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Maryland Mother With Weeks To Live Keeping Focus On Family Maryland Mother With Weeks To Live Keeping Focus On Family
Maryland Mother With Weeks To Live Keeping Focus On Family This is not how Kourtni Smith planned to celebrate her 34th birthday. A community is rallying behind a beloved mother of five in Maryland who is looking to spend her last months on Earth working to support her family in any way she can. Tens of thousands of dollars have already been raised on behalf of Smith's family after she was diagnosed with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma and underwent eight rounds of Chemotherapy and 15 radiation sessions, all of which proved fruitless as she fell more ill and decided to call it quits.  I find it funny when I stopped Chemo because it was SO POISONOUS…

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by Zak Failla
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Leesburg's Quinn Gorman, 13, Didn't Let Cancer Define Him Leesburg's Quinn Gorman, 13, Didn't Let Cancer Define Him
Leesburg's Quinn Gorman, 13, Didn't Let Cancer Define Him Though Quinn William Gorman battled osteosarcoma, it did not define him.  The 13-year-old Leesburg boy died earlier this month after a valiant three-year fight, his obituary said.   He rarely complained about his disease. Rather, the teenager loved to hunt, fish, and play sports. He's survived by his parents, Peter and Nikki Gorman, and sisters Ava, Chloe, and Kate, as well as many extended family members.  The family will hold calling hours on Tuesday, May 17, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Colonial Funeral Home in Leesburg. The Mass of Christian Burial will take …

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by Josh Lanier