By: Carol Kuruvilla
From: nydailynews.com
It was a blessing in disguise.
A Michigan woman has another chance at life after a car accident sent her to the hospital—and allowed doctors to spot several tumors in her body.
Doctors were able to start treating 20-year-old Alexie Schneider before her cancer progressed to a serious stage. The young woman’s family is calling it a miracle.
“I think she was being protected by her guardian angels and God because he said, it’s time. You need to do something with this,” mom Cindy Schneider told WXMI.
Alexie’s life changed on Sept. 22, 2013 while she was driving back to her school in Grand Rapids. The woman was chatting with her boyfriend on the phone and accidentally swerved off the road and into a guardrail.
Although she seemed to be fine, doctors ran a few tests just to be on the safe side.
The story was supposed to end there. Parents Cindy and John were getting ready to take their daughter home until doctors came in bearing bad news.
“’Well she has cancer,’ and I’m like ‘Cancer? Where did that come from?’” Cindy remembered.
Doctors diagnosed Alexie with a rare form of liver cancer. The staff jumped into action, removing the tumors along with 40% of the woman’s stomach.
“Usually when they catch this type of cancer, it’s usually too late,” Alexie said.
Without that crucial diagnosis, doctors said Alexie may have only lived for another eight months.
The woman is recovering and hopes to go back to college in May.
“Life is short and I’d rather be living life instead of being in my bed all day crying,” said Alexie.
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