24
March
2015
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04:10 AM
America/Chicago

Teen fights rare cancer, faces insurance delays

Levi Ross, 18, was diagnosed last month, but has not yet been treated because of insurance issues. While Ross's efforts to beat the cancer have doubled, so has his tumor.

"I will not give up," Ross said. 

The Prairie View High School senior learned in February that he has a rare and aggressive cancer in his spinal cord.

"I was kind of lost and a little bit in shock, I think," he said. "Just like, 'Wow. This is happening to me.'"

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