Tumor cuts Jordyn's time short

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120212/NEWS01/702129879#tumor-cuts-jordyn-s-time-short

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Jordyn Bonam, 9, smiles in July 2011 in her room in the family's home in northwest Omaha.


Published Sunday February 12, 2012

By Jonathon Braden

They thought it was the flu, maybe a virus, that was slowing down their 9-year-old daughter.

Or maybe it was the hot, sticky July air that was making Jordyn Bonam stop after running four laps when she usually would go 12.

One of the first times LaKeisha and DeWayne Bonam noticed the effects of the brain tumor that would end their daughter's life six months later, Jordyn — hands at her side, chest heaving — looked tired.

She usually hopped onto the track, raced around in circles and left.

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Jordyn Bonam, who died of a brain tumor at age 10, shows off her soccer jersey last June in her family's yard.

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[Pab Sungenis]

1. Cancer in children is such a sad thing.

http://www.alexslemonade.org/

[rurallib]

2. so very sad

[Logical]

3. One of the million reasons a year I have trouble believing in a loving god. n-t

[bpj62]

4. there before the grace of god go thee

I am the father of a ten year old boy who wil soon reach survivor status. Although I am not on overly religous person I count my blessings every day that my son has survived his brush with cancer. Over the over the past six years I have met many parents who have lost a child to cancer and each time it breaks my heart. Think I will go and give my

son a hug and a kiss.

[Ilsa]

5. Add a little peck from this stranger...

I hug and kiss my two boys every day. I tell them I love them morning noon and night. My oldest is autistic, but he loves his Mommy's hugs and kisses.