'Little Couple' star Jen Arnold diagnosed with cancer

HOUSTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Jen Arnold, the star of the Texas-set reality TV show "The Little Couple," announced Friday she is battling cancer.

"I have recently been diagnosed with a rare type of cancer and am currently undergoing treatment, including surgery and chemotherapy. I am very fortunate as the prognosis is very good," the 39-year-old mother of two said in a statement to UsMagazine.com. "While there is never a good time to get news like this; getting it just as we are building our new family is tough in many ways ... but being surrounded by the love of my husband and our two beautiful children is actually in many ways giving me the strength to fight it even stronger."

The Houston neo-natologist and her husband, Bill Klein, recently adopted son Will, 3, from China and daughter Zoey, 2, from India, UsMagazine.com said.