FLOYD CO., Ky. (WYMT) - The hallways at Betsy Lane Elementary school were filled with First grader Elijah Minixs’ favorite color on Friday.

Elijah is 7-years-old, and his family describes him as “always going,” and loves to play outside with his favorite animals.

It was not until one day, his family discovered news that shocked them, as the doctors found an arachnoid cyst on Elijah’s brain.

Elijah’s dad David Minix said they found the cyst by accident.

“He had a fall, and it was imaged and he had multiple MRI’s and it didn’t show any growth at all. And then Dr. Gump’s like, ‘Most of these won’t grow.’ So, if he has any more symptoms, we’ll image him again. As long as he’s not having any symptoms, let him play, let him be happy, let him be a normal kid,“ David said.

Elijah’s parents sa

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