OREM, Utah — A Utah native and her 4-year-old son are facing the unimaginable: they were both diagnosed with cancer on the same day, just one hour apart.

Britney McRae, a mother of three, and her son Jamon learned of their diagnoses last month.

Jamon has a rare pediatric brain tumor called ependymoma, while Britney is battling gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, a cancer that developed after a molar pregnancy.

“My wife’s [cancer] actually has a pretty good cure rate,” husband and father Jake McRae said. “My son’s is not as good a cure rate, but we’re kind of hopeful that he falls into the good percentage range of that.”

Britney and Jake McRae both grew up and met in Orem. Jake’s job as a medical doctor moved them to Medford, Oregon, most recently.

The family lives six hours from the

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