Jenni Lake Persuasive Speech

“I’m done, I did what I was supposed to. My baby is going to get here safe.” Were one of the last words Idaho teen Jenni Lake said after delivering her baby. Jenni was diagnosed with astrocytoma in 2009 a form of cancer centered in the brain and spinal cord that is almost always fatal by the time she was 16. She would undergo intensive treatment with doctors telling she would have a 30% chance of living only 2 years, Doctors also stated that due to her state she wouldn’t be able to get pregnant which troubled the teen. Around 2010 Jenni Lake discovered she was pregnant with her long-time boyfriend Nathan Wittman which started the unfortunate decision for Jenni to continue treatment and seek other options for the baby or to stop treatment and give birth to a possible healthy baby. Jenni chose to stop treatment for her baby the ultimate sacrifice a mother could do. I believe Jenni made the right choice seeing how the situation was and under the circumstances if I was in her shoes I
Cancer is a disease that people can both fight and slow down the process or people can die from. In cancer cases there’s no real cure for it even if the cancer was gone in your system there still a high chance for it to appear again and you’ll have to go through the whole process again. My advice for a decision like this is not just think about yourself but think about the entire medical situation if doctors are telling you there’s a low chance of you not surviving from this disease but you’re given a chance to bring a baby that can be healthy into the world due to your condition is a miracle to begin with. Jenni did the right thing in my eyes it takes a lot strength to come to this kind of decision but it was the right decision because it was