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The story of a young girl with cancer

Aleteia - published on 02/08/19

A simple lemonade stand impacted countless lives

Alexandra is 9 months old when she’s diagnosed with an incurable cancerous tumor. She manages to live until the age of 8, and to raise a million dollars for research. How? Selling lemonade. And the story doesn’t end there…

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