She Was Only 11, But Her Mom Knew Something Was Terribly Wrong

This story was first published in the Washington Post on September 16, 2018

My daughter, age 11 (with her beloved cat, Pepper)

You’ve had a bad feeling all summer, a nagging in your gut that something’s wrong. She looks thinner, but she just turned 11 and kids that age get taller, thin out. Yet . . . why is she so pale in July? Why is she tired all the time? Your husband said it was because she’d been…