Rare Tumor Completely Disappears From 11-Year-Old's Brain, Leaving Doctors Perplexed

Dec 20, 2018 by apost team

Brain tumors are more common than you might believe. Glioblastoma is the most widely diagnosed type of dangerous brain tumors. The average survival rate is only 18 months.

Doctors don't provide much hope at that stage. However, some people end up living for years after their diagnosis. These occurrences leave doctors in shock. They're usually almost spot-on with their predictions.

In fact, a few doctors have been trying to solve the mystery of Roxli Doss. She is 11 years old and living in Hays County, Texas. This mystery began when they found a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.

After her diagnosis, doctors didn't expect her to live for very long. This specific tumor is one of the rarest types around.

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Dr. Virginia Harrod serves at Dell Children's Medical Center. She talked about how terrible this kind of diagnosis can be. She says that it is one of the hardest tumors to treat successfully.

Symptoms include trouble breathing, difficulty swallowing, bad vision, and even slurred speech.

The doctor went on to say that surgery is not viable. She also stated that chemotherapy isn't effective. Radiation is only a temporary solution.

Children often live for less than a year after they are diagnosed. In fact, it's been over 30 years since doctors have seen any improvement after the initial diagnosis.

Roxli's community rallied around her anyway. They held a fundraiser and showed the little girl amazing amounts of support.

As Roxli went through her radiation treatments, her parents began to pray. They asked God for a miracle.

They got their wish.

Roxli underwent miraculous healing. It's like nothing doctors have seen before. Her most recent brain scans showed that the tumor was gone.

It completely disappeared.

Doctors were shocked. The tumor was nowhere to be seen on her scans.

Many people will read this and think that there was simply a bad diagnosis. However, Roxli's father says otherwise.

He says that they received the same diagnosis from Dell Children's, John Hopkins, MD Anderson, and Texas Children's Hospital. Each one said that she had a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.

Roxli's doctors are taking every available precaution. She is undergoing immunotherapy to be safe.

Now, Roxli can go back to a normal and happy life.

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