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Jenna was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer, when she was 1 year old. Photo by Flashes of Hope.

Our lives were forever changed on December 2, 2010, when our 13-month-old daughter, Jenna, was diagnosed with stage IV high risk neuroblastoma.

The first few days of being in the hospital were grueling as the medical staff ran multiple scans and tests, trying to determine what type of cancer Jenna had. Honestly, those days are all a blur for my husband and me. James had just returned safely from his military deployment to Iraq, and now all we could do was wait as our baby girl geared up for her own battle here at home.

But once we received the official diagnoses and a treatment plan was in place, fight mode kicked in. We were ready to start kicking cancer’s butt!

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