These Cancer Patients Created Their Own Women's March In Hospital

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A group of women refused to let cancer prevent them from joining the Womenโ€™s March by holding their very own demonstration in hospital.

Allie Oetken, 19, was among the women who marched through City of Hope cancer hospital in California.

The teenager, who is living with Ewingโ€™s sarcoma, a type of bone cancer, posted photos of the demonstration on Twitter along with the caption: โ€œCouldnโ€™t make it [to] the LA march today, so we had to do our own protest around the hospital.โ€

The images have since received more than 55,000 likes, with hundreds of people thanking the women for supporting the march from hospital.

couldn't make it the LA march today so we had to do our own protest around the hospital (only got 1 floorโ€“ we tried tho) #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/AsPIuHVd6K

โ€” allie oetken (@allieoets) January 21, 2017

Oetken was first diagnosed with Ewingโ€™s sarcoma more than two years ago and in November, she celebrated having clear scans.

However, her condition deteriorated and a few weeks ago she was diagnosed with stage four cancer when doctors discovered the disease had spread to her skull.

so thug

A photo posted by Allie Oetken (@allieoetken) on

Allie Oetken (left)

Speaking to BuzzFeed, Oetken said she was disappointed she couldnโ€™t join the Womenโ€™s March in Los Angeles with her friends.

But after she heard one of the other patients chanting, they decided to hold their own protest against President Trumpโ€™s โ€œgross rhetoric and behaviourโ€.

Allie Oetken/Twitter

The women made placards and marched around the hospital along with medical equipment and their nurses.

โ€œIt was important to me because I felt such solidarity with women that day, obviously the ones who marched with me, but all over,โ€ Oetken said.

The cancer patients have since been inundated with messages of support on Twitter.

@allieoets Thanks you for joining us ! You're hero's. God speed. โค pic.twitter.com/1gpaXpjuxT

โ€” Susan Defiant (@makeupsue) January 24, 2017

@allieoets this is really amazing and those of us at the marches hear you we really really do hear all of you

โ€” Ellie Pรฉrez ๐Ÿณ๏ธ๐ŸŒˆ (@_Sunshowers_) January 22, 2017

@allieoets I admire your courage - keep fighting the good fight.

โ€” Helen Kondos (@hckondos) January 24, 2017

These may be our favourite Womenโ€™s March photos yet.

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