DAWSONVILLE, Ga. - In Dawson County, a tight-knit community is rallying behind a 2-year-old girl battling leukemia, showing just how far neighbors will go to help one of their own.

Two-and-a-half-year-old Noa Ramirez was diagnosed last summer with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of childhood leukemia. Her parents, Lucas and Kayleigh Ramirez, say the diagnosis came as a shock when she was only 16 months old.

What they're saying:

"The only word I heard was cancer," her father said. "I went down to a dark place. Oh my goodness, how many more days do we have?"

Her mother remembers the moment she knew something was wrong. "The day she was diagnosed she slept in. Very unusual for her. She wouldn’t wake up," Kayleigh said.

Since then, Noa has endured tough days fi

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