About 24,000
runners are registered for today’s Disney Princess Half Marathon. Among them is Emily Belcher, running for Team Noah, which helps kids with cancer.
The people in the hazmat suits could not figure out the source of Caroline Belcher’s nausea and headaches.
Doctors in Cincinnati tested for infectious diseases and autoimmune issues. They sent Caroline’s blood across the country, seeking a correct diagnosis.
All the while, a constant presence lurked.
“Waiting in the wings the whole time was an oncologist,’’ said Caroline’s mother, Emily. “Every time we would have a negative test result, he would be standing there, saying, ‘It still could be me that you wind up with.’’’
Caroline was diagnosed with a