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DIAGNOSIS INFORMATION

Diagnosis:

Brain or spinal cord tumor

Treated at:

MGH and Hasbro Children's Hospital

Current Status:

Cancer free

Age at Diagnosis:

5

Grace C.

Location: Providence, RI, US Age: 10

Grace is a determined, feisty, resilient, strong, funny, thoughtful, imaginative, 10 year old girl. Grace is a joy.

She loves her big sister, Fiona, animals of every shape - especially dogs and horses and gorillas and pandas and snakes, getting her hands dirty, dressing up, and all things WICKED. Grace loves listening to stories - Harry Potter, Narnia, Nancy Drew, and, most recently, Scream Street.

She is now in 3rd grade. When she grows up, she wants to go to Brown University (where her Daddy works) and then be, among other things, a firefighter, a veterinarian, a hair stylist, and a mom.

Grace was born 14 weeks early and weighed just 2 pounds. After a rough first few months, we hoped our medical troubles were behind us. Then, at age 5, and just a few...

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