{"id":34434,"date":"2025-12-09T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imagineformargo.org\/?p=34434"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:59:17","slug":"the-fight-against-cancer-a-family-story-hortenses-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imagineformargo.org\/en\/the-fight-against-cancer-a-family-story-hortenses-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"The fight against cancer, a family story: Hortense’s testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hortense<\/p>\n

At 26, Hortense is a pediatric intern and the big sister of Ostian, 15, who was diagnosed five years ago with a brain tumor<\/a>. Her story serves as a powerful reminder: behind every sick child is an entire family fighting cancer, hoping, and needing our support.<\/p>\n

When Cancer Shakes an Entire Family<\/h2>\n

\u201cIllness is like anything else in life. You fall in love, you get pregnant\u2026 it just happens to you, and you can\u2019t always see it coming,\u201d says Hortense. For this family with five children, Ostian\u2019s diagnosis was an earthquake that struck every member, profoundly transforming their bonds and their daily lives.<\/p>\n

But from this upheaval emerged an unexpected strength. \u201cWe became much closer as siblings,\u201d she explains. The children learned to open up, to share their frustrations, their fears, and their hopes. And above all, they discovered in their little brother an extraordinary courage.<\/p>\n