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Renee C. Byer The Sacramento Bee
"A Mother's Journey"





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Cyndie French waits for her son Derek Madsen, 11, to decide on receiving an emergency radiation treatment for a rapidly spreading tumor at UC Davis Medical Center on April 22, 2006. Derek said, 'I'm so confused. It's hard to make a decision. I don't want brain damage.' It was his final radiation treatment.
 

 

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