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Cancer Survivor Becomes Hospital Nurse

Inspiring!
by Bernie V. Franco
Published Nov 28, 2023
Montana Brown child photo and present photo
In September 2023, Montana Brown started her work as a nurse at the Aflac Cancer Center of Children's Healthcare at Atlanta, Georgia in the U.S. She was treated for cancer in this same hospital twice, when she was a baby and when she was a teen.
PHOTO/S: Montana Brown via ABC News

Hindi nakalimot ang isang cancer survivor na piniling magtrabaho bilang nurse sa ospital kung saan siya ginamot at gumaling.

Nitong September 2023, sinimulan ni Montana Brown, 24, ang trabaho bilang isang pediatric cancer nurse sa Aflac Cancer Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia sa U.S.

Dream come true ito para kay Montana na dating pasyente sa nasabing ospital dahil nagkaroon siya ng cancer noong baby at teenager.

Dahil dito, pinangarap niyang makapagsilbi sa ospital, ulat ng ABC News.

Na-diagnose si Montana with rhabdomyosarcoma, isang rare type ng childhood cancer sa connective tissue.

Na-admit siya sa ospital at sumailalim sa chemotherapy sa loob ng isang taon.

Ginawa ng kanyang mga magulang ang makakaya para iparamdam sa kanya na “normal” pa rin ang kanyang childhood.

Gumaling si Montana.

Pero hindi niya inakalang mauulit ito pagkalipas ng maraming taon.

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Montana Brown

Montana Brown at two years old. She was admitted at the Aflac Cancer Center due to cancer.

Pagsapit ng high school, naging aktibo si Montana sa school. Sumali siya sa competitive gymnastics at competitive cheerleading.

Sa pagtatapos ng kanyang freshman year, noong siya ay 15 anyos, bumalik ang cancer.

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"I had just tried out for my high school cheerleading team," she said. "I actually ran a mile while I had cancer and had no idea.”

Wala raw siyang naramdamang mga sintomas, subalit kinukutuban na ang kanyang mga magulang.

Linggo-linggo siyang nasa ospital para sa kanyang chemotherapy at radiation. Pinayuhan din siya ng mga doktor na huwag nang sumali sa gymnastics at cheerleading.

Ang tumatak kay Montana ay ang kabaitang ipinakita sa kanya ng mga nurses.

“Just the love they showed me and my family in our time of need just really helped me,” sabi ni Montana.

“It helped me want to become as kind and as caring and as compassionate as they were for me.”

Ito rin ang naka-inspire sa kanya para maging nurse na nagpo-focus lamang sa pediatric oncology o cancer treatment sa mga bata.

“I would always say, 'I'm only going to nursing school to do pediatric oncology, like I don't want to do anything else. I don't want to work anywhere else. I'm going to school strictly to do pediatric oncology.' And so it's kind of crazy how full circle it's come so far."

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NOOD KA MUNA!

Ngayon naman, gustong magsilbing inspirasyon ni Montana sa mga batang pinagdadaanan ang mga naranansan niya noon.

"I really wanted to be that person where when I said, 'Hey, I totally understand. This is where I was. This is where I am now.' That me and my patients would form a bond.”

Ngayon, hindi naglalakad sa hospital doors si Montana bilang isang pasyente kundi isang nurse.

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In September 2023, Montana Brown started her work as a nurse at the Aflac Cancer Center of Children's Healthcare at Atlanta, Georgia in the U.S. She was treated for cancer in this same hospital twice, when she was a baby and when she was a teen.
PHOTO/S: Montana Brown via ABC News
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