Coughing Teen Asks Dad to Take Her to Doctor, Diagnosis Turns Out to Be Fatal Cancer

Coughing Teen Asks Dad to Take Her to Doctor, Diagnosis Turns Out to Be Fatal Cancer
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A teen from Centreville, Virginia, wasn’t feeling too well and suffered from a cough that wouldn’t seem to quit. She suspected she had contracted sinusitis. Tragically, she was wrong.

Shayla Mitchell, a 16-year-old, then asked her father, Tom Mitchell, whether he would take her to see a doctor.