Liz and RiRi Updates and Support

As some of you may already know, Liz was recently diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer and began a rigorous 6 month chemotherapy journey two weeks ago. What we didn’t know was that her sweet baby girl River was suffering from two growing Medulloblastomas at the same time. Over the last few weeks, River began having balance issues, and then suddenly started throwing up too frequently. After a checkup and an MRI, doctors found two tumors on her brain. On Thursday 12/4/2025 River had emergency surgery to relieve the pressure surrounding her brain and will be facing another 8-12 hour operation on 12/9/2025 to hopefully remove both of the tumors. After surgery, River will need to stay in the hospital for about two weeks to recover and then move to an inpatient rehab facility to relearn all of her motor and neural skills. She will be expected to live in the facility for at least 6 weeks. With understanding Mom’s diagnosis and now baby River’s, we learned that River has Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, an extremely rare genetic cancer. After her in-patient rehab, River will begin chemotherapy and radiation immediately. We won’t know the full extent until after her surgery, but we’re preparing for a long road ahead. This will be a challenging time, and to help Liz, River and their family focus on healing and rest, we have set up this page as a central location for updates and support such as meals, groceries/errands, childcare, and appointment/infusion visits. If you would like to support the Conti family during this difficult time, please consider donating on this page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-baby-river