Ankeny mom fights stage four cancer virtually amid pandemic Share Updated: 6:29 PM CST Jan 13, 2021 Share Updated: 6:29 PM CST Jan 13, 2021
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Show Transcript STORY. LISA LUND’S FIRST DAUGHTER, QUINN, WAS FIVE WEEKS OLD THE DAY LUND STARTED HER CANCER FIGHT. IT’S ALSO WHEN COVID-19 INFECTED THE NATION. I GOT A CALL FROM MY DOCTOR WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT INTO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO MY DETERIORATING HEALTH THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, COVID-19, THE SHUTDOWNS STARTED. BY LUND’S SECOND WEEK AT MERCYONE, THE 30-YEAR-OLD COULD NO LONGER HAVE VISITORS. SHE HAD TO BE BRAVE. IT WAS HONESTLY THE HARDEST THING I’VE EVER HAD TO GO THROUGH, BUT IT ALSO GAVE ME THE COURAGE AND THE WILL TO FIGHT AS HARD AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET HOME TO HER. ONLY SEEING HER NEWBORN THROUGH A SCREEN. HI MOM. I WANT YOU TO SEE MY AWESOME HAIR TODAY. LUND FOUGHT STAGE 4 HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA. 6 CHEMO ROUNDS, AND 18 RADIATION TREATMENTS. I WANTED TO B
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