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Catie was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer on 9/11/2013. It all began with a trip to the doctor for her physical so she could run cross country in middle school. Catie's cancer didn't rear its ugly presence in her thyroid as it usually does but in her lymph nodes. What we thought was an inactive lymph node ended up being cancer. In the following months she had her thyroid and 25 lymph nodes removed.
Catie was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer on 9/11/2013. It all began with a trip to the doctor for her physical so she could run cross country in middle school. Catie's cancer didn't rear its ugly presence in her thyroid as it usually does but in her lymph nodes. What we thought was an inactive lymph node ended up being cancer. In the following months she had her thyroid and 25 lymph nodes removed.
Catie Wools
Catie was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer on 9/11/2013. It all began with a trip to the doctor for her physical so she could run cross country in middle school. Catie's cancer didn't rear its ugly presence in her thyroid as it usually does but in her lymph nodes. What we thought was an inactive lymph node ended up being cancer. In the following months she had her thyroid and 25 lymph nodes removed. Seven of those nodes were infected and the spot they found in her thyroid was the size of a pin head. She has had to follow a low iodine diet (twice), went through a treatment of Radio Active Iodine (which meant she was isolated for 36 hours), and many days of ups and downs. Regulating her thyroid medicine has been challenging but through it all she always has a smile on her face. Being a teenager with an adult disease isn't easy but defeat wasn't an option. As of today her body is free of cancer and she is enjoying running cross country.