You Know Brittany Maynard, But Have You Heard of Terminal Brain Cancer Patient Lauren Hill?

I happened to be trolling the television Sunday when I caught the last part of an incredible story about Lauren Hill. I immediately knew I had to write about this remarkable teenager but, alas, promptly forgot. Fortunately Kathy Ostrowski, of Kansans for Life, reminded me of this true-life story yesterday.

Kathy heard about the 19-year-old freshman who played her first collegiate basketball game Sunday night for Mount Saint Joseph University, a tiny Division III college located in Cincinnati, from NPR.

From the story by NPR’s Sam Sanders we learn:

So many people wanted to see Lauren Hill play that her school, Mount St. Joseph University, had to move the game from its 2,000-seat venue to another one in town that seats 10,000. The game still sold out. The crowd went wild just after Lauren Hill’s first basket right as the game began.

Why were these people so excited (and close to tears)? Because as a high school senior, Lauren was diagnosed with a very deadly form of brain cancer– Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)–which is inoperable. She underwent nearly a year of chemotherapy and radiation. In September doctors told her she had months to live.

Read more from this story HERE.