cassandra fortin has finished the treatment a court ruled that she must undergo at connecticut children 's medical center for hodgkin 's lymphoma , which she was diagnosed with in september .
as she was discharged from the facility on monday , the teenager said she was ` happy to be heading back to her hartford home after spending five months undergoing chemotherapy to save her life .
cassandra , whose cancer is now in remission , made national headlines last year after she and her mother initially refused the treatment that