Florida girl selling lemonade to raise funds in fight against rare cancer
An eight-year-old Florida girl is not letting a rare cancer diagnosis stop her from living her best life.
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An eight-year-old Florida girl is not letting a rare cancer diagnosis stop her from living her best life.
An energetic 7-year-old diagnosed with a rare terminal brain-stem tumor will travel to Washington, D.C., for an experimental therapy. Her family conducted a “Brave the Shave” event to bolster the girl's spirits.
Brittany Sleeth wanted to make her daughter Vivian Sleeth know that she is not alone in her battle with brain cancer with the Florida mom organizing a "Brave the Shave" event. Relatives and followers of Viv shaved their heads in support of the young girl, who was diagnosed with DIPG.
A Florida community has rallied together to support a seven-year-old girl who is fighting an extremely aggressive form of cancer.
Only about 300 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma) each year, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reports.