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A three-year-old battling leukemia had her spirits boosted when she was emotionally reunited with her twin sister after days apart during chemo. Mom Brianna Black, 31, from Little River, South Carolina, said three-year-olds Maverick and Millie share an unbreakable bond with the pair having never been separated before Millie's sudden diagnosis. On January 22, the family was left in complete shock when Millie was diagnosed with High-Risk B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL). The diagnosis resulted in an initial 14-day hospital admission to begin treatment, marking the first time the inseparable sisters had ever been apart. Since then, Millie has endured multiple admissions at the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, keeping the girls separated for days at a time. Because the family lives nearly three hours away, daily travel isn't possible, so the sisters rely on FaceTime calls every day to stay connected. However, when Millie is feeling up to it, Maverick makes the six-hour round trip for weekly clinic appointments, spending time in the car chatting and singing together. Their bond was captured in a heartwarming video on July 2, when Maverick visited the hospital after the girls had been separated for four long days.
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00:00These twins had never spent a single day apart
00:02until their world was turned upside down.
00:05For three-year-olds Maverick and Millie,
00:07life was one big inseparable adventure.
00:09But in January, Millie was suddenly diagnosed
00:11with high-risk leukemia.
00:13An emergency 14-day hospital stay
00:15meant the girls were separated for the very first time.
00:21With the hospital a three-hour drive away,
00:24daily visits just aren't possible.
00:26But whenever Millie is feeling up to it,
00:28Maverick makes the six-hour roundtrip
00:30just to be by her side.
00:31After four painfully long days apart,
00:33Maverick made a very special visit.
00:45Without missing a beat,
00:47they went right back into play mode
00:48until their heads hit the pillow.
00:56Mom, Brianna, told us, being together is the best form of medicine for Millie.
01:00She has days when she's very down,
01:02but the second her sister arrives, everything changes.
01:04The family hopes sharing Millie's journey
01:06will spark conversations around the realities of childhood cancer
01:09and highlight the need to support research for new, improved, and less toxic treatments.
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