Chicago Reporter Shares Her Story with Good Morning America

WLS Reporter Diane Pathieu was on ABC’s Good Morning America, but she wasn’t reporting.

She was sharing her and her husband’s story and how he was told he only had a year to live.

In December 2020, Pathieu's husband Nick Adamski was diagnosed with a grade 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive and cancerous brain tumor, after suffering a seizure at home. Despite undergoing emergency surgery and aggressive chemotherapy and radiation treatment, the cancer returned and Adamski was given a prognosis of only 12 to 14 months to live.

However, Pathieu and Adamski sought a second opinion at Northwestern Medicine, where doctors discovered that Adamski's tumor had specific gene mutations that might respond to targeted treatments. Through genetic testing, they identified that Adamski might respond best to a drug normally used to treat metastatic bladder cancer. After just a few days of treatment, Adamski's tumor began to shrink and he achieved remission within a few months.

Pathieu attributes her husband's recovery to both the cutting-edge treatment and his positive mental attitude. "To wake up every morning and say, 'I'm still here,' I'll take all of it," said Adamski. "I'll take everything they throw at me as long as I'm still breathing." Pathieu hopes that sharing her family's story will give hope to others facing a "hopeless diagnosis."