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Jeffrey Chow
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In the beginning, I thought it was just another flu. I felt tired, weak, but still, managed to attend school and hang out with friends. What confused my mother and I, is that the illness would come and go. It was quite elusive.
Lia Goh
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As co-chair of the Light The Night fundraiser, 15-year-old Lia Goh hopes to improve the lives of kids with cancer
Rachel Spotzl
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Rachel was typical child starting Grade 2. She loved adventures outdoors, swimming and skiing. She was a proud big sister, always caring for and playing with her younger sister Hayley. Rachel was creative, making, accessorizing and collecting all things beautiful.
Jayden Lutz
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In the fall of 2015 Jay was 17 years old, had recently graduated high school, and was poised to begin his university career. He had plans to immediately jump into studies of media and communications and enjoy his first year of university living in dorms with his peers
Breanna Manske
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March 2012 was a tough go. I went from feeling normal and in shape, to constantly feeling achy, my skin hurt, exhausted all the time and always cold! I didn’t really know what was going on, but I could fall asleep absolutely anywhere.
Paul Davis
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In 2011, our world was turned upstairs down when a suspected appendicitis diagnosis that turned out to be non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Gianpaolo Evangelisti
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Gianpaolo was diagnosed with ALL in 2017 at the young age of 3 years old. He also has Down syndrome which many people don’t know but can increase the risk of receiving a blood cancer diagnosis.
Jastinne Ramos
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I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma on August 26, 2016. It was just shy of two months after undergrad convocation. It was definitely not how I was expecting to start my “adult” life.
Ava O’Toole
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My name is Ava O’Toole. I am 22 years old. I am an Economics student at Wilfrid Laurier University. I battled and survived Stage IV Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2019.
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