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Probably September, like October 1st. That's when I definitely noticed headaches, nausea, couldn't walk straight. And what did you think was going on at the time? I thought I had vertigo because I looked that up and associated that with walking straight. So that was my problem. You knew she was having headaches, but did you have any idea how extreme the headaches were? No, no. And, you know, 18 years old at the time, you're not thinking this. Maybe it's vertigo, maybe it's something else. But she's young, she's strong, she's healthy. Look at her, she looks great. A few weeks later, on October 25th, her condition taking a turn for the worst. I woke up probably at like 1 p.m. I dreaded waking up, but I was throwing up blood. And my sister, I was like, hmm, this probably isn't good. So I texted her, who then notified the whole family. And then that was when we decided you need to really go see a, get a thorough checkup. And thank goodness for the doctor. I feel like this doctor saved her life. She did an EKG there for my heart and other stuff, but she didn't have an MRI machine. So I went to take it somewhere else, and then she calls me and she's like, you need to head to Cedars-Sinai right now. I'm gonna meet you there. Once the doctor saw the results, called her and told her just get to the hospital, but did not tell her why. Doctors suddenly telling Isabella she's developed a fast-growing four-centimeter tumor in the back of her brain. its size larger than a golf ball. And you knew about the brain tumor before Isabella? Yeah. We all knew. I don't really remember much. I just remember trying to figure out how to get to LA ASAP. And it just doesn't feel real. Isabella's diagnosis, medulloblastoma