“I have two birthdays. My first birthday is May 19th, 1992....

“I have two birthdays. My first birthday is May 19th, 1992. And my second birthday is December 28th, 2007. That’s the day that I got my bone marrow transplant and my new immune system was born. I was just like a baby again. I was so weak. I had no energy. I couldn’t do anything for myself. We celebrate that day every year. It’s not a huge party. I don’t get a big cake– maybe just a cupcake with a candle. But my family gets together and we talk about all the good things that have happened to us in the previous year. I always say that I wouldn’t change a thing about my life. Even the cancer. Because my family is very close now. And sometimes I feel that we are this… because of that.”

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