DENHAM SPRINGS — An 11-year-old girl from Denham Springs battling a rare brain tumor has had to move to Ohio with her family after Louisiana Medicaid would not cover key parts of her out-of-state treatment.
WBRZ first shared Katie Tanton’s story in April. She has been traveling between Louisiana and Ohio for a clinical trial at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus to treat diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a rare form of brain tumor.
Katie has been taking multiple forms of medication as part of the trial…