[post_page_title]Surprise diagnosis[/post_page_title]
When Christie got home, her dad said, “Your mom won’t be coming home for a while. She’s really sick.” Christie remembers these words so vividly like they were yesterday. They’ll forever ring in her ears.
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Her dad continued, explaining how they had found multiple tumors in her brain. The next morning she was going to need emergency surgery, and they’d also be running numerous tests to find out everything they could about what type of tumors they were and what they could do to help.