Clarke High School field hockey player Rebecca Palumbo owes it all to an Australian shepherd. She started to feel a strange pain in her stomach. That’s when Willow, her friend’s Australian shepherd, stepped in. “I was at my friend’s house waiting to go bowling later that night, and my stomach started to hurt,” she said. “Her dog stepped on my stomach and it hurt really bad, to the point where I couldn’t go down the stairs without stomach pain.” An MRI revealed a large tumor on her right ovary. Days after doctors removed the tumor, Palumbo was diagnosed with Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. And after four months of chemotherapy, she was cancer-free. Now the only thing on her mind was getting back on the field in time for the season. Link in bio to read more about her road to recovery. - - #longisland #longislandny #liny #longislandnewyork #hssports #highschoolsports #fieldhockey #nonhodgkinslymphoma #cancerfree #nassaucounty #nassaucountyny #westbury #fieldhockeyplayer #linkinbio