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A TWO-TIME CANCER
SURVIVOR
FIGHTING A RARE NEUROLOGICAL
DISEASE IS GETTING A RENOVATED
HOME AN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.
11 NEWS FIRST INTRODUCED YOU TO
MELISSA SMITH IN OCTOBER.
HER SURVIVAL STORY WENT VIRAL
AND SOON $400,000 WAS RAISED TO
HELP WITH HER MEDICAL BILLS,
PHYSICAL THERAPY, AND
RENOVATIONS ON HER HOME TO HELP
HER REGAIN HER INDEPENDENCE.
THIS MORNING, THE CONTRACTOR
BEGAN DEMOLISHING HER HOME TO
REBUILD IT AND ACCOMMODATE HER
DISABILITIES AND THE
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER THAT HAS
LEFT HER PARALYZED.
IT MAKES ME FEEL INCREDIBLY
LUCKY THAT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
CARE ENOUGH TO COME OUT AND DO
THIS FOR ME, GIVING ME A CHANCE
TO LIVE MY LIFE, WHICH I HAVE
NOT BEEN DOING IN THE LAST TWO
YEARS.