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Film and TV actor Chris Pratt recently sent an encouraging video to the young son of a Washougal police officer, who has been battling cancer off and on for two years.
Pratt, one of Declan Reagan’s favorite actors from several movies, including “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, Jurassic World” and the upcoming sequel, “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” due out June 22, sent the video Thursday, March 15, as Declan and his mother, Lauren Reagan, were traveling home from Memphis, Tennessee, to Portland.
When they saw Pratt’s video, Lauren said Declan smiled and she cried.
“He loved the video and cracked up laughing, (saying) that ‘it’s not Chris Pratt, that’s Owen,” Lauren said Sunday.
Pratt portrays Owen Grady, a dinosaur researcher, in “Jurassic World” and its sequel.
Declan and his mother were in Memphis for several days last week to have tests done at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and meet with doctors to determine if any clinical trial options were available for Declan. He has battled cancer off and on for two years.
A CT scan, conducted at St. Jude, showed a lesion, most likely an infection developing on the bottom of Declan’s lung.
