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<\/figure>\n\u201cHailey went on this journey with unimaginable bravery, kindness, and selflessness. Her bravery, determination, and will to live came through in the face of every deadline the doctors gave her. She chose to spend her last moments with family and friends doing what she loved most, with no regrets.<\/p>\n
Hailey was described as \u201chighly entertaining, never dull, and fully present in the present moment\u201d in the post.<\/p>\n
\u201cHailey embraced life with an unmatched zest; her beautiful spirit has touched countless lives,\u201d said the caption.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the post said, \u201cHailey will be deeply missed by all who knew her.\u201d Her love, laughter, and energetic spirit will always be remembered in our hearts. We are sad about her death, but it makes us feel better to know that her spirit will live on in everyone she inspired.<\/p>\n \u201cRest in peace, Hailey.\u201d<\/p>\n Grieving family members of Hailey have set up a GoFundMe to help them get through this hard time.<\/p>\n The campaign page will stay open until August 10 and has raised more than $112,208 Canadian dollars.<\/p>\n Hailey first appeared on The Bachelor in Season 21 (2017), when she competed for Nick Viall\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n Her elimination happened in the second week of the competition.<\/p>\n Remembering Hailey<\/p>\n \u201cI feel so lucky to know your laugh and thankful to have met the kindest, most delightful person in the strangest places.\u201d Really appreciate your friendship, both online and off\u2026. Hey girl, don\u2019t worry about what a force she is. A contestant on the same season of The Bachelor, Danielle Maltby, wrote in a comment on the post about her death, \u201cSo much love to all your people.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOh my goodness!!! That makes me so sad to hear this. I was really hoping she would get better shortly. You can relax, Hailey. \u201cYou\u2019ll be remembered always,\u201d Raven Gates wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel lucky to have known such a beautiful solid soul and had such lovely conversations with her.\u201d Ashley Stern wrote, \u201cI\u2019ll never forget you Hailey.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI hope you are in a beautiful, peaceful place, my love. \u201cI can\u2019t believe I won\u2019t see you again, but I\u2019ll treasure every memory,\u201d Dominique Alexis wrote.<\/p>\n HAILEY\u2019S FIGHT<\/p>\n Hailey talked openly online about her battle with leukemia.<\/p>\n She celebrated in April that she was \u201cleukemia free,\u201d which gave fans hope.<\/p>\n Three months later, though, things went badly.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the bone marrow transplant had taken, she was told she had nine months to not even think about cancer, but in truth she only had 6 weeks before she got the terrible news that leukemia cells were back and moving fast,\u201d a message on her GoFundMe said.<\/p>\n \u201cHer first reaction was to say, \u2018I don\u2019t care about myself anymore, but I can\u2019t bear being the cause of so much pain for the people I love.\u201d<\/p>\n While Hailey was fighting cancer, she posted pictures and videos of her progress and setbacks.<\/p>\n She posted a picture of herself smiling while getting treatment in October 2023 and said it was a \u201crare moment.\u201d<\/p>\n Before she posted that, her feed was full of selfies, dog pictures, modeling photos, and occasional glimpses into her daily life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The former Bachelor student Hailey Merkt has died at the age of 31 after a long battle with leukemia. A social media post on her personal Instagram… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tearsoffaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3.webp\")
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