Mother chronicles daughter’s cancer fight and hopes to inspire others
Nov 3rd, 2022 | Category: GLEANER PREMIUM | 13:04#JamaicaGleaner Rasheda Thomas-Bailey is hoping to bring solace to parents who have lost children to cancer through her book, 'The Journey of our Warrior Princess Jerodene Bailey', in honour of her seven-year-old daughter who died from the disease in 2018. Thomas-Bailey recalled the dreadful day in 2014 when doctors told her and her husband that their then four-year-old daughter had stage 4 rhabdomyosarcoma, also known as muscle or bone cancer. Read her full story here on the Jamaica Star website: http://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20221021/mother-chronicles-daughter%E2%80%99s-cancer-fight-hopes-inspire-other-parents-whose
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