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Danielle Holton Staff Reporter
Issue date: 9/29/05 Section: News
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Surgery was set to remove the tumor doctor's thought was benign. The two hour procedure continued for eight and a half hours and left Julia without her ovaries.
Davis' doctors went into surgery thinking they were going to remove a tumor and found that both of her ovaries were covered in cancer and had to be removed. Julia Davis is 7 only years old.
"I can't imagine going through everything she's gone through. I mean when I was seven, the hardest thing I went through was when I wasn't allowed to stay up to watch all of T.G.I.F," said Jenn Corridon, sophomore, South Amboy, N.J.
In addition to having her ovaries removed. Davis will also have to endure a total of four rounds of chemotherapy, followed by five years of weekly blood work. Ovarian cancer at such a young age is extremely rare.
"We were not prepared, we just went into auto-pilot mode to do whatever needed to be done," said Julia's mother, Carrie, to Simsbury Post.
Although there is a 25 percent chance the cancer will return, Julia is no longer asking why this has happened to her. Julia now wants to help other cancer patients and has started a program called, "Julia's Backpacks," in which backpacks will be filled with toys and given to the other patients.
Because Davis' insurance will not cover all of her procedures and her parent's are not in a bracket in which they would qualify for assistance, the Davis family has now added financial problems to their list of adversity.
Student Senate has started a committee to fundraise for Julia's cause. Many great ideas have been thrown around at their weekly meetings, such as a benefit concert that is in the works.
"After seeing how the university came together in support of hurricane Katrina, when Danielle Holton brought Julia's story to the Senate, it was a no brainer to do what we can to rally support for Julia," said Senate Vice President, Kurt McCloud, senior, Plymouth, N.H.