Doctors found a 20-pound tumor growing inside her body. Her music teacher refused to let her face it alone.

Doctors found a 20-pound tumor growing inside her body. Her music teacher refused to let her face it alone.

BLACKSTONE, Va. Khalani Jennings, a 7-year-old from Blackstone, Virginia, rang the bell this month, officially marking the end of her cancer treatment. Her cancer journey started in the fall when Khalani was experiencing unbearable pain on her right side. Her mom took her to the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU where, in October, she was diagnosed with a large cancerous tumor on her liver. "It was an embryonal sarcoma, which is very rare,"…

Doctors Found a 20-Pound Tumor. Her Teacher Refused to Let Her Fight Alone

While Khalani endured surgeries and months of chemotherapy, her music teacher stepped in with a simple mission: remind her student that an entire school community was still singing beside her.