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Calkins: A 29-year-old woman is about to rocket Memphis and St. Jude into space

This article originally appeared at dailymemphian.com on September 15th, 2021
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Colleen Arceneaux was making pancakes with her 10-year-old daughter, Hayley, when she remembered that Hayley had been limping a bit.  

“Hey, let me take a look at your knee,” she said.

Moments later, she gasped.

There was a lump. It didn’t feel like just any old lump.

And that is how this story began.

It is a story about hope and science and how far those both can take us.

It is a story about Danny Thomas and Elon Musk and the power of big dreams.

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