Lucia’s Fight - Melanie Ramirez on Her Daughter’s Battle and the Meaning of Community

21/11/2025 21 min
Lucia’s Fight - Melanie Ramirez on Her Daughter’s Battle and the Meaning of Community

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Episode Synopsis

This year’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Jacksonport will benefit eight-year-old Lucia Ramirez, who is battling leukemia. Her mother, Melanie, joins Myles Dannhausen Jr. to talk about how Lucia is fighting and how she and her husband and seven daughters are juggling life and trips to the hospital as they support her, and how the support of the community is helping them beyond finances.