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Jun 26, 2009 7:48 pm US/Mountain

Movie Plot Similar To Colorado Family's Story

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) ― "My Sister's Keeper" opened in theaters Friday. It's the story of a family struggling to save a sick child and in some ways it mimics the story of the Nash family from Englewood.

CBS4's Suzanne McCarroll met Lisa and Jack Nash nearly a decade ago. They were using genetic screening and in vitro fertilization to have a second child to help save their daughter's life. McCarroll decided to pay the Nash family a visit 8 years later to see how they are doing.

It was noisy and chaotic in the Nash kitchen, but it was the sound of baking and three healthy, happy children.

Molly Nash, 14, has many interests other than baking.

"I love to do theater, dance, sing and act," Molly said.

Molly remembers when her interests and activities were far more limited.

"When I was 6, I had to go to Minnesota and get a bone marrow transplant and also chemotherapy and radiation," Molly said.

She also recalls who helped make her better.

"My brother gave me the cord blood that doctors took and that made me better," Molly said.

Eight years ago, Molly's parents had a second child, Adam, in part to save Molly's life. She needed someone genetically compatible to provide life-saving cord blood.

"It was an amazing, just awesome experience," Lisa said to reporters at the time. "It dripped into her body. It didn't hurt her, it didn't hurt Adam."

The procedure worked and now a story similar to theirs in many ways is hitting movie theaters, "My Sister's Keeper."

"Our real story is about a family who wanted to have healthy children, wanted to have many children, and wanted to help their child who is sick," Lisa said.

The Nashes have another healthy daughter, Delaney.

Molly still has health concerns, but she says she'll leave the worrying to her mother. She's much too busy to think about anything but fun and being a 14 year old.

The Nashes don't want people to think the movie follows their story too closely.

Dr. Bill Schoolcraft, who helped the Nashes have two more healthy children, is in Denver as well.

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