Baby kissed by Pope Francis beats brain tumour after being given just months to live

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A baby girl kissed on the head by Pope Francis has amazingly defied the odds and beaten a brain tumour after being given just months to live. 
Gianna Masciantonio was just a year old when the pope blessed her as he travelled through the streets of Philadelphia in September 2015.
a group of people posing for the camera: Gianna with her parents, brother and Dr Amish Shah last week.
Kid with Family
The 81-year-old pontiff had no idea the youngster had a brain tumour when she was held up to his Popemobile as it passed by.
Gianna's family has revealed almost three years on that the tumourhas disappeared after she underwent chemotherapy.
Now aged three, Gianna had been diagnosed with Histiocytosis, a blood disorder that occurs when there is an over-production of white blood cells called histiocytes.
The disorder formed the tumour in the girl's head.
Pope Francis blessed Gianna Masciantonio in Philadelphia in September 2015.
Pope and the kissed kid
She had surgery when she was just four-months-old, and doctors didn't think she would make it to her first birthday.
Her parents credit her recovery to faith and medics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), CBS News reports.
SOURCE: MIRROR

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