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Personal Narrative: Pedro's Cancer

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March 2005, I sat in the passenger seat of my trailblazer staring out the window trying not to look at my husband, Pedro. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I recalled the words he just said to me. I tried to hold in my emotions so he would not think that my faith has been weakened. I knew God had not put this on our family but I still had questions and I still wanted answers. The diagnosis changed my world and how I see it. Pedro’s cancer had returned. Pedro was first diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in March of 1997 before we started dating. His cancer had been in remission for eight years but we knew something was going on inside of his body. Pedro was having reoccurring night sweats and leg cramps that would jolt him out of bed at

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