. >> reporter: when shirley munoz was first diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2021, she was giventle time. >> they told me that they didn't know where the cancer was coming from. so they told me that my body was basically covered in cancer. they told me that they couldn't guarantee a full year. >> reporter: which is why her appearance in this year's rose parade nearly two years later is a miracle. >> things changed completely for me when i decided to seek a second opinion. >> reporter: that's when this oncologist at city of hope cancer institute first gave munoz hope. >> she just turned around and said "bingo!" i was, like, is this a joke? >> reporter: it wasn't. not only was munoz's cancer isolated, it was treatable. >> this is really what we dream as medical oncologists, you know, that to actually make an impact on our patients' lives. >> reporter: munoz would have more time with her new husband who married her one week after the original diagnosis. >> reporter: how did you propose? >> um, simple, "will you marry me?" >> i knew that i wanted to be with the love of my life for as

. >> reporter: when shirley munoz was first diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2021, she was given>> they told me that they didn't know where the cancer was coming from, so they told me that my body was basically covered in cancer. they told me that they couldn't guarantee a full year. >> oh, look. >> reporter: which is why her appearance in this year's rose parade, nearly two years later, is a miracle. >> things changed completely for me when i decided to seek a second opinion. >> reporter: that's when oncologist dr. herminia macavelli at city of hope cancer institute first gave munoz hope. >> he she just turned around and said bingo. i was -- is this a joke? >> reporter: it wasn't. not only was munoz's cancer isolated, it was treatable. >> this is really what we dream a medical oncologists, you know, that to actually make an impact on our patients' lives. >> reporter: munoz would have more time with her new husband, who married her one week after the original diagnosis. >> how did you propose? >> simple. will you marry me? >> yeah. i knew that i wanted to be with the love of my l