OMAHA, Neb. —

Something that started as a way to fill time during the pandemic has turned into a community that an Omaha mother and daughter never expected.

Seven-year-old Preslee Harris and her mother, Thais Diehm, have been posting daily TikToks for years.

"My friends, they usually look at their mom's phone when she's scrolling on TikTok, and sometimes they see my TikToks," Harris said.

Over the last year, the duo's focus and following on social media have shifted.

In May 2024, Harris was diagnosed with idiopathic juvenile scoliosis — meaning the cause of her scoliosis is unknown.

"She was still in kindergarten, actually. I was taking her to her first-grade physical for the next year, and they start doing the scoliosis test, which is just they're standing up straight, and they bend

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