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What Not to Say to Me When My Son Is Fighting for His Life
PERSONAL ESSAY
My 8-year-old son this week started chemotherapy that may save his life, and people keep describing me with one word that feels like a consolation prize.
Allison Quinn
News Editor
Updated
Feb. 2 2025
3:30AM EST
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Published
Feb. 1 2025
12:13PM EST
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Photo Illustration by Victoria Sunday/The Daily Beast/Allison Quinn
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