Kenosha’s Lilly Nielsson is a paraplegic, cancer survivor living her best life [Video]

Kenosha’s Lilly Nielsson had every right in the world to say, ‘Why me?”

“I think the more positive you are, the better life turns out for you,” Nielsson said.

Nielsson, 59, is the honorary survivor at Friday’s 31st annual Relay for Life of Racine at Campus Park in Mount Pleasant.

In 2011, she became a paraplegic following a car accident. But she didn’t let that slow her down.

Eight years later, she competed in a triathlon and injured her leg. When she went in for treatment, doctors discovered ovarian cancer.

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