Bucks Co. Family Seeks Doll That Helped Girl Through Surgeries

UPDATE: Niki Ramirez tells Patch that Minnie has been found.

BENSALEM, PA — A Bucks County family is looking for a lost doll that has helped comfort their daughter through 40 brain surgeries and other health troubles.

The well-loved Minnie Mouse doll was last seen Saturday, Jan. 4, at the Chick-Fil-A on Horizon Boulevard near Neshaminy Mall, said Niki Ramirez, of Levittown. The doll has belonged to her daughter, Bryanna, for almost 13 years, she said.

"My daughter is beyond heart broken," Ramirez wrote on Facebook. "I hope we can find her. I can't imagine having to send her into the OR again without her Minnie. That is the only thing that helps her get through all that she goes through."

She said the family was at the Chick-Fil-A on Saturday at about 6 p.m.

She said the doll no longer has the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia band that is shown in a picture she shared on Facebook. CHOP is where Bryanna has had surgeries for a condition she was born with that causes her brain to be pushed down into the spinal canal, Ramirez told the Inquirer.

Bryanna had 10 surgeries in a three-month span this past summer, she told the paper.

The missing Minnie has captured the attention of local police departments, who are trying to help get the doll home. Bensalem Township and Falls Township Police shared posts this week helping spread the word.

Anyone who finds Minnie can reach out to Bensalem Police at 215-633-3719 or to Ramirez on Facebook.