His dream was coming true.

Stadium lights were shining in the nighttime Carolina sky. Fans dressed in their team’s trademark black and blue colors filled the stands. And 12-year-old Jase Garland was heading out onto the field, going into an NFL game for the Carolina Panthers.

After everything he’d been through, the experience meant even more.

Two years ago, his mom, Erin, started to notice bruises building up on her son’s body. which led to a troubling diagnosis. The Asheville, North Carolina boy had Myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare bone condition that can lead to leukemia—and Jase would need a bone marrow transplant.

Last year, after the boy got his transplant, the Make-A-Wish Foundation notified him that he could choose a dream to help carry him through his recovery, giving him som

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