Netflix’s Tiny Pretty Things star Barton Cowperthwaite revealed on Saturday that he has been diagnosed with brain cancer.
“So…. Yesterday I was diagnosed with at least a stage 2 Glioma. It is a fairly decent sized brain tumor. The tumor’s cells originate in the brain, so it’s not spread from a cancer anywhere else in the body,” Cowperthwaite wrote in an Instagram post on Saturday.
“The only course of treatment for something like this is brain surgery,” the actor continued. “Docs so far have been confident that they’ll be able to remove most of the tumor, and that after a successful operation, and some rehab, I will be operating like my (amazing, talented, brilliant, hilarious) self.”
Cowperthwaite went on to say that nonetheless, “it seems like scans and check ups will be apart [sic] of my life for its lengthy remainder.”
“My family and I…
