Ella was a normal teenager that loved school, basketball, her social life, and her family. Ella started to complain of headaches in March of 2021. She went to the doctors who then referred her to a neurologist she passed all of the neurological tests, her only complaint were headaches; they thought possibly dehydration. They scheduled an MRI on April 22, 2021, and that's when her and her family's life changed forever! Ella had a brain tumor that had also spread to the back of her brain. Ella was diagnosed with medulloblastoma subtype Sonic Hedgehog and unfortunately the molecular make up of this tumor was LCA,MYCN amplification and TP53 somatic which makes this particular type of cancer hard to treat. Ella had surgery 5 days later followed by 30 rounds of radiation and 4 months of chemo. Chemo wreaked havoc on her body, she completed chemo Nov. 2021 and continued to get stronger went to physical therapy to help her work through drop foot caused by chemo. Ella was looking forward to going back to school and was hoping to play basketball with her high school team. On June 16, 2022 Ella relapsed and had another surgery. Ella always kept her spirts high and kept smiling. September 15, 2022, Sweet Ella passed away. We miss her very much.

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