Henrietta Lacks Sacrifice

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After her 30th birthday, Henrietta was then readmitted back to John Hopkins, but this time with the mindset of wanting to stay. However, none of her family could of guess that this would’ve been her last visit. By the time the next month came around, Henrietta body was mostly taken over by her tumors; her intestine was blocked and she looked like she was a six month pregnant. although she was constantly being giving blood by her cousin to help with transfusion, however, all of these had eventually stopped because her body became too toxic. As a result, the doctor had decided to discontinue all of her medication, and at that time Henrietta finally realized and regretted the fact that she was going to die. words of Henrietta's death had quickly spread throughout the Grey’s lab, and although he knew that she was dead, rather than sympathizing with the family, he only cared about obtaining as much of tissues could possibly have from her body for his famous …show more content…
Therefore, journalist started creating and stories such as Helen Lane, Henrietta Lacks, the donor was a white woman and so on. Nevertheless, regardless of these misconceptions, Dr.Gey never once acknowledge these mistakes or give proper credit to the person that made his goal possible. More than 40 years later, a white woman who goes by the name of Rebecca Skloot would make it her goal to discover the true women behind the famous immortal cell line known as HeLa. through this stressful Journey, Rebecca will eventually meet the Lacks family and developed a special bond with Henrietta's daughter Deborah Lacks.
Out of all Henrietta's children, Deborah was the one that was the most troubled and angry over her mother situation. However, with the arrival of Rebecca Skloot, Deborah was able to find peace and come to term with Hopkins, and the whole HeLa cell

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