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HONORING SENIORS
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Senior Senior

Aggie Gross

Nevertheless,

She Persisted

by Allison Gross

was diagnosed trust the doctors and take it one day
with breast at a time. You have to stay strong and
cancer. She know that Jesus is by your side.”
had made an
appointment Grandma Aggie went over four
for a checkup years cancer free until the disease
because two reappeared in July of 2018. But
of her sisters this time it was in her lung. At an
had passed annual CAT Scan, a highly trained
away from the professional she had been seeing for
ighter, survivor, selfless, and vicious disease. years noticed an abnormal nodule.
devoted are all words to describe The cancer diagnosis and beginning She quickly had a lung biopsy that
Fmy Grandma Aggie- a woman rounds of chemotherapy were revealed the aggregation of cells was,
I have been inspired by since I was undoubtedly hard for her but gave indeed, cancer. No chemotherapy
a little girl. As an 18-year-old, she her the opportunity to remember that was necessary this time, but she did
was going to school, working, and all things happen in perfect harmony undergo a surgery to remove the
spending time with her high school with the Lord’s plan. The disease nodule and the bottom portion of
sweetheart. She recalls growing up and its treatment were painful and her lung. The recovery time seemed
very poor, raising her own chickens incredibly difficult at times, but she like forever, but nevertheless, she
and growing her own garden. It remained optimistic. Each week, persisted. Though the process of
amazes me to compare the standard when she went in for another round removing the lung cancer was
of living she grew up in to the lifestyle of chemo, I knew I could expect a less extensive than the process of
she worked hard to achieve. The story photo of her with a warm blanket and removing breast cancer, it was just as
of the inspiration I have received from a smile from ear to ear, reminding emotionally, mentally, and physically
such a strong woman began the day me that my grandma was a fighter. exhausting.
she went to the doctor for a regular She underwent a surgery that would After losing her beloved husband to
health checkup. reduce the risk of re-appearing cancer an aneurism and becoming widowed,
cells and had a long road of recovery
“You have cancer” are three words ahead of her, but nevertheless, she and losing immediate family members
nobody wants to hear, and definitely persisted. She explained it like this, to multiple health complications,
not words anyone wants to hear twice. “When you are diagnosed with and then being faced with a life-
In October of 2014, Grandma Aggie something like that, you just have to threatening disease herself, I often

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