At my graduation dinner, Dad slid my acceptance letter back across the table and said I would not be attending the seven-year BS/MD program I had earned a place in. – Welcome

Someone else talked about insurance.

I nodded whenever people spoke because I didn’t have enough strength to do anything else.

There was only one thought keeping me upright.

I had to survive for my baby.

When my daughter was finally born two months later, she became the reason I got out of bed every morning.

The hospital discharged us after three days.

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