CPOY 73 Documentary Bronze: Growing with Cancer
One childhood cancer diagnosis is enough for any parent to endure for a lifetime- but four diagnoses is purely unimaginable. The Kwiecien family has been battling cancer since 2013, when their then 2 year-old-daughter, Kailee, was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare pediatric muscular cancer. The family received her fourth diagnosis on Friday the 13th, just 3 months after she had completed treatment of her 3rd diagnosis. Unfortunately ‘normal’ for them revolved around countless treatments, blood draws and doctors’ visits.
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May 4, 2016
"Anxiety, tears of fear, sadness, restless sleep, the list goes on. But smiles, laughs, love, snuggles, memories, all still being had... enjoying one day at a time," Dan says, "The reality is, we know we still have a long road. A long road with a lot of unknowns. Where will the road end? I suppose any progress is progress but every ounce of me is hoping for a miracle in the end. A miracle drug, a miracle cure, is this finally the one?"
Traci Westcott / Rochester Institute of Technology
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