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The four friends, who met for the first time in 2016 during treatment, gathered for the touching photo during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
(Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital)
Four little girls who all faced cancer together at Johns Hopkins' All Children's Hospital in Florida met at the beginning of the month to make a monumental photo.
"They all had active treatment the first time," Alyssa Luciano, whose daughter Ava was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, told her 13 news, like her friends Lauren and McKinley. "It's amazing how much they have become little bald babies."
The fourth member of their group, Chloe, was diagnosed with rare lung cancer at about the same time.
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The first time, the four girls, now all four to five years old, gathered for a photo shoot in September 2016 and were all dressed in pink. According to the hospital's blog, the photo shoot was on the fly, but the girls quickly became friends in the ward during treatment.
This year marks the first time that the four girls have finished their treatments.
(Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital.)
In September 2017, they gathered again for a special photo wearing t-shirts with motivational words on them. But this time, the girls were all able to don gold "surviving" T-shirts, making the photo even more meaningful.
"We're done," Lauren's mother, Shawna Glynn, told reporters. "She just rang the bell to signify that she finished her treatment last Monday."
Glynn said the circumstances surrounding the girls' friendship made it easier for them.
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"She is 3 years old and does not have hair, but all her friends in the hospital look the same, so it gave her some normalcy."
McKinley's mother, Karen Moore, said it was also reassuring for the parents, who soon realized they were not alone.
"Just having other mothers to talk to was phenomenal," she told Fox 13 News. "Just so that other people go through like us."
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and mothers said they plan to see each other again next year for another photo to track girls' healing.
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