Zaraya Blunt is battling for her life.But that doesn’t stop the 8-year-old from smiling as she serves hot pink lemonade for $2, raising money to help her family with medical expenditures.Zaraya was diagnosed with leukemia in March and heads back to the hospital Monday morning for her third round of chemotherapy.“After I take medicine, I feel sleepy,” Zaraya said. “But then I wake up and start feeling better and better and better.”Between hospital visits, Zaraya and her grandmother decided to get creative.“All those days in Blank Children’s Hospital, she got bored,” Zaraya’s grandmother, Nikki Collins, said. “She wanted lemonade. Every time she ordered food, she wanted lemonade.”Zaraya’s grandmother wanted cranberry juice. So the pair created a thirst-quenching drink Zaraya could sell.“I’m doing this so I can fight my lymonia (sic),” Zaraya said.She said she wants to do what she can to help pay for her treatment.Zaraya’s mother, Desiree, said she is proud of her daughter and how she is battling the cancer.“I’m just trying to stay positive and motivated for her,” Desiree Blunt said. “It’s hard for me. It’s hard for her. She has been through a lot.”With a lot of love and a love of life, Zaraya’s family said her prognosis is positive.“I am very proud of her,” Desiree Blunt said. “Who wouldn’t be? She is a fighter.”

Zaraya Blunt is battling for her life.

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But that doesn’t stop the 8-year-old from smiling as she serves hot pink lemonade for $2, raising money to help her family with medical expenditures.

Zaraya was diagnosed with leukemia in March and heads back to the hospital Monday morning for her third round of chemotherapy.

“After I take medicine, I feel sleepy,” Zaraya said. “But then I wake up and start feeling better and better and better.”

Between hospital visits, Zaraya and her grandmother decided to get creative.

“All those days in Blank Children’s Hospital, she got bored,” Zaraya’s grandmother, Nikki Collins, said. “She wanted lemonade. Every time she ordered food, she wanted lemonade.”

Zaraya’s grandmother wanted cranberry juice. So the pair created a thirst-quenching drink Zaraya could sell.

“I’m doing this so I can fight my lymonia (sic),” Zaraya said.

She said she wants to do what she can to help pay for her treatment.

Zaraya’s mother, Desiree, said she is proud of her daughter and how she is battling the cancer.

“I’m just trying to stay positive and motivated for her,” Desiree Blunt said. “It’s hard for me. It’s hard for her. She has been through a lot.”

With a lot of love and a love of life, Zaraya’s family said her prognosis is positive.

“I am very proud of her,” Desiree Blunt said. “Who wouldn’t be? She is a fighter.”