BENTON — Benton rallies around a ten-year-old girl diagnosed with a rare and deadly form of brain cancer.
A doctor diagnosed Makanda Williams with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, or DIPG, and because there’s no cure or even a good treatment, her family has to go to Mexico for an experimental procedure.
Makanda Williams – File Photo
Makanda Williams hurt herself on a slide in May during a school field trip. When she went to the hospital, doctors found a tumor on her brain stem, starting a long journey for the child.
“I’ve been kind of scared sometimes and I mostly like to forget about it like I don’t have cancer,” Williams said. “I like to run around with just my brother and sister and just forget about the cancer.
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