It may have taken five whole years, but today, Reta Ritondaro is finally cancer-free!
The Willoughby, Ohio, woman was diagnosed with lung cancer, and the disease claimed one lung, also spreading to the other. But getting back her good health wasn't easy: it took a whopping 312 chemotherapy treatments to save her from the deadly disease, as well as an experimental drug.
If finishing her last chemotherapy session wasn't uplifting enough for Reta, little did she know that she has a surprise waiting for her in the hospital hallway! When she walked out of treatment room, she saw a sight that brought tears to her eyes… About 70 of her family, friends, and well-wishers who had congregated, standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the hallway, to congratulate her mere moments after her doctor's positive prognosis.
As she made her way down the hallway, she thanked everyone who had come to see her.
"Each and every one of them know what I'm talking about. They know what they mean to me. I am so lucky; I am so blessed,” she said.
The emotional moment was organized by Reta's daughter, Melissa.
Reta also signed a tree painted on one of the hospital walls and rung a symbolic bell — both actions usually performed by those who have successfully finished their chemotherapy treatments.
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