AHWATUKEE, AZ — September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and there are ways you can take action for kids right here in the Valley who are battling this disease.
Through the magic of memories saved on their cell phones, Kendyll and Preston McFarland of Ahwatukee are reminded of the battle that was just beginning. Scans showed that 75% of Nash's liver was covered in tumors. A biopsy would reveal it was a cancer called,"Hepatoblastoma." Doctors told the McFarlands they needed to act quickly, pumping Nash's little body with chemo to shrink his tumors.
There were accomplishments and joyous occasions -- and plenty of dark moments as well, like when Nash's first two liver transplants did not work out.
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