Two-year-old with rare stage 4 cancer defies odds and walks just months after surgery left her paralyzed

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A two-year-old with stage 4 cancer has stunned doctors by learning to walk less than two years after a previous surgery left her paralyzed from the chest down.

Zéa Lane was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at three months old after her parents took her to a Miami hospital for a 106 degree fever.

The doctors decided to do an MRI scan on Zéa, which revealed cancerous tumors everywhere including a large tumor pressing against her spinal cord.

After debating treatment options, her parents agreed to let the surgeons remove the spinal tumor, which paralyzed Zéa from the chest down.

But two years later, Zéa has defied odds by successfully battling all of the tumors in her body except for a small sliver that remains between her lungs and spine. 

She has also learned to walk with assisted devices despite her doctors originally saying she would never have that ability. 

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