“I never really knew anybody who had cancer. So this was a whole different realm.”

“[My daughter] was discharged the day before Mother’s Day and a few days before my birthday. It was a wonderful gift.”

“This doesn't have to be a death sentence. Treatment is difficult, but you need to have faith that what's being done will help you over this hurdle.”

“When I told [Dr. Ronald Johnson] that I wanted my second breast removed as a preventative measure, he told me, 'You’re brilliant!' It made me feel supported and that I had a say in my own care.”

“When we heard both of their heartbeats after the surgery, I just thought to myself, I’m going to raise these two little fighters.”

“We want to think about Frankie not only as he is now, but as he will be when he is an adult.”

“I want to help advance the research in my generation, so that my daughter or future granddaughter [does] not have to bring home a fragile preemie and just hope for the best.”

“I’d been asking for help for a decade by the time I met Dr. Donnellan, but she was the first person who actually heard me.”

“From my first exam, through surgery and the treatments that followed, my Magee team was a source of compassion, acceptance and understanding.”