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2 weeks ago(Not) Home for Christmas - emptywheel
Chemotherapy complications and high treatment costs threaten a pancreatic cancer patient's health, finances, and chances of survival despite earlier treatment success.
Back at the hospital emergency department, the mum and baby were about to be sent home by staff after being told there was an eight-hour wait. But when another 10-day-old baby came in with a seizure, a doctor was called - he subsequently examined Molly and rushed her straight through. He measured her head and it was "off the chart", said Corinne, so the doctor sent her in for a CT scan.