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September 22, 2022 16 mins
Each cancer journey is different. For Jennings, it’s meant years of treatment, hundreds of highway miles between his home state and St. Jude in Tennessee, and two bone marrow transplants. St. Jude Inspire writer Karina Bland tells the story of Jennings through the eyes of his dad Joel.

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Read a transcript of this episode:
https://www.stjude.org/inspire/podcasts/audio-stories/the-long-road-home.html

Read the story about Jennings and his family:
https://www.stjude.org/inspire/series/home-from-st-jude/long-journey-ends-with-long-ride-home-from-st-jude.html

Donate to St. Jude:
https://www.stjude.org/inspire

Credits: Hosted by Geoffrey Redick. Reported by Karina Bland. Edited by Grace Korzekwa Evans. Louis Graham is the Executive Producer of St. Jude Inspire.
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