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Brittany Harris graduated high school, landed a job and enrolled in college. But sometimes an unexpected illness can put an immediate halt on a bright start. That is certainly not the case with Brittany Harris. At age 19, Brittany was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
After finishing high school, Brittany enrolled in the nursing program at UCC while working full time. One day she began to experience itching in her ears which progressed during the year to chronic itching all over her body. “My primary care physician began with allergy testing but my blood tests indicated something else was going on. My white blood count was elevated and I had developed lumps from the