Stephanie is a very hopeful girl and tries to make the best of her circumstances. She wants to write a book about her story to teach other people like her how to live with this type of diagnosis.
Stephanie was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in March of 2016 at the age of 17. She started having pain in the mandible and we took her to the hospital where they told us that the mandible was misplaced. A month after her surgery, during a follow up appointment, they discovered that she had a lesion. She has been through nine surgeries, had a tracheostomy, 10 months of chemotherapy and now we are waiting for a wound to heal so she can start radiotherapy.
Our family is struggling because we are far from our home in Puerto Rico. Stephanie’s brother, father and the rest of the family are living in Puerto Rico while I (mom) and Stephanie stay in Jacksonville for treatment.
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