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2-Yr-Old Layla Grace Passes Away to Cancer: Twitter, Blog Update
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by Blaine Metzgar | March 9, 2010 at 01:33 pm
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Layla Grace, whose battle with cancer has been followed by thousands via social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, and a blog, passed away early this morning.
2-year-old Layla Grace Marsh garnered nearly 42,000 followers on Twitter and over 28,000 fans on Facebook all following her heart-wrenching battle with Neuroblastoma. Her parents updated the thousands of individuals with Layla Grace in their prayers almost daily on her condition as well as their own lives dealing with the battle.
Layla went to play with the angels early this morning. Rest in peace precious Layla. 11/26/2007 - 3/9/2010
Within hours of her passing, Layla Grace's name shot up to the top of Google Trends, #RIPLaylagrace became a trending topic on Twitter, and the wall on her Facebook fan page was flooded with prayers.
With nearly 650 new cases each year in the United States, Neuroblastoma is one of the most common cancers in infancy; 50% of all Neuroblastoma cases occur in children under the age of two.
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at 14:32 on March 9th, 2010
I find this incredibly disrespectful. Do you realise you have spelt Layla's name wrong every single time you've written it?! If you're going to report on something like this, at least spell the poor child's name right!
at 15:15 on March 9th, 2010
"Layla went to play with the angels early this morning. Rest in peace precious Layla. 11/26/2007 - 3/9/2010"
at 15:35 on March 9th, 2010
Thank you for correcting the spelling.
at 20:10 on March 9th, 2010
Alyson, spelt is not a word. It is spelled. So don't criticize others.
at 06:23 on March 10th, 2010
Christi I beg to differ - from dictionary.comspelt 2 (spělt) v. A past tense and a past participle of spell1.The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth EditionCopyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Cite This SourceHowever thank you for that ;) I guess it depends where in the world you originate from!And they had SPELT her name Lyla the whole way through with the exception of the quote, which is why I commented.
at 12:09 on March 11th, 2010
Who sings this song?
at 15:23 on May 10th, 2010
My prayers are with Layla and her family. Trust me in know the heart wrenching feelings you have. Layla has very good company in Heaven. Our little Lucia also went to Heaven very recently from a brain tumor so I'm sure they will play together feeling healthy and free. Feel free to contact me if you want to talk.