The family of a Salmon Arm toddler are thankful for the support from friends and strangers as they wait for her bone marrow transplant to fight a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
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Alice is scheduled to start chemotherapy soon and the transplant is scheduled for Nov. 6, she said.
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At the Vancouver hospital Alice was soon diagnosed with one of the cancers known as myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) that is not normally seen in children.
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