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WATERLOO â Like most new parents, Kirsten and Tony Brandt marvel at each giggle, gurgle and babbling sound their 4-month-old daughter, Lura, makes, laugh as her tiny fingers reach out to play with her toes and rock her to sleep each night.
Kirsten and Tony Brandt with their infant daughter, Lura, who is four months old. Kirsten will undergo surgery on Wednesday to remove her stomach because of cancer. COURTESY PHOTO
The birth of their first child has changed the Brandtsâ lives. Now a second life-altering event will take place Wednesday when Kirsten undergoes surgery to remove her stomach at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.