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CPOY 74 Documentary Award of Excellence: #kayleestrong

On February 1, 2018 Kaylee Marshfield was diagnosed with a Wilm’s Tumor, a rare form of childhood, kidney cancer. It was the morning of her sixth birthday. For the next nine months, with family by her side, Kaylee would battle the disease, undergoing numerous surgeries and receiving months of aggressive chemotherapy. 

Declared cancer-free on November 1, 2018 Kaylee and the Marshfields have begun to navigate life “after-cancer”. Both unemployed while Kaylee was sick, Todd and Kristina have both found steady employment at a local, Syracuse bowling alley and Kaylee and her sisters have all recently started the new school year. 

What began as one little girls fight to beat cancer is now an intimate, ongoing story of a low-income Upstate New York family with Kaylee Marshfield, a thoughtful, animated and insightful 7-year old just beginning a new chapter in life, at its center.

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September 3, 2018
Kaylee Marshfield, age six, and her sister Abigail (left), age five, fall from the New York State Fair’s “drop tower” ride on the last day of the 2018 fair. Every year the Marshfield family treats the fair as a summer vacation, attending most if not all of the days. In 2018 Kaylee was only able to attend three times as her level of strength fluctuated day-to-day as she fought the effects of both cancer and chemotherapy.
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