Marysville girl beats rare, aggressive brain cancer with proton therapy at Seattle Children’s [Video]

MARYSVILLE, Wash. — It’s every parent’s nightmare: being told your toddler has a rare and aggressive cancer commonly known to have a 10% survival rate. For Cari Hanaway, a Snohomish County mom of two, the fear set in immediately. 

But with an emerging type of radiation, a medical advancement for cancer doctors called proton therapy, turns out happy endings aren’t just for the storybooks.

“We are at a point where most days are just normal life,” said Hanaway.

Six-year-old Aisley Hanaway is an avid dancer, swimmer and ice skater in Marysville.

But there was a time that she and her husband John Hanaway weren’t so sure that Aisley would be able to do all these things, let alone, make it out of her hospital bed.

“There’s always a little inkling in …