NOW AT FAMILY >> LESIA FAMILY
FEUD WEEKDAYS THREE ON WISH TV
AWARENESS >> MONTH.
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
MAKING THEIR BEST EFFORTS TO
TRY TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST THIS VERY DEADLY
CANCER.
OUR RANDALL NEWSOME IS LIVE
WITH US IN STUDIO TO SHARE HOW
ONE LOCAL MOTHER IS ON THE
FRONTLINES OF THIS FIGHT.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
YEAH, THIS IS TOUGH.
THIS CANCER IS CONSIDERED TO BE
THE FORGOTTEN CANCER.
BUT I KNOW FOR THIS MOM AFTER
FACING IT HEAD ON WITH HER
DAUGHTER, IT'S A FIGHT SHE'LL
NEVER FORGET.
IF >> YOU ASK KEESHA LATELY TO
DESCRIBE HER 16 YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER DESTINY, SHE WOULD SAY
SHE'S A DIVA, A DANCING DIVA
AND AN ATHLETE >>.
BUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO SHE
WITNESSED A TERRIBLE CHANGE.
>> SEE, SHE'S IN HOW SHE SLEEP
A LOT.
SHE'LL WAKE UP AND SAY MAYBE
SHE WILL.
ICE WATER.
A >> TOUGH ROAD.
IT STARTED BACK IN NOVEMBER OF
TWENTY NINETEEN.
SHE FIRST STARTED SAYING THAT
SHE HAD STOMACH PAIN.
OUR SIDE WAS HURTING IT.
>> DOCTORS REASSURED THEM
EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE A PULL OF
MUSCLE OR THIS MUSCLE I SAW >>
IT BUT JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER
THE PAIN WAS BACK IN MAY SHE
GOT CHECKED OUT AND CLEARED
AGAIN.
THEN IN AUGUST >> SHE CAME
DOWNSTAIRS AND WAS LATE AT
NIGHT AND SHE WAS LIKE BENT
OVER LIKE SHE COULD AND SHE CAN
BARELY MOVE.
AND THE USHERS AT MY BACK HURT
MY BACK HURT.
SO WHEN NOT LIKE THAT HER BAG I
WAS LIKE THAT LOOKS LIKE A
LOPPERS SOMETHING >>.
SHE WENT IN FOR THAT NEXT VISIT
NEEDING ANSWERS.
TAMMY.
ALL THIS HAS YOU CAN EITHER
BLOW WORK AND SEE WHAT'S GOING
.
>> BUT THOSE ANSWERS BROUGHT
BACK DEVASTATING RESULTS WHEN
HE WAS SURE THAT HIS CANCER.
AND NOW I'M ON MY WAY >>.
IT TOOK FOUR WEEKS FOR DOCTORS
TO BE SURE PLUR >> SALES ARKOMA
AS I WANT TO TELL ME NOW.
MY WHAT IS THAT?
SO I START LOOKING IT UP AND
WAS ALREADY LIKE SCARED.
A RARE AND BRUTAL CANCER IS
MOVING >> IN A VERY AGGRESSIVE
RATE SPREADING >>.
DOCTORS HAD TO THROW EVERYTHING
THEY COULD AT CHEMOTHERAPY BE
SURGERY AND RADIATION.
SHE HAD HER FIFTH, SIXTH OR
SEVENTH GRADE PART OF HER RIB
REMOVING HER LEFT SIDE.
THAT'S TERRIBLE.
IT'S BEEN LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT
SHE WOULD BE MEAN THAT LIKE
HER, YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO QUESTION YOU KNOW.
BUT I STILL QUESTION MY WIFE
>>, MY DAUGHTER, A SINGLE MOM
LIKE SHE HAD TO LEAVE HER JOB
IN SEPTEMBER TO TAKE DESTINY TO
SARCOMA SPECIALIST IN
CINCINNATI SOMETIMES FOR WEEKS.
THE >> LAST THING I HEAR WATER
I MEAN I DON'T KNOW.
I HEAR WHAT BROUGHT IT ON.
CALL OUT I'M HERE BY THE GRACE
OF GOD.
I'M STILL STANDING IN >> MY
HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
MEANWHILE, DESTINY'S BODY
REJECTED THE TREATMENT.
SHE >> WAS VERY SICK.
SHE WAS VOMITING A LOT.
SHE WAS MISERABLE.
THAT'S SHE TOLD ME MOMMY, I'M
MISERABLE >> OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL DID ALL THEY COULD.
THEY DECIDED TO BRING DESTINY
HOME AND TRY HOLISTIC
TREATMENTS >>.
SO I SAID I'LL DO WHATEVER I
CAN WHATEVER I CAN TRY.
I'M GOING TO DO IT >> DURING
THE INTERVIEW.
LAKISHA NEVER A SINGLE TIER.
I ASKED HER WHERE DOES THAT
KIND OF STRENGTH >> COME FROM?
>> CAUSE I HAVE HOPE.
I HAVE HOPE.
I HAVE FAITH.
I JUST WANT TO JUST LIVE AS
LONG AS SHE CAN >>.
AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
AND I'M SURE SITTING ACROSS
FROM THAT MOTHER WAS NOT EASY.
OH, >> I GIVE YOU MY WHAT I
RING YOU AND WHEN YOU HAVE A
DAUGHTER.
I MEAN AS I DO AS WELL IT'S
JUST LIKE NOTHING'S PROMISED.
RIGHT.
JUST A COUPLE DAYS AFTER THIS
INTERVIEW I SAW HER TAKE YOUR
TIME.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
JUST A COUPLE DAYS AFTER THIS
WE FOUND OUT DESTINY DIED.
NO LOOKING.
>> SHE DID TELL ME SHORTLY
AFTER THAT SHE WANTED TO
CONTINUE THE STORY.
SHE WANTED ME TO KEEP THIS
STORY GOING.
GET THIS NEW STORY OUT THERE.
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT
THIS DISEASE IS AS IMPACTING
FAMILIES AND BACK AND LIVES.
THIS FIGHT IS FAR OVER FOR HER.
AND SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT
HER DAUGHTER'S MEMORY LIVES ON
THROUGH HER.
THIS THING IS NOWHERE NEAR OVER
AND WE WANT TO SPREAD MORE
AWARENESS ABOUT IT.
I WAS JUST TOUGH GUYS BECAUSE
RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF HER AND
THEN A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HOPE SHE HAS SO MUCH HOPE FOR
HER DAUGHTER.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE CELEBRATING
HER LIFE AND WE'RE GETTING
AWARENESS OUT TELLING HER STORY
AND THIS IS ON HER LEGACY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT
THINGS AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT
WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN ON
THIS SHOW IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU SEE YOURSELVES AND WHAT
WE'RE DOING AND YOU KNOW, TELL
LAKISHA.
GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU BECAUSE
I'M NOT A PARENT.
YOU TOO.
ARE YOU?
BUT THIS IS IT TAKES A VILLAGE.
RIGHT.
AND SO IF SHE REALLY WANTS US
TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THESE
EFFORTS, FORCE ARKOMA AND
DESTINY'S MEMORY, THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
.
WE'RE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO DO
THAT.
RANDALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS STORY SEKINE WE'RE NOT
WE'RE >> NOT DONE, GUYS.
WE HAVE MORE OF HER STORY
TOMORROW.
SHE'S SHE'S GOING TO CONTINUE
TO RAISE AWARENESS THAT SHE'S
DOING IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE THAT STORY
TOMORROW.
SO LAKISHA, WE'RE THINKING OF