax at the end of days filled with countless medical appointments
- Rowan has a rare degenerative condition called Sanfilippo syndrome, which affects less than 1% of the population
A 3-year-old Make-A-Wish kid in Tennessee just received a unique gift: a hot tub.
Rowan Begbie of Knoxville lives with Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects the brain and central nervous system, per local news outlet WATE 6. Rowan loves water, and on Aug. 26, Make-A-Wish East Tennessee installed a hot tub in the Begbie family’s backyard.
Her parents, Bryan and Blair Begbie, told the outlet that the tub creates the perfect way for their daughter to unwind amid her countless medical appointments.
“She really just needed a place — a respite — every day for her to just do the thing she loves. And that’s being in the water,” Rowan’s father said during a video interview with WATE 6…