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Katie Schafer

Location

Missouri

Type

DIPG

Diagnosed

September, 2021


Hospital

N/A

Currently Battling

Yes



Story

My beautiful 14 year old daughter, a competition dancer, went from doing turns and flips on the dance floor in July to having blinding headaches and not being able to walk down the hall in September.  After a few weeks of treating migraines (without giving her any relief), my husband insisted the doctor order more tests. An MRI was done on a Thursday and the next day she had surgery (a biopsy and to drain fluid).  Now she is mostly confined to a wheelchair because she has no balance.  She is beginning her fourth week of radiation today, 11/8/21.