Brazilian expat Leda Fagundes, 41, had just relocated to Dubai when news hit her that she was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. She took the news in her stride but her husband Jiri van Scherpenzeel was heart-broken. Leda was then only a mother of a three year old boy, Antoni. Her husband Jiri thought their small happy family would see the end of light. But that was not how Leda felt.

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