Another Letter to my Daughter’s Chemo Drugs

Dear Dactinomycin,I have a question: How do yousave a body from the body itself?Your job: stop cells dividing, freeze growth.The proof: hair coming out in clumps,disappeared eyelashes, platelets drained solow they called for a transfusion. A mother’sjob: grow a small...

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