CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — According to St. Jude's Research Hospital, more than 290 children and adolescents in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer every week. September marks Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, a time to remember these young patients and their families.

Diana Colin and her family keeps albums filled with photos of 9-year-old Neveyah Reyes, who passed away on December 6, 2019, just six months after being diagnosed with leukemia.

"She helped me in gardening. She was my dancing partner when she was a little girl. You know, just little things like that," Colin said.

Michelle Benavides, Neveyah's grandmother, recalls the confusing symptoms that preceded the diagnosis.

"They couldn't figure out what was going on, she'd be hungry but couldn't stomach eating or felt like she had to

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