Chrissy Turner, a third-grader from Centerville, Utah, is fighting secretory carcinoma, a rare and slow-growing breast cancer that typically affects children in their teens.
At only 8, Chrissy Turner is one of the youngest patients ever to undergo a mastectomy for a "one in a million" type of juvenile breast cancer.
But she has a "flood of angels" to support her.
Friends and strangers from as far away as Germany and Hong Kong have rallied around the girl, raising funds for her surgical treatment and follow-up care, which will be at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah.
In October, the quiet, blue-eyed third-grader from Centerville, Utah, was diagnosed with secretory carcinoma, a rare and slow-growing cancer that typically affects children in their teens.
"We are going to stand by her and beat this," her mother, Annette Turner, told TODAY.
"There are days you cry and think, what do I do? But you have to keep waking up and support each other."
But she has a "flood of angels" to support her.
Friends and strangers from as far away as Germany and Hong Kong have rallied around the girl, raising funds for her surgical treatment and follow-up care, which will be at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah.
In October, the quiet, blue-eyed third-grader from Centerville, Utah, was diagnosed with secretory carcinoma, a rare and slow-growing cancer that typically affects children in their teens.
"We are going to stand by her and beat this," her mother, Annette Turner, told TODAY.
"There are days you cry and think, what do I do? But you have to keep waking up and support each other."
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