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When our family moved from Cleveland last year, it was quite a momentous event. My husband and I had never lived anywhere else, but we were forced to relocate so that he could accept a new job. Once the moving truck had been loaded, we said good-bye to our family and friends.
I felt apprehensive, and yet I sensed that we were on a journey greater than the one to Florida. We had a newborn baby as well as a five-year-old and a three-year-old. I also had a tumor the size of an orange in my back. I knew it was the perfect recipe for an incredible work of God in my life!
I had discovered the tumor during the last months of my pregnancy as I was rubbing my lower back to ease some pain. Since the lump could have been pregnancy related and might have disappeared on its own after the delivery, my doctor decided to wait until my baby was born to investigate it further.
The lump did not disappear! Six weeks after my child was born, a biopsy revealed a rare desmoid tumor that had become lodged…
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