Kathleen Edward Treated to Toy Store Shopping Spree

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - She arrived in a stretch Hummer that read "Team Kathleen". Seven-year-old Kathleen Edward of Trenton was greeted with a red carpet welcome by a cheering crowd.

From there it was an unlimited shopping spree at Tree Town Toys. Edward was told she could pick out anything she wanted.

The store owner's daughter gave her a guided tour. Even the Ann Arbor Fire Department was there to show their support.

"Thank you so much. I mean, this is just been amazing and thank you," said Becky Rose, Kathleen Edward's grandmother.

This dream day complete with welcome signs and a fabulous cake was meant to make some new, happy memories for this family. FOX 2 first told you how a neighbor taunted Kathleen, who has the terminal brain disorder Huntington's disease.

"I was a nerdy kid, and I was bullied a bit when I was a kid," said toy store owner Hans Masing. "When I saw the scale of this bullying, I can try to at least empathize with how she feels."

The story spread across the world and something amazing happened. An outpouring of love has overpowered the bad, and Edward and her family have good reason to smile.

"Nothing but good has come out of this. Nothing but positive and good," Rose said.

"It's gone around the world. We've had donations come in to the chapter for Huntington's research," said David Sticklers with the Huntington's Disease Society.

"People take a bad thing and turn it into a good thing, and that's what we're focusing on now. We don't care about those people anymore. We're done. We accept their apology. It's about Kathleen and Huntington's disease now. We're just ready to move on," said Robert Edward, Kathleen's father.

The toy store owner says $17,000 in donations have come in so far as a result of Edward's story. After the shopping spree, she and her family delivered a big check to Mott's Children Hospital that will be used to purchase toys for other sick children.