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The Triplett Family 89 Nights
It is hard to imagine any child being diagnosed with cancer, but it’s even harder to imagine an 18-year-old girl being diagnosed with breast cancer. Sadly, this was the reality for Kyleigh Triplett.
Kyleigh completed five weeks of
in her breast, and as it continued to grow,
to undergo a mastectomy. Due
In February 2023, Kyleigh noted a lump her mom, Michele, set out to find some
answers. After an ultrasound, multiple scans and biopsies, Kyleigh was diagnosed with a
peripheral nerve sheath tumor in her breast.
radiation before making the decision to the aggressive nature of her
cancer, undergoing a mastectomy gave her the greatest chance of becoming cancer-free. In
Her doctors in Dickinson referred her to a
August 2023, Kyleigh underwent
the Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo.
of two separate operations.
doctor in Bismarck, who then referred her to
her mastectomy through a series
NOVEMBER 2024