[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 31753]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING JODI ESQUIVEL

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 14, 2009

  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, on Friday October 30, 2009 Jodi 
Esquivel passed away after a two-year long battle with kidney cancer.
  Jodi, a middle school English teacher in Nederland, Texas touched 
many lives in her short 27 years of life. Her smile was infectious and 
her unwavering strength and endless faith touched all those she met.
  In 2007, after suffering months of back pain, Jodi was diagnosed with 
kidney cancer. She was in the early stages of her second pregnancy when 
results of an MRI showed a cancerous tumor in her kidney that had 
spread to her spine in three places.
  Jodi leaves behind husband Justin and three year old daughter Hallie. 
Her family and friends celebrate Jodi for the love she shared with them 
and the lessons she taught them throughout her life.

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