Avion Dent was a rising star athlete with the Blaine Bengals back in 2021.

"I just finished up track season, and went to state as a freshman, and was on my way to play varsity football and basketball as a sophomore," said Dent.

Then, in the summer heading into his sophomore year, while in training for the football season, he was suddenly sidelined.

"I kind of noticed that I had stomach pain," said Dent.

It was a pain so severe, he went immediately to the ICU at M Health Fairview Children's Masonic Hospital. He soon became the patient of Dr. Robin Williams, who at first was stumped by what was causing Dent's pain.

"It wasn't just one procedure that gave all the answers. It was slowly putting all the pieces together that we had in front of us to eventually get to his diagnosis," said Wi

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