Brain Tumor Action Network

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Lincoln, Neb.
Posted: 6:15 AM Mar 28, 2008
Last Updated: 1:18 PM Mar 28, 2008
Reporter: 10/11 News
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At 1:47 Friday morning, Jayci Yaeger died.

“I think Jayci was hanging on for her daddy . She just let go after she knew daddy was here to be with her. We’re glad that she got to be with him one last time,” said Ed Yaeger, Jayci’s uncle.

Jayci Yaeger lost her battle with brain cancer just one day after a surprise visit with her father.

For the last two weeks, 10/11 news has been following the story of 10-year-old Jayci Yaeger. Jayci has been fighting for her life against terminal brain cancer — a fight her family said she was finally able to give up after her wish to see her father one last time was granted.

Jayci’s father Jason is serving time in a South Dakota prison, but he was escorted on Wednesday for a brief visit with Jayci.

Jayci was a brave little girl. She fought cancer just long enough to see her dad one last time — that was her dying wish. But at 1:47 Friday morning, Jayci lost her battle roughly 36 hours after her father saw her one last time.

Wednesday, prison officials finally allowed Jason to travel with guards from Yankton, South Dakota to see Jayci one final time, but the visit was cut short after an Omaha TV station showed up at her hospice.

Jason was taken back to Yankton. At 2 a.m., Jason’s brother Ed called and told him that Jayci had passed away with her mother Vonda and grandmother Sherry by her side.

“Her breathing became different than normal. The nurse noticed and woke Sherry and Vonda up and told them that they needed to be with Jayci. Then just moments later, she passed away,” Ed Yaeger said.

“We’re happy that it was peaceful and that she is now no longer in pain, and her suffering is over,” he said. “We really wish Jason could have been there by her side to be with her in her last moments, but we’re going to continue to fight and have Jason there for the funeral.”