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September 19, 2023 40 mins

How does any parent cope when the doctors tell you that your daughter has an eight percent chance of surviving more than five years?

HOPE is a Way to Escape Your Fear

Michael Schnabel heard that devastating news that left him weak and defenseless – until he formed a support group to move forward to save her life.

In each person's life, some events forever change their course. Twenty-seven-year-old Stephanie experienced two of these events in fourteen days; the birth of her only child and the discovery that she only had an eight percent chance of living.

She is haunted by the thought that this baby will only know her through pictures and she makes that mental image her motivation to survive.

Michael Schnabel is the author of Daddy’s Girl: A Father, His Daughter, and the Deadly Battle She Won. Michael is a graduate of Northern State University who developed his passion for writing and storytelling during his thirty-year career at Bristol-Meyers Squibb. 

Michael chronicles the powerful story of his daughter's fight to survive her cancer diagnosis to live life with her newborn son and the author's grandson. She became a warrior and provided hope for others. 

Listen to this fantastic story of one family facing the most daunting circumstances and how three generations of a family respond to the crisis. This story illuminates a range of emotions and delivers them with humor, love -- and some miracles!


 
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How does a young mother overcome an eight percent chance of living to raise her newborn son? She becomes a warrior and provides hope for others. Daddy's Girl is the story of a father, his daughter, and the deadly battle she won.

In each person's life, some events forever change their course. Twenty-seven-year-old Stephanie experienced two of these events in fourteen days; the birth of her only child and the discovery that she has an eight percent chance of living. She is haunted by the thought that this baby will only know her through pictures until she makes that thought her motivation to survive.

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