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A Mother's Nightmare: A Heartrending Journey into Near Fatal Childhood Illness
A Mother's Nightmare A Heartrending Journey into Near Fatal Childhood Illness Author:Cathy Crimmins In the tradition of Lorenzo's Oil, a brutally searing story of one mother's quest to save her child's life — One day Kelly Crimmins was a happy seemingly healthy twelve-year-old; the next she confessed to her mom that she?d had blood in her urine for months. After a series of tests, Kelly was diagnosed with a life-threatening... more », potentially terminal autoimmune disease.
A Mother?s Nightmare details Cathy and Kelly?s three-year medical and emotional journey, which took them from Philadelphia to Minnesota?s Mayo Clinic and back again. Cathy writes about the toll taken on a young girl who suddenly becomes a patient, and about a mom who in fighting for her little girl?s life becomes sick herself with worry and fear. As she did in her award-winning Where Is the Mango Princess?, Cathy makes illness both personal and universal. It?s an account all readers will find memorable and moving.« less