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B.C. family faces 3-year respite funding wait to care for son with rare brain cancer - BC | Globalnews.ca

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Ansh Shah has diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a rare, aggressive and incurable cancer of the brain stem.

He received some radiation to slow its progress but has since been sent home.

As his condition slowly progresses, mom, Chintan Shah , and dad have become his full-time caregivers.

The family applied for respite care but were told the waitlist was three years .

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