Jayla Cooper is a nine-year-old girl in Texas who is terminally ill with leukemia. In February 2009, she married a 7-year-old boy she met at the Children's Medical Hospital in Dallas. The wedding was symbolic, as the two are too young to legally marry. Doctors believe Jayla will only live for a few more weeks and the parents organized the wedding because it was her final wish.CBS 11: Young Girl With Only Weeks To Live Marries Friend (February 23, 2009) WFAA: Terminally ill girl, 9, marries in dream wedding (February 23, 2009)

The Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange (GRACE), has established a fund in Jayla's name. People who want to give donations can call 817-488-7009.

Leukemia is a blood cancer which produces abnormal white blood cells in the bone marrow. Eventually the cancer starts blocking the growth of normal white blood cells important to fight off diseases. Leukemia also overcomes red blood cells and platelets, thereby interfering with the flow of oxygen through the blood. There are several types of leukemia.

""She's only nine. All I can do is give her what she wants. I give and give, because I don't know what else to do."" — Lisa Cooper, Jayla's mother

"He is very cute and I love him." — Jayla Cooper

"He knows what's going on. He understands that she is going to a better place." — Charla Griggs, Jose's mother

"He's brighter, happier and more content with all that they go through in the hospital. She changed that, brought it all out [and] opened up a side of him I hadn't seen." — Lawrence Griggs, Jose's father