After 2-year, 'nerve-wracking' bone marrow treatment, Ill. girl returns to school
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. - Two years ago, Michelle Trujillo and her gravely ill 6-year-old daughter, Sophia, packed two suitcases and headed to the National Institutes of Health in Maryland for groundbreaking treatment they hoped would save the young girl's life.
"It was definitely one of the hardest things to up and leave your house and everything you know," Trujillo said. "But we had to do it."
Last week, the mother and daughter returned to their Crystal Lake townhouse after a harrowing medical journey in which Sophia, now 8, defied the odds and became a tiny, tutu-wearing inspiration for doctors now studying her case.
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