The mother of school shooting victim Maya Gebala says she has accepted Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White’s offer to pay for her daughter’s treatment in California.
Cia Edmonds said last month that White had offered to pay for 12-year-old Maya to receive treatment at a “top-tier” hospital in Los Angeles but the family had yet to accept because the Tumbler Ridge Secondary student wasn’t stable enough to travel.
Edmonds confirmed in an April 9 Facebook post that the family would be heading south after all.
“After many nights of research, questioning, and fear of the unknown, we decided to say yes to an opportunity for an aggressive approach to her rehabilitation through privatized health care,” she wrote. “We are excited. As well as nervous, away from family and resources, an opportunity we couldn’t refuse.”…