Kayla Funk was 18 years old and ready to launch into her young adult life when she started developing strange health symptoms while serving on a mission trip in Kenya. She was soon diagnosed with neuroblastoma, which is typically diagnosed in children under five. On this podcast, she shares with Chris and Christy about the struggle of being ready to be an adult while being thrust back into a world where she was treated like a child and having to fight for her own voice in the children's healthcare system. Kayla also shares openly about the challenges of navigating her independence from her parents throughout her diagnosis and treatment as a young adult, and about her fight to regain the ability to walk and recover her motor skills. She closes the conversation by sharing about what her life is like now, including working at the non-profit she and her family started to fund research to end childhood cancer.
