Alison was diagnosed with cancer when she was 11 months. She was perfect at her 6-month doctor visit. By 9 months, she was considered “failure to thrive” – unwilling to take breast milk from a bottle, not trying to make gross motor gains, and just cheerful to sit. Her PCP said to add in all foods (eggs, cheese, or anything to get her gain weight), start physical therapy, and to come back in 6 weeks. We did and she made minor progress. She developed a little eye twitch that I showed the doctor. After an MRI, we were at Boston Children’s Hospital for her first of many brain surgeries.
She lost all her vision in her left eye and her peripheral in her right. She is cognitively much slower than her peers and trying to catch up physically as well. Alison’s fight will never end. She has incurable brain cancer that we hope to just maintain to keep her quality of life as high as we can for as long as we can.
Alison is a joyful, friendly, positive child who lives life to the fullest. She is a 40 year older trapped in a little body meaning she’s mature way past her years. She is one of the kindest people I’ve ever had the pleasure to be around and she brings joy to those around her.
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