Tae's Story: Four-year-old Fights Brain Cancer

- Season 1

(2016)

Diontae "Tae" Smith of Port Clinton had just turned four when he was diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma, a form of aggressive brain cancer with a low survival rate, generally considered incurable. Tae is in the middle of a year-long chemotherapy cycle, receiving treatments twice a month. His doctor optimistically gives him a 20 percent chance of living two-to-three years after diagnosis.

Diontae "Tae" Smith of Port Clinton had just turned four when he was diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma, a form of aggressive brain cancer with a low survival rate, generally considered incurable. To celebrate turning five, Tae's followers from all over the world sent him presents and his family and friends celebrated with him. One year ago, Tae had brain surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. Recent MRI scans reveal the tumor may be regrowing.

Diontae "Tae" Smith of Port Clinton had just turned four when he was diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma, a form of aggressive brain cancer with a low survival rate, generally considered incurable. Tae spends his final days in a Sandusky hospice center, after 16 months of treatments, doctor visits, clinical trials and chemotherapy sessions at different children's hospitals.