Two months after Pope Francis kissed the baby girl on Philadelphia’s Market Street during his World Meeting of Families trip to the city, the tot’s tumor has nearly disappeared.
“We are ecstatic to announce that her tumor is almost undetectable,” mom Kristen Masciantonio wrote in a Nov. 14 Facebook post regarding
Gianna’s first MRI scan since her smooch from the pope. “The
radiologists are unable to determine the percentage of the shrinkage
because they can no longer tell where the edges of the tumor are.” Mom’s
post has been making news in the family’s community and beyond. The tumor hasn’t completely disappeared yet, dad Joey
Masciantonio tells Yahoo Parenting, but he still marvels over the
incredible change his daughter has experienced in just the past few
weeks. “It’s gone down tremendously,” he says, “and she will still need
to go through chemotherapy, but she’s thriving. It’s amazing
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