Meghan McCain helps dream come true for Taylor Swift fan with cancer
Jul 18, 2018, 1:35 PM | Updated: 9:32 pm
(Twitter/@LEXIandIKnnowit)
(Twitter/@LEXIandIKnnowit)
PHOENIX – When Meghan McCain heard about a Taylor Swift fan battling the same brain cancer as her father, the co-host of “The View” felt compelled to do something.
McCain, the daughter of U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, explained during a show this week that she learned about Lexi Caviston’s situation through social media.
A July 1 Twitter post by a friend said Caviston was diagnosed with glioblastoma and dreamed of meeting Swift. The post said Caviston would be going to Swift’s July 14 concert in Philadelphia.
On July 5, McCain retweeted the post and tagged Swift, whom she had never met, asking the superstar if she would meet with the 21-year-old fan.
Hey @taylorswift13 – we have never met, but anyway you can meet Lexi at your concert in Philly? She is fighting the same #glioblastoma cancer my father has and this would make both of our days! xo – Meghan McCain https://t.co/2RJPCAJtS3
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) July 6, 2018
“It started getting pickup online, as things do sometimes,” McCain said during Monday’s show. “It got some local media attention. … She got to meet her yesterday.”
The show aired video of McCain calling Caviston to tell her the good news.
“Thank you so much. I can’t even express like how amazing this is,” an emotional Caviston said.
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After meeting her hero, Caviston sent a photo of the moment to McCain late Saturday night.
“I woke up my husband and I started crying,” McCain said. “And I was like, ‘She met Taylor!’”
The “Reputation” singer has developed a good reputation for the way she interacts with fans. In May, she surprised an 8-year-old burn victim in Phoenix who couldn’t attend Swift’s concert at Gila River Arena because of her injuries.
During their initial Twitter exchange, Caviston told McCain that John McCain was a role model in her battle against brain cancer.
Omg thank you so much😭 your father is the perfect representation of how to fight this terrible disease and someone I look up to on a daily basis🧠 💕
— Lexi (@LEXIandIKnnowit) July 6, 2018
The six-term senator was diagnosed with the disease a year ago.
The typical survival period after a diagnosis is 12 to 15 months, though a small percentage live longer than five years.
McCain has been away from Washington since December, staying at his northern Arizona home.
