Overview

• Medical scans in February revealed bilateral lung metastases days after surgeons removed Delani’s adrenal tumor.
• Two successive chemotherapy regimens failed to halt the growth of her metastatic lung nodules.
• Delani’s care at University Hospital Heidelberg has now shifted to immunotherapy as the next line of treatment.
• In a YouTube video, her mother Dana Diekmeier described the shock of the Cushing syndrome diagnosis and her feelings of helplessness and guilt.
• The Diekmeier family continues to document each treatment milestone on social media to inform supporters and seek encouragement.