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Family, Faith Strengthen Cancer Survivor
Des Plaines teen keeps a positive outlook while facing difficult medical challenges.
There is no anger in her voice. Yet, if ever there was a teen that had a good reason to be angry, it’s Amber Moosvi, 17, of Des Plaines. Instead, Amber is beating medical odds, and doing it while drawing on her spirituality, family’s support and a conscious choice to exude a positive attitude. “Keep a smile on because you only have one life, and do as best as you can,” Amber recently said at her family’s condo on the northwest side of Des Plaines. Amber was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, stage four glioblastoma multiforme, in November 2011, said her mother, Dorothy Hillbrandt. She has undergone numerous medical procedures, including two brain surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy, she said. “She wasn’t supposed to …
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Clarissa Wood
9:31 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
I follow many children with cancer and that is how I found you Amber......and I am so glad I did! You are such an inspiration to others and a wonderful young girl! I pray every day for a cure for cancer so beautiful children, as well as adults no longer suffer from this horrendous disease! I have lost many people to this disease.....family and friends and it would be awesome to find a cure! You … more ›