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BY HALEY HUIE Rappahannock News Staff Writer When Codi Painter, an infant from Flint Hill, Va., cries — her parents don’t know if she’s merely unhappy or in pain as a result of her chemotherapy treatments. The blue-eyed baby has an Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid (ATRT) brain tumor, and is currently traveling to the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md. for treatments. Locally, she is a patient at Piedmont Pediatrics. The rare, high-grade tumor is typically found in children younger than 2 years old, and the survival rate is less than 10 percent for someone Codi’s age. Her mother, Jessica Painter, had her brother, Jody Painter, die from lymphoma at 20 years old in 1995. Now she is facing the disease on another front. Codi, an 8-month-old, has been undergoing treatments since she was 4 months old, according to her mother. “You’ve got to be strong to get her through this,” Painter said. She admitted that she’s Atypical Teratoid/ Rhabdoid Brain Tumor (ATRT) • Condition: The aggressive, rare tumors are most often found in children younger than 2 years old. They frequently spread through the central nervous system, and are found in the cerebellum - a part of the brain that controls balance. The tumors occur in approximately 1-2 percent of children with brain tumors. • Treatment: Surgical removal is often the first step, and may be followed by chemotherapy. Radiation therapy depends on the age and condition of the patient. • Survival Rate: The survival rate for children younger than 3 years old is less than 10 percent. Older children have a higher chance - nearing a 70 percent chance of survival. • Source: St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital Web site www.stjude.org
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