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Alexa Barajas was eager to get her COVID-19 vaccine as soon as she was eligible because it means she’s one step closer to reconnecting with her younger sister Madelyn Fell, who was diagnosed with liver cancer four months ago.
Over the past six months, 14-year-old Alexa has been unable to play with her soccer team, nor could she and her older sister visit their father in-person. Doing so would put her 5-year-old sister at greater risk for the virus as chemotherapy has left her immunocompromised.
“We were told (Madelyn) was very high risk and might not make it, so they didn’t want to leave and risk not being able to come back if things didn’t go well,” their mom Bibi Fell said.