{"id":174745,"date":"2024-08-09T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/she-wasnt-supposed-to-live-past-age-8-now-shes-fighting-to-help-others-with-this-deadly-disease\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:00:15","slug":"she-wasnt-supposed-to-live-past-age-8-now-shes-fighting-to-help-others-with-this-deadly-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/she-wasnt-supposed-to-live-past-age-8-now-shes-fighting-to-help-others-with-this-deadly-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"She wasn&#8217;t supposed to live past age 8. Now she&#8217;s fighting to help others with this deadly disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/v5CAHYbGcUY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"She wasn't supposed to live past age 8. 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