The Brief
- Five-year-old Laine Nipper of South Tampa is recovering in an Atlanta hospital after battling severe encephalitis caused by a rare autoimmune condition known as MOGAD.
- Laine was hospitalized last fall, prompting hundreds of “Pray for Laine” signs across her community.
- Her family, who is speaking publicly for the first time, said she is relearning basic skills and making steady progress, calling her recovery a miracle in the making.
TAMPA, Fla. – A little girl whose fight for her life captured the hearts of her entire South Tampa community is on the road to recovery.
Laine Nipper, 5, is continuing her healing journey months after being hospitalized with severe encephalitis, a life-threatening brain inflammation caused by a rare autoimmune condition known as MOGAD.
For the first time since her medical crisis began last September, her mother, Danielle Nipper, is speaking publicly about the ordeal and the progress her daughter is making.…