Nora's Story

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"Like most kids, Nora lives, and now writes, in the moment. I don't know what mechanism is at work, but she loved her time in Seattle. She only remembers what was good about it. She had close friends at the Ronald McDonald House, and we went to the zoo and such when we could.

"She just does not remember the awful times. The trip to Seattle in 1998 Nora refers to as a 'vacation.' And though there was a week when she was in a great deal of pain, the story about her scar is what she's written about it. She's proud of her scars.

"CT scans are a regular event, but she is only now beginning to understand what they are for." (Bob)