article_snippet.sent: 'Lota' Ward fourth round of surgery on a malignant brain tumor.
article_snippet.sent: Though Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward diagnosis meant more time in the hospital, often in order to undergo some kind of surgical procedure, a malignant brain tumor did nothing to stop Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward from hitting the trails.
article_snippet.sent: In recovery: Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward underwent Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward fourth brain surgery on Wednesday, April 1, and while the Ward family remains optimistic, the fight is not over yet . '
article_snippet.sent: Shortly after Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward diagnosis last October, Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward underwent two initial brain surgeries to help drain spinal fluid and to remove some of the tumor.
article_snippet.sent: Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward later went to see doctors for Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward three month check-up and was given devastating news: the tumor that doctors originally believed to be benign had grown aggressively.
article_snippet.sent: A subsequent biopsy lead to a new diagnosis - Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward has a Non-Germinomatous Germ-cell tumor, a malignant form of brain tumor.
article_snippet.sent: Reaching the peak: Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward was running before doctor's told Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward of the tumor.
highlights_snippet.sent: Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward was diagnosed with a brain tumor in October 2014 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward has since had to undergo four surgeries on Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward brain .
  