Such a beautiful morning to watch #PatientChampion Natalie take the ceremonious First Shot to Fight Cancer to officially open the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. 🦋 In 2021, thirteen-year-old Natalie’s life changed forever. Once a vibrant and active teenager, she began experiencing stress fractures, headaches, and neck pain. At first, she chalked it up to an active lifestyle, but the pain worsened and new symptoms appeared. One day, her condition grew so concerning that her family rushed her to the Emergency Department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. An MRI revealed the unthinkable — an inoperable, cancerous brain tumor. Within hours, Natalie was admitted, and doctors performed two complex brain surgeries and placed a permanent shunt to manage her condition. Since then, Natalie has endured chemotherapy, physical challenges, and emotional trials. Yet through it all, she has remained determined to turn her experience into purpose. After learning pediatric brain tumors ar...