People keep asking if there were signs before my five year old was diagnosed with brain cancer. There were none.

People keep asking if there were signs before my five year old was diagnosed with brain cancer. There were none. My five year old daughter, Bean, was diagnosed with brain cancer on August 4, 2025. We were on a long awaited trip to San Francisco. I was excited to show my kids my hometown. While giving Bean a bath, I noticed her eye drifting up toward the ceiling. It came on suddenly. I assumed it was a wandering eye I planned to see an eye doctor when we got home. I was even googling little pink glasses. Then I googled her symptoms. Brain tumor appeared. I remember thinking, No, that could never be her. Urgent care sent us straight to UCSF. A CT scan found a tumor. We were admitted immediately. She was supposed to start kindergarten the following week. On September 3, she had a craniotomy biopsy. The diagnosis was astroblastoma MN1 fusion. Her cancer is non aggressive, but inoperable because it is in her brain stem. Proton therapy was her frontline treatment. She rang the bell December 2, 2025. In January we found out her tumor shrunk 90% in volume. We've been learning how to live again after the scariest year of our life. Two weeks ago she restarted kindergarten and is doing so well. You would never know she had brain cancer.