Darline Medina will talk about her beloved daughter Brooklyn who was diagnosed with DIPG in April of 2023, spent 100 days at St. Jude's and went on the ONC 201 Clinical Trial, but passed away on February 17th of 2024, 1 month before her 4th birthday.
Darline Medina's daughter Brooklyn was full of health for the 1st 2 years of her life until the winter of 2023 when Brooklyn began to experience abnormal movements in her left eye. Her eye looked okay when examined by an eye doctor but her walking did not look okay and this led to her diagnosis of DIPG. Brooklyn's diagnosis took place in April of 2023 but her life span from that day until her passing on February 17th of 2024, was just 10 months, and took place one month before her 4th birthday.
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