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| Young woman outlasts diagnosis, breathes life into children by example |
By Julie Cramer
She was diagnosed early—but what no one knew about Melissa Boyett as a baby, they would know soon enough: she was—and is—a survivor.
Melissa had been in the world just six weeks when she was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a genetic, life-threatening illness that causes severe lung damage and nutritional deficiencies. In and out of the hospital for the first 11 years of her life, Melissa was placed on the list for a double lung transplant. At 14, she received that transplant and soon discovered the simple joys of breathing easily, running, and cheerleading alongside her friends for the first time. In time though, a common complication of transplants emerged: lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system..
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A Texas A&M University senior, Kristen Chaney is studying nutrition. This past summer she traveled to Russia as an Orphan Outreach intern and learned about the spiritual nourishment that can come from serving others. The Corpus Christi native wanted to go on a mission trip before she graduated from college. She found Orphan Outreach the way most modern-day college students do: Google.
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