EPISODE · Jul 13, 2023 · 1H 6M
Destiny Flood-DeJesus will talk about her diagnosis of the Eye Cancer Retinoblastoma when she was 11 years old and in middle school. Destiny has been cancer free for 20 years and recently published a book entitled A LITTLE SUPERHERO FIGHTS CANCER
from Help and Hope Happen Here · host Mark Levine
Destiny Flood- De Jesus was an 11 year old middle school student when she failed an eye examination that was give to her at her school. Shortly thereafter, Destiny was diagnosed with the Eye Cancer Retinoblastoma which occurred in her right eye. Destiny will talk about the difficulties that she went through during this period and afterwards, and the emergency reconstructive surgery that she underwent 5 years ago. This surgery brought back memories of her own cancer fight which took place 20 years ago and Destiny then decided to write a book called A LITTLE SUPERHERO FIGHTS CANCER. This book was recently published as Destiny is now taking her place as a Spokeswoman for this difficult form of Pediatric Cancer.
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Destiny Flood- De Jesus was an 11 year old middle school student when she failed an eye examination that was give to her at her school. Shortly thereafter, Destiny was diagnosed with the Eye Cancer Retinoblastoma which occurred in her right eye. Destiny will talk about the difficulties that she went through during this period and afterwards, and the emergency reconstructive surgery that she underwent 5 years ago. This surgery brought back memories of her own cancer fight which took place 20 y...
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Destiny Flood-DeJesus will talk about her diagnosis of the Eye Cancer Retinoblastoma when she was 11 years old and in middle school. Destiny has been cancer free for 20 years and recently published a book entitled A LITTLE SUPERHERO FIGHTS CANCER
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