And she had to be … because she faced and beat cancer not once, but TWICE.

She beat it once as a toddler and then again at age 15 when she was in high school.

Throughout everything, she maintained one dream as she battled a very rare type of cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma, which affects the connective tissue.

That dream involved coming back to the place of her healing, the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Cancer Center.

But not to fight another disease that threatened to ravage her body; to help cure diseases that assaulted others.

She decided she would become a nurse and she only wanted to be a nurse at this one institution, the one that meant so much to her.

Amazingly enough, that’s exactly what happened.

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As Montana told WSB-TV Atlanta:

“The nurses here, as great as they were when I was 2 — from what my mom says — they were extremely loving and caring and compassionate.

And, just the love they showed me and my family in our time of need just really helped me.”

I really wanted to be that person where when I said, ‘Hey, I totally understand. This is where I was. This is where I am now.’

That me and my patients would form a bond. I’m not walking through the doors as a patient anymore. I am walking through as a staff member.“

It’s one of the most inspirational stories you will ever hear, especially because it involves a huge victory: Man (or in this case, woman) over a fatal disease!

On top of which, her dreams of helping others are now coming true.

This is exactly the sort of story you should share with everyone, especially those who might be feeling a little down…

Source: WSB-TV Atlanta

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Obviously, she knew she’d have a battle ahead of her, though she was thankful for her friends and family, who would be there to support her every step of the way.

As any doctor will tell you, it’s absolutely critical to have that support and Amy was lucky enough to have it. She also proved to be one heckuva fighter because she battled well.

Her best friend and neighbor, Tera Kiser, was with her throughout the painful process, from the initial diagnosis to the start of the grueling chemotherapy treatments.

Friends like that aren’t exactly a dime a dozen, and you can bet Amy was thankful for Tera’s kindness. When you’re fighting for your life, you need every ounce of compassion and assistance you can find.

But Tera wasn’t about to stop when Amy finally emerged from the hospital cancer-free.

In fact, that’s exactly when she kicked things up a notch.

To celebrate the last day of chemo, Tera gathered Amy’s friends and neighbors and organized a special parade in the street in front of their houses. As you might expect, Amy was stunned and overjoyed.

“I just felt like the Lord gave me the idea,” Kiser, 41, told TODAY.

“The minute she pulled into the neighborhood we could have people there with signs just to celebrate her last treatment.”

Tera planned the event for weeks; she even created a secret Facebook group to help, and the turnout was stellar.

As for the cancer survivor, she never expected a thing. But when she walked outside her door and saw it, she could do nothing but gasp and hug her friend.

“When I opened my garage door and saw everybody I was just completely astonished.

The fact that I got to go and hug every single person out there and tell them thank you — I could have stayed out there all day.”

In one final vivid display of humanitarian goodness, attendees held a balloon that symbolized one of Amy’s chemo treatments. Amy’s family got the last four, of course.

And when the time was right, everyone released them to the sky…goodbye chemo, goodbye cancer, hello LIFE!

Tera had only one thing to say when asked why she did all this:

“Anybody who goes through this deserves a parade. Cancer is awful.”

This is one of those amazing stories that demonstrates the lengths to which good friends and neighbors will go when someone is in danger.

And also proves, once and for all, that we should always support those who fight, in more ways than one.

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Source: Today

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