Emma Becker, 12, has been battling cancer for four years. She has been diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, a condition that causes tumors to form on nerve endings. Emma has also has them on her optic nerves and brain stem.
She has been undergoing chemotherapy for two years because those tumors are cancerous and she was starting to lose her vision, according to her mother.
Emma is not alone in her fight against cancer and to help brighten the days the other young patients at Connecticut Children's Medical Center, she's gathering socks -- colorful, silly socks -- to bring a smile to her friends's faces, ABC News reported.
Emma used Facebook to help collect more than 2,300 pairs of crazy socks in honor of her birthday, Inside Edition reported.
The fun socks take the place of the drab hospital-issued socks patents normally receive at the hospital.
"It's something fun they can look down at, and smile," Rebecca Donkor, Emma's mother, told ABC News.
This isn't the first collection Emma has spearheaded. She has also collected 10,000 cans of Play-Doh, and will hold another collection next year, held toy drives and manned a lemonade stand to buy $300 in iTunes cards.
And she’s not stopping at socks.
Her next collection for fellow patients: Halloween costumes.
For more on Emma's sock collection, click here.
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