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A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl with a fatal spinal disorder has chosen to end her life after one last epic summer. Jerika Bolen of Appleton, was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy as a baby and has been suffering through immense pain throughout her life.

The incurable disease, weakens the muscles and takes away the ability to walk and breath. Jerika is currently wheelchair bound and using a ventilator.

After a surgery last year, she couldn’t take it anymore.

She plans to end her life at the end of August. “When I decided, I felt extremely happy and sad at the same time,” she told the Post-Crescent newspaper. “There were a lot of tears, but then I realized I’m going to be in a better place, and I’m not going to be in this terrible pain. I’ve been working on it and thinking about it for way longer than anyone else has.”

Jerika and her mother, Jen Bolen, have already made hospice arrangements. The teen will pass away by going without the ventilator she uses to breath 12 hours a day.

While there’s no telling how long it will take to pass, Jerika’s hoping that it’s “not more than a few days.”

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