Coconut Creek, FL Health & Wellness

Fighting for Chansen: “Are You Afraid of Dying?”….”Not Today”

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By DESTINY HAGGETT

February 6, 2023

COCONUT CREEK, FL – Editor’s Note: A 22-year-old Coral Springs resident Chansen Savakinus is fighting a rare cancer. His mother, Destiny Haggett, who works at Wynmoor Center for the Performing Arts in Coconut Creek, is chronicling the experience in a series of articles for TAPinto Coconut ...

Coconut Creek High School Grad Leaves Hospital After 47 Days of Fighting Cancer and Internal Bleeding

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COCONUT CREEK, FL – For 47 days, a woman who graduated from Coconut Creek High School lay in a hospital bed fighting to stay alive against an aggressive cancer and internal bleeding. There were moments when Gail “Bunny” Ellis almost didn’t make it, her husband David Wagie said. But this week, ...