My cousin Anna was born with a tumor in her neck. She had a lazy eye from the tumor and the first few doctors they saw said the lazy eye was was just from birthing trauma. The last doctor they saw took notice of the lump on her next coupled with the lazy eye and decided it might be a tumor. They found themselves in Women's and Children's hospital just days later prepping to have the tumor removed. She was then diagnosed with neuroblastoma at only 8 months old. When they found the tumor it was the size of an egg. It was successfully removed and all traces of it were gone with chemo and radiation. She has been cancer free for 12 years now! We are all so thankful the cancer was visible and they found it so soon.
Neuroblastoma is a very rare childhood cancer found is 0-6 month olds. Only 1 in 20,000 children are diagnosed with it. It can develop in the small glands of the abdomen, the neck, belly, chest, pelvis, and bones. Neuroblastoma has a 90% success rate if you catch it before one year of age, but if not visible it's hard to diagnose. Some symptoms are
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