((((Everyone))))

The visitation was yesterday.
The funeral today at the school. The place was packed. I don't think people realize how many souls that they touch in such a short period of time.

The cancer that she had was cervical cancer. This is the same type that this new 'shot' is supposed to help prevent. Her 3 girls are going to get the shot.

We found out that the cause of her heart failure was due to her cancer coming back and spreading throughout her body. They had no insurance so she didn't go to any of her followup appts - they still owed from her treatments before and was getting sued by the hospital for the past due bills. I assume that the doctor and hospital would have kept treating her, but she was under the impression that they wouldn't see her (according to her husband) if they didn't pay half of what was owed. She was going to have a full hysterectormy, but was trying to save the money for the surgery.

I intend to take my daughter who is 12 to the doctor and find out more about this shot. If this one little pain can stop something like this from happening to her, then I believe it is well worth it. In fact, after finding out more about this, and researching it, I firmly believe that this is something that all young girls should do. Perhaps that is this young mom's legacy.

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