“Jacob, that bruise looks bad. Did you fall?” she asked.
“No, Mom… I don’t even remember hitting anything,” he replied.
After a few weeks of strange symptoms, his parents decided to take him to the hospital for tests.
A few days later, the doctor walked into the room with a serious expression.
“Jacob,” he said gently, “the tests show that you have leukemia.”
The word sounded unreal.
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