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**Lapis Lazuli**

Jenni Lake gave birth to a baby boy the month before her 18th birthday, though she was not destined to become just another teenage mother.

That much, she knew.

While being admitted to the hospital, she pulled her nurse down to her at bed level and whispered into her ear. The nurse would later repeat the girl’s words to comfort her family, as their worst fears were realized a day after Jenni’s baby was born.

“She told the nurse, ‘I’m done, I did what I was supposed to. My baby is going to get here safe,’” said Diana Phillips, Jenni’s mother.

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In photographs, the baby’s ruddy cheeks and healthy weight offer a stark contrast to the frail girl who gave birth to him. She holds the newborn tightly, kissing the top of his head. Jenni, at 5 feet and 4 inches tall, weighed only 108 pounds at the full term of her pregnancy.

A day after the Nov. 9 birth, Phillips learned that her daughter’s decision to forgo treatment for tumors on her brain and spine so she could carry the baby would have fatal repercussions. The cancer had marked too much territory. Nothing could be done, Phillips said.

It was only 12 days past the birth — half spent in the hospital and the other half at home — before Jenni was gone.

Even so, her family and friends insist her legacy is not one centered in tragedy, but rather in sacrifice.

This month, her family gathered at their ranch style home in Pocatello, where a Christmas tree in the living room was adorned with ornaments picked out just for Jenni, including one in bright lime green, her favorite color. She had passed away in a bedroom down the hall.

Recalling Jenni’s infectious laugh and a rebellious streak, her mother held the baby close, nuzzling his head, and said, “I want him to know everything about her, and what she did.”

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/28/id...z1hqbOdtEs

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 65998 12-28-2011 06:29 PM

Wonderful and sad post.

Heartflowers

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 58507 12-28-2011 06:33 PM

What's sad is that a 17 year old is dying from cancer! Cancer is now one the major killers of children....

Something is very amiss.....cancer in that age group was rare just a few decades ago.

**Lapis Lazuli**

LoP Guest Wrote:

What's sad is that a 17 year old is dying from cancer! Cancer is now one the major killers of children....

Something is very amiss.....cancer in that age group was rare just a few decades ago.

true

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 70189 12-28-2011 06:38 PM

LoP Guest Wrote:

What's sad is that a 17 year old is dying from cancer! Cancer is now one the major killers of children....

Something is very amiss.....cancer in that age group was rare just a few decades ago.

It might have something to do with all the crap they're purposely dumping into our water, air, and food to make us all sick, maybe?

**Lapis Lazuli**

LoP Guest Wrote:

LoP Guest Wrote:
What's sad is that a 17 year old is dying from cancer! Cancer is now one the major killers of children....

Something is very amiss.....cancer in that age group was rare just a few decades ago.

It might have something to do with all the crap they're purposely dumping into our water, air, and food to make us all sick, maybe?

chemicals and pesticides Mostly I would assume

**Sing I'll Sway**

LoP Guest Wrote:

What's sad is that a 17 year old is dying from cancer! Cancer is now one the major killers of children....

Something is very amiss.....cancer in that age group was rare just a few decades ago.

As far as I know it still is....(?)

Quite a story though. Admirable.

And complicated.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 58507 12-28-2011 06:48 PM

Lapis Lazuli Wrote:

LoP Guest Wrote:
LoP Guest Wrote:
What's sad is that a 17 year old is dying from cancer! Cancer is now one the major killers of children....

Something is very amiss.....cancer in that age group was rare just a few decades ago.

It might have something to do with all the crap they're purposely dumping into our water, air, and food to make us all sick, maybe?

chemicals and pesticides Mostly I would assume

Chemicals including radioactive ones like cesium, plutonium, strontium 90 and others that we are all bathing in like fish in an aquarium...there's nowhere to go to escape the ever increasing levels...
Tissue

**# One**

great article...
shows the spirit is greater than the vehicle...
you hear people say you cant see god...
yes you can...
read this article and look at these pictures...
thats the kind of strength god can give you...
shes an angel in my book no matter her background....
again, great post...
Jhikpghf

Pi Infinity User ID: 3.14159265 12-28-2011 06:52 PM

New Username Wrote:

great article...
shows the spirit is greater than the vehicle...
you hear people say you cant see god...
yes you can...
read this article and look at these pictures...
thats the kind of strength god can give you...
shes an angel in my book no matter her background....
again, great post...

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 58507 12-28-2011 06:53 PM

Sing Ill Sway Wrote:

LoP Guest Wrote:
What's sad is that a 17 year old is dying from cancer! Cancer is now one the major killers of children....

Something is very amiss.....cancer in that age group was rare just a few decades ago.

As far as I know it still is....(?)

Quite a story though. Admirable.

And complicated.

Yes, it is still considered rare, but it is the number one killer in the 14 and under age group:

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/facts.../childhood

How many children are diagnosed with cancer in the United States annually?

In the United States in 2007, approximately 10,400 children under age 15 were diagnosed with cancer and about 1,545 children will die from the disease (1). [b]Although this makes cancer the leading cause of death by disease among U.S. children 1 to 14 years of age, cancer is still relatively rare in this age group.[/b] On average, 1 to 2 children develop the disease each year for every 10,000 children in the United States (2).

**The Lucky AC** Everything in life is luck User ID: 888 12-28-2011 08:14 PM

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 17093 12-28-2011 08:17 PM

Lapis Lazuli Wrote:

LoP Guest Wrote:
LoP Guest Wrote:
What's sad is that a 17 year old is dying from cancer! Cancer is now one the major killers of children....

Something is very amiss.....cancer in that age group was rare just a few decades ago.

It might have something to do with all the crap they're purposely dumping into our water, air, and food to make us all sick, maybe?

chemicals and pesticides Mostly I would assume

and don't overlook radio frequency. supposedly there is a correlation between the advent of FM radio(which is now greatly expanded into cellphone signals and WIFI) with the increase in cancer rates.