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When third grader, Lilith Kahn, is asked what she likes about Mary Bridge Children\u2019s Hospita<\/a>l, she confidently says, \u201cThe nurses are super nice and funny \u2014 I always crack them up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the past year, Lilith has spent a lot of time with these nurses. She was diagnosed with diffuse astrocytoma (brain tumor) last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was actually at work. My oldest daughter called me and said that I needed to call Lilith’s school, because her teacher had said that Lilith was acting really funny,\u201d Lilith\u2019s mom Jennifer says. \u201cWe went to talk to the teacher, and Lilith was telling me that her right side of her body went numb, which I found extremely alarming. So, I took her to Olympia [because we live in Shelton], but they didn\u2019t have the means to test Lilith, so we were transferred to Mary Bridge Children\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a hospital stay and a series of tests, Lilith received her diagnosis. She began weekly chemotherapy at Mary Bridge Children\u2019s Hematology\/Oncology clinic with Tamara Chang, MD.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe first time I met Lilith, Dr. Grondin (her neurosurgeon) and I could not stop laughing \u2014 she was so articulate, spunky, bright and inquisitive,\u201d Dr. Chang says. \u201cOur first meeting with her lasted almost an hour, as she had so many great questions for us! We loved her from the very first moment we met her.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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