ELKO, Ga. — With Thanksgiving gratitude in the air, a Houston County family is sharing their daughter’s story of her battle with cancer and how the community helped them when they needed it most.

“The day we got the news was one of the hardest days of our lives,” her father Clay Dykes said.

A diagnosis turned the family’s world upside down.

“We didn't know what to think of it, it didn't make sense to us,” Clay said.

At three years old, Delaney Dykes was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

“The night we got the news, we were called by their chief neurosurgeon up in Atlanta, and they wanted us there as soon as possible,” Clay said.

After Thanksgiving in 2022, Delaney’s parents, Clay and Jennifer Dykes, noticed some issues with her eyesight. They scheduled a brain MRI, and that decision saved

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