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Codi’s usually
happy, but she
gets sad after
chemo.
Madalyn Painter
Codi’s older sister
scared - but is hopeful about her daughter’s chances.
The tumor is located in a portion of the baby’s brain that affects the brain stem muscles — which control the left side of her face. In photographs, her bright smile looks a bit lop-sided.
Painter said she has had to drastically cut back on her schedule at work, mainly working on weekends, but her employer, Double “O” Good Alpacas in New ( Baltimore, stiH extends ' health insurance to the family- lyPainter
also has Codi’s older sister, Madalyn, to help take care of the baby. The 9year-old is in the fourth grade at Rappahannock County Elementary School. According to her parents, Madalyn is the only one who can make Codi laugh when she is fussy after a trip to the doctor.
“Codi’s usually happy, but she gets sad after chemo,” Madalyn said.
Greg Wiles, Codi’s father, said the survival rate and information they’ve gotten from the doctors scare him to death.
“I’m thankful we found it when we did,” he said. The couple lives with Painter’s parents in a log home that Wiles helped build.
He pointed to Codi’s endurance as remarkable, and said that in spite of the chemotherapy she was able to gain two pounds - and the size of her tumor has shrunk.
The ordeal seems surreal when he thinks about everything his family has been through.
“In the blink of an eye,
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