Becky Small was 33 years old, and her abdomen was so swollen that she looked nine months pregnant.
For weeks, she endured constant back pain and swelling that wouldn’t go down. She went to the doctor, was prescribed medication, and returned home. She went back twice more. Two different doctors reviewed her case, and neither detected what was growing inside her body. Until one night in May, her abdomen hardened completely—literally rigid to the touch—and she couldn’t wait for another appointment: she went straight to the emergency room.
There, finally, two doctors conducted a thorough examination. That same night, they confirmed stage-four cancer, with lesions in both ovaries and one kidney. Becky is a mother of three and has said openly that her greatest fear is not the treatment: it’s not living to see her youngest daughter start school.