It has been 28 days since my sweet, wonderful and amazingly talented daughter, slipped into a coma following removal of a rare and cancerous tumor from her brain stem. I haven’t heard her voice or seen her smile or any of the things we parents sometimes take for granted, that our children do regularly, without [...]

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Ella is still in a coma in critical condition. Ella has a very rare type of cancer, the 3rd most common in kids, but still only reported in 200 cases per year. Anaplastic ependymoma. The most recent MRI showed that there is still a lot of swelling, and the doctors believe that Ella may be [...]

Ella is still in a coma, but she seems to be moving forward with recovery. I went down to Oakland last night after work – After not seeing Ella since tuesday, I noticed her facial swelling has decreased. After 3 days, I really did see a positive difference. This mornings rounds with Dr Pang – [...]