'I wanna be a cowgirl for a lifetime'

For a few hours Tuesday, a Bothell girl forgot about her life-threatening illness and lived her life-long wish. Saddling up to Sugar Pie is more than a horse ride for Alyssa McCarron-Thompson. It's her dream. "I wanna be a cowgirl for a lifetime, or until I get tired of horses," she said. The horse ranch in Maple Valley is a world away from the hospitals and headaches that have haunted this 7-year-old since April. Doctors discovered a brain tumor behind Alyssa's eyes. Surgeons could only remove 35 percent of the second grader's tumor. "If you took it all out, it would have messed up my eyesight," Alyssa said. Doctors say there's a strong chance it could grow back. Tuesday, the Make A Wish Foundation swapped her hospital gown for cowboy boots. Real life cowboys taught Alyssa the ropes, such as how to round up cows, and cut a calf from the herd, and that some ranchers have hearts as gold as her boot tips. "We're just here to help make her wish," said rancher Duane Herbert...KOMO-TV