text:  clear scan in a row if they're good. So I am feeling more hopeful as I continue to stack up more clear scans in a row. A lot of people with this disease don't always do well. So I know I'm one of the lucky ones and I really don't take it for granted at all. Alexa is 33 years old now. Her son, who was just over a year old when she was diagnosed, is now five.