I asked her to lower her chin toward her chest.
My blood ran cold.
I called the pediatrician’s overnight service.
After listening for less than thirty seconds, the nurse said, “Mrs. Vance, take her to the emergency room now.”
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I pulled clothes over my pajamas, wrapped Lily in her coat, and carried her barefoot through the garage because her legs felt strange.
She weighed forty-seven pounds.
I remembered because six months earlier, she’d proudly announced her weight after using our bathroom scale.
“I’m almost fifty pounds, Mommy.”
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That night, those forty-seven pounds felt unbearably heavy.
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A nurse took Lily from me.
A doctor questioned me.
Another nurse cut her pajama sleeve to insert an IV.
Someone mentioned a lumbar puncture.
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