麦肯齐·保罗于2023年8月在抖音分享了她的癌症诊断后首次走红网络,享年26岁。
她的丈夫布兰登在发布到抖音的视频中证实了她的死讯,他在视频中向一直跟踪她的健康之旅的追随者发表了讲话。
“你知道,肯齐现在在天堂,”他说。“自私地说,我希望她在这里,仍然和我在一起,这将需要我的整个余生来克服这一点。但有一件事我真的真的很高兴,那就是她不再痛苦了。”
“在过去的两年半时间里,我有幸娶到了世上最好的女人,”布兰登继续说道。“我也不得不看到她经历了一些非常非常艰难的时期,你知道,在社交媒体方面,她非常透明,但有时她在重症监护室,她不能自主呼吸——我们没有人真正分享——她能走到这一步是一个奇迹。”
“这感觉甚至都不真实,”他补充道。“我感谢所有的祈祷…但我只是想上台告诉大家,因为我知道每个人都想知道肯齐怎么样了…她是我的支柱,她是我最好的朋友,她将永远是我最好的朋友。”
Paul first spoke publicly a
bout her diagnosis in October 2023, when she revealed she had acute myeloid leukemia while studying as a second-year medical student at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
The former Lake Superior State University athlete said she went to the doctor after feeling dizzy during a clinical rotation.
“Other than being more tired, I really didn’t have any symptoms,” she said. “My whole life I’ve been really healthy. I was a college athlete. But I remember looking at my labs and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is horrible.䜦
After sharing her story on TikTok and Instagram, Paul built a following of nearly 30,000 people and launched her daily series, #TakingBackWhatCancerTookFromMe, wher
e she docu
mented small perso
nal victories throughout treatment.
她在2025年11月说:“我不知道这段旅程会有多么具有挑战性。”。“我相信我会接受干细胞移植,然后回到医学院学生的生活。我从来没有想到,两年多后,我仍然在为我的生命而战,现在,为了一个奇迹。”