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In Sickness and In Health, Part Two
I worry about our rheumatologist. He regularly returns calls at 7 or 8 p.m. He always visits Julianne when we come in for a hospital overnight. Sometimes we’ll see him as late as 9 in the evening, and...
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{Photo caption: Julianne’s angel collection, which always accompanies her on overnights.} On the day a mom with a sick kid either goes to or comes home from the hospital, you should not expect...
View ArticleBeauty in the Breaking
We roll our bags down the entry hallway of Children’s Hospital, past a colorful abstract butterfly mural. We’re here for a scheduled overnight—no rushed admission, no immediate accident or illness, no...
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