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Article: SECOND CHANCE, SECOND TIME AROUND CEDARS-SINAI BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANTS HAVE SAVED HUNDREDS, INCLUDING COUPLE.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- September 10, 2006
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Byline: CONNIE LLANOS Staff Writer
SANTA CLARITA -- Cancer is devastating for any family.
But what about when it strikes twice?
Joseph, who owns a lighting and grip business in North Hollywood, and Myrna, an aerobics instructor in Canyon Country, have been married 15 years. They have two children active in community sports, and they never miss a game.
But, at only 40 years old, both Joseph and Myrna have survived cancer and bone marrow transplants.
It was March 1994, and the McKenna family had just begun to adjust to life with a 6-month-old girl, when a lump on Myrna's breast began to bother her.
``The doctors kept ...