{"id":272945,"date":"2026-04-17T18:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272945\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:28:10","slug":"fresno-cancer-survivor-meets-life-saving-stem-cell-donor-runs-disney-race-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272945\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno cancer survivor meets life-saving stem cell donor, runs Disney race together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 An emotional moment happened at Walt Disney World as a cancer survivor from Fresno met the man who helped save her life.<\/p>\n<p>Abby Hudak, who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of blood cancer in 2022, met her stem cell donor, Lewis Haggerty of Scotland, during the runDisney Springtime Surprise Weekend.<\/p>\n<p><p>Fresno cancer survivor meets life-saving stem cell donor, runs Disney race together (Video: Disney\/Abby Hudak)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Haggerty\u2019s donation in 2023 gave Hudak a second chance at life.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/features\/fresno-county-superstar\/aprils-superintendent-superstar-is-riverdale-elementarys-anise-albizu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April&#8217;s Superintendent Superstar is Riverdale Elementary&#8217;s Anise Albizu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two are now celebrating that journey by running a 5K together.<\/p>\n<p>Hudak underwent months of intense chemotherapy before receiving the transplant, which was facilitated by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP).<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by her experience, she now works for the nonprofit, helping guide others through the donor process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 An emotional moment happened at Walt Disney World as a cancer survivor from Fresno&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-272945","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\/272945","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=272945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}