21-year-old CHOP patient surprised by visit from Eagles players

Thursday, February 13, 2025
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The Eagles Super Bowl win was a bit sweeter for 21-year-old patient Emily Gudas from Northeast Philadelphia.

Around 2017-2018, Gudas started having complications that led to a diagnosis Crohn's Disease, amplified pain syndrome, and then Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

She is currently residing at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, which offered various activities for patients in the runup to Super Bowl LIX.

One of those was a surprise visit by two Eagles players, Cooper DeJean and Thomas Booker IV.

Gudas put in a good word to DeJean to win the big game on his birthday, which he did in addition to scoring a touchdown.



Watch the video above to see what the special moment meant to Gudas.

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