Shortly after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, Jaycee Fixsen didn't want to look at her phone and she didn't understand the outpouring of support.
She was angry.
Medically, there wasn't a history or anything she thought would have led her to have cancer. It just happened, which made her angrier.
"I didn't do something good," Fixsen told herself. "It was hard being recognized for something that I feel like shouldn't have happened to me."
For the longest time, Fixsen searched for the reason why. Even after beating cancer, she's still not sure.
But now the recent Nixa standout and current freshman for the Missouri State volleyball team knows her story can provide strength and inspiration for others.