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From being told she had 3 days to live to running her 1st 5K race, Amanda Fischer believes in miracles
For Fischer and her son, Paul Benally, the first health scare came 11 years ago when he was bit by a mosquito and contracted encephalitis, which caused his brain to swell. That was only the beginning.