.By Cameron Walker
Everything looked fine at Emily Whitehead’s checkup in May 2010. Yet in the weeks that followed, the 5-year-old said her legs were hurting, and her parents noticed bruises, too. At first, they chalked up their daughter’s symptoms to growing pains and childhood scrapes. Then one night, Emily’s aching legs woke her up. The next day, the Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, family returned to their pediatrician. A blood test revealed Emily had acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
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