Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He 17-tau-tau i puritia i roto i te hōhipera, a ka akina ki te whai chemotherapy engari ko inaianei i roto i te murunga kua whakakitea e kore ia i whakaaetia ki te korero ki tona whaea mai i te tīmatanga o tona maimoatanga. Ko Cassandra Fortin, no Connecticut, i kitea he lymphoma Hodgkin i te marama o Hepetema, engari kaore i hiahia ki te whiwhi i te maimoatanga i taunakihia. Engari i te marama o Hanuere i whakatauhia e te kooti me whai ia i te chemotherapy i te Connecticut Children's Medical Center - kaore i taea e ia te whakatau na te mea kaore ia i tino pakeke. Ko Cassandra Fortin, he 17-tau-tau i akina ki te whai i te chemotherapy ki tana hiahia, kei te murua inaianei, e ai ki nga puna e tata ana ki tana keehi (whakaahua konae) Ko Cassandra Fortin, no Connecticut, i kitea he Hodgkin's lymphoma i te marama o Hepetema, engari kaore i hiahia ki te whiwhi i te maimoatanga i taunakihia (whakaahua konae) Mai i taua wa kua noho ia ki te hohipera mo te maimoatanga. I kōrero a Cassandra ki a NBC mā te kōrerorero Facebook mai i te hōhipera i tēnei wiki,. Me tuku e ia he rārangi o ngā tāngata ki ngā rangatira o te Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF), kei a ia te mana ā-wā o te taiohi i whakaaetia ai ki te toro atu ki a ia. 'Ko te raruraru kua hoatu e ahau he rota o nga ingoa o te iwi ki te kia whakapumautia, [engari] te reira noa e kore e tupu,' tuhituhi Cassandra i roto i te uiuiraa whakahaere i roto i Facebook kōrerorero. 'Kāore au i whakaaetia kia kite, kia kōrero rānei ki tōku māmā mai i te Tau Hou, kei te mahi a DCF ki te whakaaetanga kia tīmata ngā haerenga. 'Kāore taku hoa i whakamanahia kia haere mai ki te kite i ahau... I te nuinga o te wā, kāore au i te whiwhi manuhiri maha.' I kii ia ki te papaho korero kei te whai hua te maimoatanga kua nekehia atu te kaitiaki i a ia i waho o tana kuaha, engari ka whakaaetia ia kia haere ki te wharekai mena ka haere tahi ia me te kaitiaki, kaiawhina tiaki mate, kaitiaki manaaki tamariki ranei. I mea a ia e mihi ana ia ki te hau mā, engari i ngana ia ki te whai whakaaro pai. I tohe a Cassandra kaore ia i hiahia ki te mate, a kua rite ia ki te whakamatau i te chemotherapy engari i muri noa i te tirotiro i etahi atu tikanga 'huringa' i mua. I te Rātapu i te Tari o ngā Tamariki me ngā Whanau...
Ko Cassandra Fortin, no Connecticut, i whakahaua kia whakahaeretia ki te chemotherapy. I kii te Kooti kaore ia i tino pakeke ki te whakatau. Ahakoa te kī a te 17-tau te pakeke, 'ko toku oranga me taku tinana, ehara i te kāwanatanga' I whakawhiwhia ki te Connecticut Children's Medical Center.