A Texas meteorologist is fighting a very rare and aggressive form of kidney cancer, she revealed over the weekend.
KRIS-6's Diamond Dickson, 28, made her diagnosis known to viewers in a self-filmed social media video Saturday after disappearing from TV screens in December.
'The past few months have been the hardest of my life,' she said, visibly emotional.
Dickson revealed that she was diagnosed in February with what she framed as 'the most deadly kidney cancer someone can have.'
Doctors told her the chances of survival are 'low' and that there is 'technically no cure', she recalled.
'Press for those extra tests, those labs, whatever it is - scans, images, do it all. Because it can quite literally save your life,' Dickson told fans in Corpus Christi.
In a caption, she added that she was leaning on her faith during treatment.
'I have to beat it,' Dickson declared. 'Most days I'm completely depleted of energy, but my faith keeps me going.'
Corpus Christi NBC affiliate KRIS 6 meteorologist Diamond Dickson, 28, has revealed is fighting 'the most deadly kidney cancer someone can have.'
Dickson made her diagnosis known to viewers in a self-filmed video posted to Instagram on Saturday. She was visibly emotional but said she will continue to fight thanks to her faith.
She pointed to what she put as her 'fighter spirit' as proof.
'I refuse to let this cancer take me out,' Dickson said. 'I'm not done living in my purpose; therefore, in Jesus name, I'm already healed.'
The treatment has already 'tested [her] body in unimaginable ways,' she wrote.
Past posts from the journalist had shown trips to the hospital, including one in December during a week-long stay for what was then described as issues with her kidneys.
'What I thought was a severe kidney infection turned out not to be. Doctors here are calling me a rare/unicorn case because I'm healthy, eat well, and work out, but I still have rare symptoms,' Dickson wrote at the time, still without a diagnosis.
'I was barely walking on my own from how intense the pain was,' she wrote.
Dickson is now undergoing chemotherapy and is slated for kidney removal surgery, according to her update.
'This is a tough journey, an ugly one too, but I know God wouldn't have me fighting this beast if he wasn't going to do it with me,' Dickson told followers who have come to know her in Corpus Christi.
Previous posts from the journalist - who has been a part of the station's weather team for more than two years - showed posts to the hospital. She was diagnosed in February following weeks of scans and emergency room visits.
Dickson - seen here as an anchor at Waco ABC affiliate 25 New KXXV - has been off the air since January and is currently undergoing chemotherapy.
Dickson joined the NBC affiliate KRIS-6 from Dallas's Good Morning Texas in 2024.
She also served as a morning anchor for 15 ABC's Midday show and 25 News KXXV.
Prayers for Dickson - a Houston native - have continued to pour in on social media. The Daily Mail approached the weather journalist for comment. She's been off since the start of the year.