Parents say Madison Charland in Portland is going through rounds of chemotherapy like a champ. Author: Vivien Leigh (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 5:25 PM EDT April 9, 2021 Updated: 5:51 PM EDT April 9, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine Loved ones to strangers are rallying around an 11-month-old girl who is in the fight of her lifetime.
Madison Charland has acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a blood cancer that affects the white blood cells. It s one of the most common cancers in children, though it s more difficult to treat in babies who have developing immune systems.
But her family says Madison is getting through multiple rounds of chemotherapy like a trouper.