Susan McDevitt
One day in 2011, Susan McDevitt, who had seven kids ranging from toddlerhood to college-aged, found herself overcome by abdominal pain. Suspecting appendicitis, she drove from her home in Madison, Conn., to nearby Yale New Haven Hospital, where tests confirmed her suspicion. But when she was told the underlying cause, “my life changed that second.”
Doctors told her that a 10-cm malignant tumor in her large intestine near her appendix triggered the inflammation. They