Trip a Dream Come True For East Haven Twins Battling Illness

EAST HAVEN--Local twins Eddie and Stevie Ahern will have one special dream of theirs come true this weekend.

Thanks to the Danbury-based Dream Come True foundation, the 12-year-old brothers, both diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder called Prader-Willi syndrome, will be going to Disney World, The New Haven Register reports.

The twins, along with their parents and two older siblings, will be leaving for a week-long vacation to Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, the Register reports.

The boys will get to visit Disney World, Universal Studios and Sea World, according to the Register.

The foundation is dedicated to helping children with chronic and terminal illnesses. According to its website:

"Dream Come True of Western Connecticut was founded in 1984 with one purpose in mind: To grant dreams to seriously, chronically, and terminally ill children from Fairfield, Litchfield, and New Haven counties.
Dream Come True has made over 250 dreams come true in Western Connecticut for terminally ill children diagnosed with a range of chronic and terminal illnesses including childhood cancers, genetic illnesses, complications from birth trauma, and more. Learn more about Dream Come True of Western Connecticut today."

Read the full article in The New Haven Register here.

Visit the Dream Come True website here.