by Jackie
My daughter was 24 years old when she was diagnosed with GBM. She had just returned from South Korea, where she was a soldier. She joined after 9/11. She was beautiful, strong, but most of all she was loving and loved. I miss her so much, the pain is unbearable. After almost six years and three brain surgeries, she passed away in my arms. The last five weeks of her life she was completely paralyzed. It went into her spinal cord. My strong brave girl could not even push the button for her pain control. I asked her to say mom one last time, and she did, although it took awhile for her to say it, but she did on the day she died. We walk and donate every year for her and every other person whose life was destroyed by this horrible brain cancer. We think she got this cancer by being exposed to the chemicals of the engines of the missile launchers she worked on in the army. She asked me about a week before she passed, in a very whispered voice because she couldn't talk much any more, "Mommie, please make them wear masks". She also volunteered for a clinical trial knowing it was too late for her but might help someone else suffering from this cancer. Through the internet I have found other mothers who have lost a child (doesn't matter how old) from brain cancer. I talk almost every day with a mother whose 29 year old daughter died from a brain tumor. I don't think I could get through this without her. Please find something to help slow down or cure this brain cancer. We will keep walking and donating, every year.
