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Alexa Michelle Nawrocki Research Paper

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On September 14, 2002 a beautiful little angel named Alexa Michelle Nawrocki was born. Her first year of life was healthy, but when Alexa turned 17 months she began to develop a cold along with a low-grade fever. Within a couple of days, her cold disappeared. However the fever worsened, and upon examination at the Doctors office a mass on her kidney was discovered. She was taken straight to the emergency room and it was advised they she receive a stage IV Neuroblastoma (the cancer had reached her bones, bone marrow, and into her lungs and liver). Alexa tolerated the chemotherapy well and the mass on her kidney seemed to be retreating. By June, Alexa had completed 3 rounds of chemotherapy and was now gearing up to have it completely

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