Breast cancer survivor Aimee Parini in her parent's Point Pleasant, NJ home. Shortly after being diagnosed, Aimee, her husband Chris, and the couple's four-year-old son Gregory moved back home from Florida for treatment and family support. Parini has now completed chemotherapy and will soon undergo a bilateral mastectomy and breast reconstruction.
East Brunswick plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Herbstman examines Aimee during a pre-operative consultation.
Aimee is chased by her four-year-old son Gregory.
Aimee smiles while resting in a pre-op quiet room prior to double mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery.
Chris Parani, left, sits with his mother-in-law Millie Fraley and sister-in-law Kim Pope, in a family waiting area, while Aimee is in surgery.
Surgical oncologist Laurie Kirstein, MD, and plastic surgeon Robert Herbstman, MD, scrub prior to performing a bi-lateral mastectomy and reconstruction on Aimee.
Chris Parani waits for his wife's surgery to be completed.
A week after her surgery, Aimee Parani holds her newborn daughter Paige.
