This childhood cancer survivor is now changing lives at the same hospital that helped her survive.
A resident physician at Texas Children's Hospital is coming full circle, from patient to doctor.
"After running all the tests and getting the biopsy, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma," said Dr. Pette. "I was nervous after hearing I had cancer, but I still feel like I was more nervous just for knowing that my family was nervous. I was feeling for them, and I didn't want them to be scared and upset, because I knew that we would make it through."
"I honestly don't remember her ever crying," said Dr. Zoann Dreyer, pediatric hematology-oncology specialist with Texas Children's Hospital. "I remember her talking to me from the very beginning that she really wanted to be a doctor. And when she was well enough, she kind of morphed that into wanting to be a pediatric oncologist.
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