Community, Basketball Teams Rally Around Iowa Girl With Cancer

News We Love: Community, basketball teams rally around Iowa girl with cancer

Brooklynn Jenkins had no idea how many fans she has

Johnston…girls basketball should like their odds headed into the postseason. The Dragons are rolling through their schedule…and looking for a second straight State title. There’s a fan who watches Johnston win game after game… hoping she too can beat her opponent. NATS: “is that Amani and them down there?” 31:07 brooklyn has cancer DAD 16:40 how many TIMES HAVE Y OU BEEN THROUGH THIS…”cancer? Twice.” BROOKLYNN JENKINS IS 10 YEARS OLD. 7806 2:11 ” Hi brooklyn, hi, daps her up THAT’S BROOKLYNN’S SISTER…AMANI. ánatsá JOHNSTON’S MOST EFFECTIVE SHOOTER. she’s no longer the leading scorer but ánatsá BROOKLYNN 18:55 amani, we hangout a lot, we do workout, I don’t work out but I rebound for her, we color together and play games GOOD AMANI 4:55 went to the gym tryna have her rebound for me but she wasn’t really doing that GOOD WHEN BROOKLYNN WAS 4… DAD “32:30 cancer in her eye.” “And she beat it.” SHE SEEMED FINE …………..UNTIL LAST SEPTEMBER. MOM “She kept saying her knee hurt and I said you’re growing every kid goes through this but then she was crawling up the stairs one day and I rubbed over it and she screamed.” DAD 32:05 never imagined cancer would come again GOOD IT’S CALLED…………. CHONDROBLASTI C OSTEOSARCOMA. A RARE …AGGRESSIVE… TYPE OF BONE CANCER. AMANI 6:15 “I went to my parents rooma nd they just tell me, then I went to color with her in her room and ask her a bbunch of quetsions 6:35 I said what if you lose your hair she said I don’t really care GOOOOOOD 7862 ánatsá 39:45 it’s hot im taking my hat off DAD 40:50 When she lost her hair…she was on her ipad pulling clumps of hair out…GOOD CHEMO CAN TAKE HER HAIR…BUT NOT HER HUMOR. 7802: shot on brook without hat :45 “hopefully they win, dpends. DAD 41:40 hardly hear her complain…positive… upbeat. ESPECIALLY WATCHING HER SISTER…AND BROTHER…HOOP. SHOULD ADD THE TAPE STUFF 7811 4:45 “please just shoot free throws, please play the game. This is all it.” GOOD 7814 5:35 the second cough worked I;m tellin you” 5:45 nobody cough please just everybody be quiet, cmon please please 6:27 yay we won, good job everyone. Joshua has 21 points! “21” BROOKLYNN IS JUST A 5TH GRADER. 7783: brook eating hot dog medium and wide GOOD SHE WAS REMINDED OF THAT LAST MONTH. Brooklynn 17:25 all of 5th grade made psetrs and welcomed me when I came back Brooklynn 18:00 some of them said like you got this, stay strong, we’re with you and someone’s mom actually ordered shirts for the whole 5th grade GOOD áNatsá THE SHIRTS MULTIPLIED LIKE CRAZY. AMANI: 7:00 I asked coach if we could wear the brooklyn shirts we wear them for warmups, áNatsá of warmups with music blaring…or other team cheering on bench with shirts. SO HOME OR AWAY… JOHNSTON GIRLS BASKETBALL …WEARS THEIR BROOKLYNN SHIRTS. ánatsá IDK COULD TAKE OUT AMANI 7:30 itsreally ceazy to see how supportive the whole district is, it’s not just johnston it’s othe teams too AND SO DOES THE OTHER TEAM. PARENTS 36:35 walking into the gym of amani and joshua’s gaems and seeing the opposing team with shirts that support her, that makes you feel good. Makes you feel like the community is behind you…even though she is going through this…we feel like we got the support GOOD PARENTS 36:55 “could you have imagined this much support” island GOOOOOOOOD people start stepping u, people you don’t even know come up to you and show support áNatsá of dude saying what’s up pretty girl how you feeling BROOKLYN 20:05 it makes me feel happy to know they’re all supporting me AND BIG SISTER AMANI WHO WILL PLAY BASKETBALL AT VIRGINIA TECH NEXT SEASON. 10:30 my teammate kate south carolina, her team got abunch of shirts, she sent me a video saying pray for her 10:50 my future teammates order shirts for my sister, even though she doesn’t know brooklyn BROOKLYNN’S ROAD AHEAD MAY BE UNPREDICTABLE… áBrooklynn natsááá MOM 42:15 Every now and then she’ll say why me. BUT SHE’S NOT FIGHTING ALONE. áBrooklynn nats again but softer and fading into biteááá AMANI 9:35 it gives me motivation knowing that she’s going through that. I can give it all I got, whe

News We Love: Community, basketball teams rally around Iowa girl with cancer

Brooklynn Jenkins had no idea how many fans she has

Brooklynn Jenkins had no idea how many fans she has.The Johnston fifth-grader’s big sister, Amani, is one of the stars of the Dragon girls basketball team. They’re undefeated and the defending state champions. But the whole team is a fan of Brooklynn, who is living with cancer for the second time.They wear team shirts celebrating her during her fight — but they’ve gone a step further with their message that “nobody fights alone.”Johnston’s opponents often cheer for Brooklynn, too. And she’s got fans and teams rooting for her from across the country.

Brooklynn Jenkins had no idea how many fans she has.

The Johnston fifth-grader’s big sister, Amani, is one of the stars of the Dragon girls basketball team. They’re undefeated and the defending state champions. But the whole team is a fan of Brooklynn, who is living with cancer for the second time.

They wear team shirts celebrating her during her fight — but they’ve gone a step further with their message that “nobody fights alone.”

Johnston’s opponents often cheer for Brooklynn, too. And she’s got fans and teams rooting for her from across the country.

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