VIDEO: Teen plans prom before going off ventilator

Author: CNN Newssource
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APPLETON, Wisc. — A 14-Year-old girl is hosting a dance to celebrate her life after making the decision to die.

Jerika Bolen suffers from spinal muscular atrophy. The incurable disease causes constant pain and prevents her from using most of her muscles. Because of that pain, she’s decided to go off her ventilator sometime in late August.

But before that, she’ll don a prom dress and head out on the town.

 

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