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Regina, Janet and Christina Bradley hold a picture of their mother, Terri Lee Bradley and a box containing her cremated remains. In 2010, Terri Lee Bradley agreed to undergo an experimental procedure at the UC Davis Medical Center following a diagnosis of brain cancer. Three of her four daughters describe feelings of vulnerability, dashed hopes and deep regret over the agonizing decisions they were forced to make. -
After a brain cancer diagnosis in 2010, Terri Lee Bradley agreed to undergo an experimental and controversial procedure at UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif., that led to her death 18 moths later. -
Circa 1978 - Terri tries out husband Scott's motorcycle. The couple split in 1995. -
Circa1990 - Terri and her daugheters, from left, Janet, Regina and Christina, at home in the Placerville area. -
2005 - Janet, 18, shows off her new haircut to her mom, Terri, whom she describes as her best friend. -
Fall, 2010 - a mask worn during radition therapy in Cameron Park left temporary facial imprints. -
November, 2010 - imaging shows the large tumor, center, has recurred with a new and smaller spot now visible on the other side. -
July 26, 2011 - Terri receives gamma knife radiosurgery at UC Davis. -
Mid-2011 - Terri enjoys a smoke with Janet at the nursing home. -
October, 2011 - Eleven months after the wound-infection surgery, doctors administer antibiotics and clean out the infected site. -
July 31, 2011 - On her 25th birthday, Janet brings her mom from the nursing home to Regina's house in El Dorado County for a brief celebration. Janet's tattoo reads "My Mother, My World." -
Mid-2011 - Terri receives physical therapy at the nursing home after her experimental brain surgery. -
October 31, 2010 - Terri is hospitalized at Marshall Medical Center in Placerville, Calif., after suffering a series of seizures. -
October 31, 2010 - As Terri recuperates from a series of seizures, she is visited by grandaughter, Dulce Gonzalez-Bradley, 4. -
April 2011 - Janet Bradley visits her mom at UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif., where she is undergoing surgery to relieve fluid build-up in her skull, following the experimental surgery in Nov. 2010. -
2011 - Terri receives physical therapy at the nursing home after her experimental brain surgery. -
January 31, 2011 - Terri's hair begins to grow back after her experimental brain surgery in Nov. 2010. -
November, 2011 - Terri dislikes being touched, even by Janet, in the weeks before her death. -
Feb. 2011 - Terri is surrounded by family and friends three months after the experimental surgery. -
Christmas, 2010 - Regina Bradley's son, Dylan, gives his grandma a kiss at the nursing home where she is recuperating from the experimental surgery a month earlier. -
Christmas, 2010 - Regina Bradley's son, Dylan, cozies up to his grandma at the nursing home where she is recuperating from the experimental surgery a month earlier. -
October, 2011 - Janet cuddles her mom after her last surgical procedure, in which doctors cleaned her infected head wound.
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