The last item on Diane Stringfellow’s bucket list was visiting a Spirit Bear in Hartley Bay.

The trip to the remote West Coast community is an accurate reflection of how she has lived her life.

A resident of Royston, B.C., Stringfellow loves kayaking and scuba diving and challenging herself with outdoor adventures.

However, in 2013, she was met with a different kind of test.

Doctors informed her she had gone into renal failure. Less than two years later, she was diagnosed