Recap: Joseph was 16 years old when in January of 2023, he was diagnosed with Grade IV Glioblastoma. At the beginning of the year, Joseph began to experience debilitating headaches, and nothing seemed to help the pain. He was taken to the ER where it was said that he had “post-concussion syndrome” from a fall but did nothing else to assess him. Joseph was in excruciating pain and it began to affect him at school. It got to the point where his teachers cruelly accused him of faking/ lying about the pain! His teachers also reported that Joseph would sit and stare off into space without expression. Although they didn’t question it or bring it up as a concern. These symptoms escalated when on January 4th, 2023, around 2:30 in the morning, Joseph’s mom woke up to him standing in front of her with his right hand sticking out, he seemed frozen like a statute, and as his mother called his name, he never responded. She called an ambulance and he was taken to the ER, where he received a CT scan. Results showed a mass located in the temporal lobe of his brain. After being transported to Valley Children’s Hospital, on January 5th, 2023, the tumor was identified as Grade IV Glioblastoma Multiforme. An incredibly aggressive brain tumor that usually is found in older adults.

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