Pediatric Cancer

“I have two birthdays. My first birthday is May 19th, 1992. And my second birthday is December 28th, 2007. That’s the day that I got my bone marrow transplant and my new immune system was born. I was just like a baby again. I was so weak. I had no energy. I couldn’t do anything for myself. We celebrate that day every year. It’s not a huge party. I don’t get a big cake-- maybe just a cupcake with a candle. But my family gets together and we talk about all the good things that have happened to us in the previous year. I always say that I wouldn’t change a thing about my life. Even the cancer. Because my family is very close now. And sometimes I feel that we are this... because of that.”

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