Cancer is truly an unspeakably terrible disease. From the moment you hear the diagnosis to the grueling treatments and the thought of potentially saying goodbye to your loved ones.
Delaney’s Story: A Touching Journey of Courage and Love
As a parent, it is especially difficult to see young children fighting against this terrible disease. Simply put, it’s enough to break even the toughest hearts.
Looking at photos of Delaney Krings, it’s hard to understand why a young girl and her family have to go through something so terrible.
In October 2022, Delaney Krings from Pewaukee, Wisconsin, was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Delaney was only four years old when her family received the terrible news.
According to the Facebook page For The Love of Delaney, the family’s nightmare began when Delaney sought medical help for something as simple as ear pain. Her parents, Heather and Jack, took her to her pediatrician, who diagnosed the young girl with an ear infection and treated her.
Delaney’s condition initially seemed to improve, but there were other signs that something was wrong, such as balance loss.
Her parents began to believe their daughter was suffering from something serious and trusted their gut feeling. They took her to Wisconsin Children’s Hospital, where doctors conducted a series of tests to determine what was wrong with the 4-year-old.
Not long after, the beautiful little girl of Heather and Jack was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor, a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma known as DMG. It was terminal.
“Your heart stops for a moment. The world stops. You can’t breathe, you’re just trying to process it. She’s four, you know?” Heather said.
Delaney was given only six to eight weeks to live, and her story could have ended there. Instead, her health battle received global attention when her family wanted to make sure she had the most special birthday possible.
“The type of cancer she has, DMG, responds very minimally to the current available treatments,” Heather wrote in a CaringBridge post.
“The severity and size of her tumor when it was first found have sealed her fate only 12 short weeks ago…
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