Mia Thompson is a beautiful and vibrant 15 year girl that has quite the trying year. On May 13th, 2022 she was referred for an MRI at Cleveland Clinic after complaining of headaches and noticeable change in her growth development. In that MRI, they noticed something peculiar which they called a “lesion” on her pituitary gland. On May 15th, 2022, two days later they repeated the MRI with contrast, which confirmed that Mia did indeed have a tumor on her pituitary. After the second MRI, Mia underwent a series of diagnostic tests including numerous MRIs, CAT scans, PET scans and a lumbar puncture. After all the testing and after consulting with Mayo Clinic, the conclusion was that Mia had a rare condition called Lumphocytic Hypophysitis. This is almost never diagnosed in the pediatric population, she is only the second diagnosed case at the Cleveland Clinic. Mia was committed a year of treatment and MRIs every 4 months, but on her second follow up MRI, the tumor had doubled in size, following treatment, therefore all treatments ceased because the medical team feels she may have been misdiagnosed. Mia is now committed to a very complex brain surgery to biopsy and remove what they can of the tumor on June 1st, 2023. Mia’s pituitary is not functioning and will never function, therefore she will be on medication for the remainder of her life. Although Mia has had a tough year, she continues to be a straight A student, is in Advanced Placement, is taking all advanced classes, is in band and just made the drill team. Not only is Mia amazing, but she has an amazing family, her father is a Cleveland firefighter, her mother works as an auditor for Costco, she has an identical twin sister and an older sister away at College. Mia and her family need our support right now. We are asking for any help as this family endures every parent’s worst nightmare and ALL the associated medical costs they have already incurred and that will continue to incur due to her surgery, hospital stay thereafter in the ICU, lifesaving medications and treatments. If you are unable to donate monetarily, we please ask that you help us help this family, keep them in your thoughts and prayers and RESHARE this post. Together anything is possible!