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Given Just 8 Months to Live, Teen Graduates Cancer-Free 4 Years Later Thanks to Doctor’s Promise (Watch)

Dylan Mwaniki was diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer at age 14 in 2022. Despite a prognosis of eight months to live, he is now cancer-free and has graduated from high school. His surgeon, Dr. Mary Austin, flew in to surprise him at his graduation ceremony.

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  1. Kansas City Teen Beats Stage 4 Kidney Cancer to Graduate High School

    Dylan Mwaniki was diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer at age 14 in 2022. Despite a prognosis of eight months to live, he is now cancer-free and has graduated from high school. His surgeon, Dr. Mary Austin, flew in to surprise him at his graduation ceremony.

    What's confirmed:

    • Dylan Mwaniki was diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer in 2022 at the age of 14.
    • Mwaniki was given eight months to live following his diagnosis.
    • Mwaniki is now cancer-free and graduated from high school four years after his diagnosis.
    • Dr. Mary Austin flew in to surprise Mwaniki at his graduation to keep a promise.
    • Mwaniki is from Kansas City, Missouri.

    Still unconfirmed:

    • Mwaniki underwent 52 weeks of chemotherapy.
    • The cancer was a rare form of kidney cancer.
    • Mwaniki was healed by God.
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