Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko tētahi kotiro 17-tau-tau o Connecticut i akina kia whai i te chemotherapy mō tōna mate pukupuku kua tukuna mai i te hōhipera i muri i tana nekehanga atu i tōna kāinga tata ki te whā marama ki muri. Kua oti i a Cassandra Fortin te maimoatanga i whakatauhia e te kooti me uru ia ki te Whare Hauora o Connecticut mo te Hodgkin's lymphoma, i kitea i te marama o Hepetema. I tana wehenga atu i te whare i te Mane, i kii te taiohi he 'harikoa' ia ki te hoki ki tana kaainga i Hartford i muri i te whakapau i nga marama e rima ki te mahi chemotherapy hei whakaora i tona oranga. 'Kei te tino harikoa ahau ki te hoki ki te kainga, i muri i nga marama e 5,' i kii ia ki te Associated Press i roto i nga karere kuputuhi i a ia e haere ana ki te kaainga. 'Kei te āhua kore tūturu. He mea whakamiharo te āhua o te hau mā.' Kua tukuna: Ko Cassandra Fortin, 17, (i whakaahuahia me tana whaea a Jackie) i tukuna mai i te hohipera i te Mane i muri i tana mahi ki te mahi chemotherapy mo te lymphoma Hodgkin, i kitea ia i te tau kua hipa. Ka rite ki ia i tukua atu i te hōhipera, te taiohi (whakaahua ki tona mama) ka mea ia ko ia 'happy' ki te e haere hoki ki tona Hartford kāinga i muri i te whakapau e rima marama i raro i chemotherapy ki te whakaora i tona ora. Ko Cassandra, kei te whakaheke te mate pukupuku i a ia, i puta i nga upoko o te motu i te tau kua hipa i muri i tana whakakahore me tona whaea ki te maimoatanga. I kī rātau e hiahia ana rātau ki te tūhura i ngā whirinoa māori hei utu. Engari i te marama o Hānuere, i whakatau te kōti e kore e taea e Cassandra te whakatau nā te mea kāore i tino pakeke ia, ā, i whiwhi te Tari o ngā Tamariki me ngā Whanau o te kāwanatanga i te mana ā-wā o ia. Ko te take i arotahi ki te mea he pakeke rawa te kotiro, i rere i te haerenga o te kāinga i Whiringa-ā-nuku, ki te whakatau me pehea te whakaora i tana mate pukupuku. I kitea e te kōti teitei o Connecticut, ehara i a ia. Ko etahi atu kawanatanga e mohio ana ki te kaupapa pakeke iti. Ko Cassandra, ka taea e ia te whakatau i tana ake whakatau hauora ina 18 ona tau i te marama o Hepetema, i miharo ia i te Mane i te wa i kawea mai ai e tona whaea tana hoa pai ki te hohipera ki te tiki i a ia ki te kaainga. 'Ko tēnei rā i te āhua...
I tangohia a Cassandra Fortin i Hartford, Connecticut, i te whare i te marama o Hanuere. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te chemotherapy hei whakaora i te lymphoma o Hodgkin. I tautoko tōna whaea a Jackie i te hiahia ki te tūhura i ngā whirinoa māori. Engari i whakatauhia e te kāwanatanga kāore te taiohi i pakeke rawa ki te whakatau. I te Mane, ka tukuna a Cassandra mai i te Whare Hauora o nga Tamariki. Ka mea ia, 'He tino harikoa ahau', ka tāpiri atu ko te āhua o te hau mā'a 'he mea whakamiharo' I hui anō a Teen ki tōna whaea i te marama o Paenga-whāwhā mō te wā tuatahi mai i te Tau Hou. Kei te whakaheke te mate pukupuku, engari e kii ana ia he harikoa ia i 'whakataetae mo aku tika'