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[quote=Anonymous]OP, if you're still reading this, I'm so sorry, this is a devastating situation.  I'm late to this thread and it looks like it had a few pages of genuine responses and then a handful of people on control trips took it off the rails-- I'm sorry you have to see all that when you're about to be mourning the loss of a child close to your family.

FWIW, I am a tattoo person, and want to point out that a lot of the profession is about *not* giving tattoos-- any professional artist is going to have a lot of day to day experience talking clients out of getting awful tattoos they'll regret, or turning away teenagers who are impulsively trying to get tattoos but aren't ready.  I don't think any artist would turn away your daughter and her friend.  They'll also have advice for your daughter-- probably in a consultation and not the actual appointment when both girls are there-- about whether getting a memorial tattoo somewhere visible is (or is not) going to invite curious comments that might disturb her grieving process, like a poster very early in the thread pointed out.   Your daughter's friend may not want to disclose that she has a terminal diagnosis but might want to tell her artist that she has a suppressed immune system to make sure they're thorough when walking her through infection protocol, it's not likely, but not something she or her family need to deal with right now.

I hope the girls have a positive, meaningful experience together, and I'm so sorry for everything your daughter and her friend are going through.  [/quote]

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