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<\/p>\nA terrifying medical emergency nearly took a young woman\u2019s life, and for months, she didn\u2019t even know cancer was the cause.<\/p>\n
Frida Sofia was just a high school senior when routine health checks for her Certified Nursing Assistant program in June 2023 revealed something was wrong. <\/p>\n
Doctors discovered she was severely anemic, requiring weekly iron infusions throughout her senior year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey found that I was severely anemic, so I had to get iron infusions every Friday of my senior year,\u201d Frida said.<\/p>\n
By March 2024, doctors believed her condition had stabilized enough for her to scale back treatment.<\/p>\n
But just two months later, what should have been one of the happiest nights of her life took a sudden turn.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt prom, I threw up blood,\u201d Frida said. \u201cThat night the ambulance took me to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her condition quickly became critical.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy blood pressure was 60-something or 40-something, and I was dying,\u201d she says. \u201cThey had to do a bunch of blood transfusions and plasma. They told me I was going to die.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doctors performed an emergency endoscopy early that morning and discovered three tumors in her stomach. <\/p>\n
Frida was bleeding internally and diagnosed with Stage 3 gastrointestinal stromal tumor, along with Von Willebrand disease, a rare blood disorder.<\/p>\n
Surgery successfully removed all three tumors, but recovery was long and painful. <\/p>\n
Through it all, Frida\u2019s mother never left her side.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mom has really been the only one there for me,\u201d Frida says. \u201cShe was there holding my hand when I was dying.\u201d<\/p>\n
With constant hospital visits and recovery appointments, Frida\u2019s mom couldn\u2019t hold a traditional job. <\/p>\n
Instead, she found another way to support her family and stay close to her daughter. <\/p>\n
From their home, she began making chamoy gummies and turned it into a small business called Frida Sofia\u2019s Gummies.<\/p>\n
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20-year-old Fresno cancer survivor’s journey inspires mother-daughter business. (Photo: FOX26 News Reporter Mayra Franco)<\/p>\n
Each bag sells for about $10 to $12, helping cover medical costs and keep the family afloat while allowing her mom to be present for every appointment.<\/p>\n
Today, Frida is cancer-free. She still undergoes MRI checkups every four months, and her mom is still right there beside her, made possible by every bag of candy sold.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been through a lot, but I\u2019m still here,\u201d Frida says. \u201cI was told I was going to die. I was told that was it for me. But now I don\u2019t have cancer anymore. I\u2019m in school to be a doctor. I want to be an oncologist so I can help patients who have what I had.\u201d<\/p>\n
The business has gained attention online. <\/p>\n
A TikTok video sharing Frida\u2019s story has already received more than 43,000 views.<\/p>\n
Frida Sofia\u2019s Gummies are available on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram. <\/p>\n
Contact Information: You can also place orders at (559) 545-8861.<\/p>\n
Instagram Handle: @frida.sofia77<\/p>\n
TikTok Handle: @rosysaavedra213<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A terrifying medical emergency nearly took a young woman\u2019s life, and for months, she didn\u2019t even know cancer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-166346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}