<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blog/sydney-reeps-journey-of-resilience.html" dsn="news"><title>Sydney Reep’s Journey of Resilience, Healing, and Becoming the Nurse They Needed</title><item_date>06/01/2026 09:42:50 AM</item_date><item_updated/><author/><summary>At just 13 years old, Sydney Reep walked into a hospital room to visit their dad after his stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis. That single experience launched a decade and a half of navigating cancer, caregiving, and eventually finding their calling in nursing.</summary><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><image-mobile><img src="" alt=""/></image-mobile><thumbnail><img src="/_resources/images/blog/sydney-reep/sydney-reep-1.webp" alt="Sydney Reep"/></thumbnail><featured/><featured-image-1><img src="" alt=""/></featured-image-1><featured-image-2><img src="" alt=""/></featured-image-2></item>