“Keep Fighting”: Jacksonville 4-year-old with rare disease meets Akshay Bhatia at The Players Championship
By Alessandra Pontbriand
Published on March 14, 2026.
A Jacksonville mom, Kim Higbee, has her 4-year-old daughter with the same rare disease Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency that her niece died of. They met with Akshay Bhatia at The Players Championship, where he signed her daughter's shirt with a message of "keep fighting".
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