WEST POINT -- Robin Alderin-Hietala has endured more trials in her 44 years than most people endure in a lifetime.
The West Point woman has survived breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and an accident that landed her in the hospital for three months after being hit by a drunken driver. Now she's battling lupus, an autoimmune disease that has claimed one of her kidneys and keeps her in bed for days at a time.