5 updates we learned from 'AGT' star and Ohio singer Nightbirde in new CNN interview

Zanesville native Jane "Nightbirde" Marczewski said in an interview Tuesday night on CNN that she is seeing a "slow miracle" as she continues her fight against cancer.

Nightbirde, who received national attention after getting the golden buzzer this year from "America's Got Talent" judge Simon Cowell, has said she has a 2 percent chance of survival. She left the show early to focus on her health.

"I wish we would get a faster miracle," she told host Chris Cuomo. "It's happening slow little by little, day by day. I'm getting a little better. I did get a scan result back and s bunch of stuff that was there disappeared. And a bunch of the big stuff has gone down in size so we're on the way."

Here are five additional things we learned about Nightbirde from her interview.

How Nightbirde is reacting to worldwide attention on her cancer battle

"It's a lot to process," she admitted. "The highest of highs and lowest of lows in life happening at the same time with all of this playing out in front of millions of people. It's a lot to carry, but it's such an honor. The whole world is carrying their own weight and we have to learn to do this together."

Why Nightbirde said she said she won't give up on her fight against cancer

"I feel like life is like sometimes a game of 'Choose Your Pain,'" she stated. "The pain of continuing or the pain of giving up. The pain of continuing - there's a lot more uncertainty that way, but I think the pain of giving up is so much worse."

Why Nightbirde says she is grateful for what she has

"I've dreamed about singing my entire life," she said. "I dream about growing up in a dazzling world and being a singer and so beautiful and confident and brave and all of that. I didn't think it would play out this way. I think a lot of us don't realize that we're in the middle of a dream come true. Life is so imperfect and there is so much hard stuff and unfair stuff mixed in. Sometimes we don't recognize that our dreams are happening and miracles are happening. The miracle that I want is that I can skip the pain. That this would go away super fast or that it wouldn't have happened at all. I didn't get that miracle not yet. But there are hundred other miracles at play. If I only take the ones that taste sweet, I won't get any miracles at all. So I am grateful for what I have."

Nightbirde: Life is such 'an honor and a gift'

"Every year I get to be around the table with people that I love, it's such an honor and gift," she said. "I should not be alive right now based on the usual statistics. So every year when this time comes around is special for the whole family. Every moment that we breathe is a miracle and gift. Most people don't know what a joy it is to wake up in the morning without pain because they just experienced a normal life. But those like me who face death on a day-to-day basis, sometimes I think we're the luckier ones because we get to really see the sweetness of life. and the miracle is to love and be loved and to dream and to have a chance for a future. I don't know if I'll ever get used to the way of that. I don't know if it will be casual to me again."

Nightbirde is writing a new album and is singing again

"I'm so proud of what I'm writing right now. Pain can be a gift because it really drives you to deep places and to dig more gold. Sometimes you have to dig deep for gold. That's what I've been doing and I'm really proud about the stuff I am working on and my voice is getting there. Today, I actually sang a lot and even though it's not to 100 percent, I'm just so happy to be singing and I can't stop smiling today.

Chris Pugh can be reached at clpugh@gannett.com and on Twitter at @chrispughedits.

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Zanesville native Nightbirde talks about her music and health