IDAHO FALLS — Kindi Barrie has faced challenge after challenge in her 16 years. Recently, her right foot was amputated in hopes of stopping the spread of cancer. But the cancer is now in her lungs, and she is doing what she can to remain positive.

2023: Cancer diagnosis

Kindi is a Thunder Ridge High School student in Idaho Falls. In July 2023, when she was 14 years old, she noticed a bump on her right foot. It began growing quickly and made it hard for her to walk or run.

“It hurt pretty bad. If I barely even touched the bump or anything, it would just throb for five minutes straight, just severe pain,” Kindi said. “I couldn’t even wear shoes normally.”

Her mother, Maria, said that after an MRI, they were sent to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. That August, Kindi was dia

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