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Published: April 28, 2008
Kady Pletcher
By Michael McNutt, Staff Writer
Name: Kady Pletcher Age: 15 Type of Cancer: Bone Date diagnosed: September 2004 Where she is in treatment: In remission Treatment Center: The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center Kady Pletcher ’s right upper right arm hurt after playing softball in summer 2004. When the pain resumed after school started, her mom and stepdad, Susan and Scott Meacham , took her to a doctor. The prognosis was sobering: Sh...
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