Cancer battle inspires Memorial softball team
April 27th, 2010
… That was the Friday before spring break. Young spent the next five days in the hospital undergoing tests.
She was released on a Wednesday and told to come back the following day. When she arrived, she was told she had Stage 4 lung cancer. The prognosis: Young had three to eight months to live.
She had no symptoms, but her lungs were covered with tumors, and she had damage to her liver and hip bones. Young, 43, never smoked a cigarette and had always been athletic and healthy.