Laura Kelly Fanucci, a 43-year-old writer, received shocking news on Easter Monday of 2023: She had invasive ductal carcinoma in her right breast. The stage wasn’t clear, but it was triple-negative, a particularly aggressive and rare form of breast cancer. She and her husband, Franco, told their five sons, now ages 4 to 14, all members of St. Joseph the Worker in Maple Grove. One year later — after multiple rounds of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and surgeries — she is cancer-free.
