“He’s just the purest form of a human being”: Thurston County family raising awareness for 11-year-old boy diagnosed with terminal cancer

“He’s just the purest form of a human being”: Thurston County family raising awareness for 11-year-old boy diagnosed with terminal cancer

Yelm resident, Nathan White, 11, is currently in the fight of his life.A little over a week ago, on Thursday, Oct. 22, the Thurston County boy’s family heard news that no parent or relative ever wants to experience, as Nathan was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, also known as DIPG. DIPG is a rare, fast-growing and aggressive type of brain tumor that grows in a vital part of the brain — the pons, which is in the lower brainstem. T…