LEXINGTON/DANVILLE, KY. (LEX18) — A Danville family is facing an overwhelming challenge as their 19-month-old daughter battles a rare form of cancer while they struggle to keep up with the financial demands of her life-saving treatment.

Nineteen-month-old Mariah Way is a bubbly, happy, and talkative toddler who has been fighting for her life since birth.

When Mariah was born, doctors immediately recognized something was wrong. Her mother, Deborah Way, learned her daughter had CLOACA, a rare genetic disorder where the digestive and reproductive tracts are fused together. This condition requires Mariah to eat through a feeding tube and use a colostomy bag.

"Whenever she was born, they instantly realized she had something weird going on, and they came back and told me it was a CLOACA ano

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