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We need to get some blood work.” In my mind, that confirmed my original, intuitive diagnosis. He said, “Her liver and spleen are enlarged.

I remember he got a strange look on his face when he felt under her ribs.

We had been to the doctor a few days before, but she was getting worse.Īt the doctor’s office, her pediatrician checked Mia’s stomach. Our four-year-old daughter, Mia, was very pale, weak, and lethargic.

January 11 th , 2010 is a day I’ll never forget. It stings and then leaves a dull pain for awhile. So today, it’s like I just bumped the sensitive scar I carry on my heart. I learned real quick what genuine heartbreak felt like and every day since then has been me figuring out how to heal from the break. You see about 8 years ago things in my life really broke. Then the mantra plays in my head, “It’s not FAIR! After everything she has had to fight for- why this too?” You probably know those combination of feelings. This knot came as I walked out of the special education unit where I left my new 7th grade daughter who was feeling vulnerable and scarred. Was this how it would be every year every first day of school? No, the knot was not because I was mourning the end of summer or that my kids are growing up (sure, those tears come…but let’s be honest mostly we are a little excited, kind relieved, right?!). I could feel the knot in my throat that would in seconds turn to tears.

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