Surprise birthday party puts smile on face of girl with Leukemia at Rady Childrens Hospital NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

Thursday at 3 a.m., Ramon Resop was just outside his daughter’s second-floor room at Rady Children’s Hospital, setting up for a birthday party.

Resop put up balloons and “Happy Birthday Lilly” signs.

Just after noon, Resop and members of his family — some dressed up in funny children’s character costumes — gathered outside where a few hours earlier he had set up the decorations.

Lilly, who’s frail with just tufts of hair, has been battling Leukemia for the last 3 years and on this day she is celebrating a birthday. Thursday, she turned 6 years old.

Inside the second-floor hospital room, Resop guided her daughter to the window.

Lilly slowly made her way to the window, reached the glass, looked up and started giggling. It was at that point that Lilly saw the Happy Birthday signs and saw her dad and others dressed up in pink dinosaur costumes, and other outfits.

For a few moments, Lilly kept giggling and …