ATLANTA — Mary Webb, 17 told Channel 2′s Berndt Petersen that at first, she was tired all the time, then she had trouble with her eyesight.
“It was just a little bit. And then it slowly got to be more. And I couldn’t see,” Webb said.
Her mom and dad rushed her to the emergency room at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
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“It was a very frightening experience to hear your child has cancer,” her mom Kery said.
“It was shocking to all of us. My being 14 years old at the time, diagnosed with two brain tumors. It was scary. But we knew we were in good hands at
Children’s,” Webb said.
Emergency chemotherapy began immediately. Mary said it wasn’t easy, but whenever she was well enough she continued to do the things she loved.
A day at a NASCAR race. A night at the Fox Theatre. Her high school homecoming dance and playing her part with the marching band.
Three years have passed and for the last two, she has been cancer free.
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On Thursday, Mary took part in the WSB Care-a-Thon to help fund programs at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s. Mary said her story is one of hope and prayer.
“And being positive during hard times is also really important. Knowing that this treatment, even though it’s making me feel sick right now, it’s gonna help me and bring me through this,” Mary said.
Mary is about to begin her senior year in high school, but she’s already looking ahead. She hopes to attend UGA and major in music.
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