Abby Furco has been battling cancer for more than half of the 10 years she has been alive.

She was only 4 years-old when she was diagnosed with leukemia back in 2011, and at the time, doctors gave her just a 20 percent chance of survival.

“We were devastated,” said Abby’s mom, Patty Furco. “We were basically told that she was going to die, there was very little hope.”

For the next six years, Abby’s family fought to get her the best treatment that was available. The little girl received a bone marrow transplant, intense chemotherapy and radiation treatments, and a trial drug.

“We kept her surrounded by love because we knew at any moment we could lose her,” Patty said. “There were moments we didn’t know if she’d pull through, she has so many infections that could have ended her life. All we could do was watch her fight and try to get better.”

Finally, in October of 2013, Abby’s cancer went into remission and for one “beautiful” year she was able to be a normal kid again. Sadly, her cancer came back in September of 2014, and it was far more aggressive this time.

“As hard as that first diagnosis was, this one tested every ounce of our being,” Patty recalled. “She became completely immobile, any movement hurt her and she hardly spoke.”

Abby got another bone marrow transplant in February of 2015, but just 15 days later she was diagnosed with Graft-versus-host disease, a condition where the donated marrow begins to attack the body. When her kidneys started to fail the next month, she was put into intensive care and, doctors told her parents that if they took her off dialysis she would only survive 48 hours.

Her parents were told it was time to say their goodbyes to Abby.

“Doctors told us it was time to let her go, she was only awake for like an hour each day,” Patty said. “We began preparing our other daughters for her death.”

Abby was placed in hospice care, and her parents were faced with the unimaginable task of planning their child’s funeral. Suddenly, a miracle happened: Abby woke up!

“She told us, ‘I have so much living to do,’” Patty recalled.

“We couldn’t believe it,” she added, “in a matter of days, weeks, months she started walking and getting stronger. It’s an absolute miracle.”

Doctors agree that it is a miracle, as they can find no medical explanation for Abby’s recovery.

“We helped her get home on hospice. But when we started backing off, taking away treatments so she wasn’t on so many meds, she started getting better all on her own,” said Abby’s doctor, pediatric hematologist and oncologist Jacob Wessler. “She’s had ups and downs, but if she continues on this path, she is going to make us all look like fools! She’s defied every single odd.”

Abby’s cancer has since gone into remission, and her family has hope that she has beaten her cancer once and for all.

“We watched her die and come back to life,” Patty said. “Now we’re looking to the future.”

Abby is living proof that miracles really do happen!

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