ANKENY, Iowa —

It was a sea of red, white, and gold in Ankeny as Blood Cancer United — formerly known as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society — celebrated its annual Light the Night walk Saturday night.

The event honors the legacies and celebrates the survival of those affected by blood cancer.

One of those survivors is Dianne Callahan.

"I started having pain in all my bones, and that led to going to the ER in a wheelchair because I couldn't walk anymore," Callahan said.

She shared her initial stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis.

She's since survived cancer four times.

"You have to face the fact that your life may not be as long as you hoped," she said.

And she's not alone. According to Blood Cancer United, almost 200,000 individuals were estimated to have been diagnosed with bloo

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