Please help us celebrate Cailean — she’s doing great and is now in nursing school, after multiple surgeries as a teen to treat a #braintumor! When Cailean was 12, she began experiencing dizziness, vision issues and migraines. Two years later in 2014, she started throwing up frequently, and the right side of her face suddenly went numb. Her mom took her to a hospital near their home in Hawthorne, Nev., and a CT scan showed a large mass in her head. Cailean transferred to UCSF, where further testing revealed the mass was a tumor called a posterior fossa #pilocytic #astrocytoma. The #tumor was blocking fluid from flowing through her spine, causing excess fluid to build up in her brain. On Dec. 18, 2014, Cailean had a 9-hour brain surgery, and then began physical, occupational and speech therapy, relearning how to walk and feed herself, as well as general motor skills. She was thrilled to go home several weeks later! Cailean later had three optical surgeries at #UCSF, as a result of th...