Cassandra C., the Connecticut teen forced to undergo chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma, says she "hoped beyond hope" that a judge would let her leave the hospital where she has been legally required to stay since December. But on Wednesday, a Connecticut Superior Court judge ruled that the 17-year-old must remain at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford under the temporary custody of the state's Department of Children and Families until she completes her court-ordered chemotherapy. The judge also denied visitation to her mother, Jackie Fortin. "I cried when I found out," Cassandra tells People. "I'm just heartbroken right now.
- 4/1/2015
- by K.C. Baker, kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
She has tried to make the hospital room where she has been held for the last three months as comfortable as possible - hanging pictures of her family, friends and beloved cat, Simba, on the walls and drawing pictures of flowers on the windows. But it's still not home. After being forced by the state of Connecticut to undergo chemotherapy treatments she did not want, the 17-year-old known in court papers as Cassandra C. is now in remission - fighting to get out of the hospital where she has been held since Dec. 9. "I have been alone in the hospital for the most part,...
- 3/15/2015
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
She has tried to make the hospital room where she has been held for the last three months as comfortable as possible - hanging pictures of her family, friends and beloved cat, Simba, on the walls and drawing pictures of flowers on the windows. But it's still not home. After being forced by the state of Connecticut to undergo chemotherapy treatments she did not want, the 17-year-old known in court papers as Cassandra C. is now in remission - fighting to get out of the hospital where she has been held since Dec. 9. "I have been alone in the hospital for the most part,...
- 3/15/2015
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
A 17-year-old, cancer-stricken Connecticut teen who has been fighting to stop her chemotherapy treatments says she fully understands that she will die without them. In an interview with the Associated Press, the teen, known only as Cassandra C. in court papers obtained by People, wrote in a text that she knows "death is the outcome of refusing chemo" but says she believes in "the quality of my life, not the quantity." Still, she must continue to receive the treatments she does not want. On Thursday, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that she must continue her state-ordered treatments, saying she is...
- 1/10/2015
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
A 17-year-old, cancer-stricken Connecticut teen who has been fighting to stop her chemotherapy treatments says she fully understands that she will die without them. In an interview with the Associated Press, the teen, known only as Cassandra C. in court papers obtained by People, wrote in a text that she knows "death is the outcome of refusing chemo" but says she believes in "the quality of my life, not the quantity." Still, she must continue to receive the treatments she does not want. On Thursday, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that she must continue her state-ordered treatments, saying she is...
- 1/10/2015
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
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