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PART 3 – We Came Home With Discharge Papers, New Rules, and a Marriage I No Longer Trusted !! Maya came home two days after surgery. The pathology result arrived …
PART 3 – We Came Home With Discharge Papers, New Rules, and a Marriage I No Longer Trusted !! Read MorePART 4 – A Therapist Helped Maya Say What She Could Not Safely Say to Her Father Alone !! Maya returned to school three weeks after surgery. She was excited …
PART 4 – A Therapist Helped Maya Say What She Could Not Safely Say to Her Father Alone !! Read MorePART 5 – Daniel Started Doing Everything Right, but Maya Still Flinched Whenever He Asked About Her Health !! By spring, Maya looked like herself again. At least from across …
PART 5 – Daniel Started Doing Everything Right, but Maya Still Flinched Whenever He Asked About Her Health !! Read MorePART 6 – The Custody Review Forced Daniel to Hear Maya’s Wishes Without Turning Them Into an Attack !! The first formal custody discussion happened six months after Maya’s surgery. …
PART 6 – The Custody Review Forced Daniel to Hear Maya’s Wishes Without Turning Them Into an Attack !! Read MorePART 7 – A New Health Scare Showed Us Whether Daniel Had Actually Learned to Listen This Time !! Nine months after surgery, Maya woke me at 2:13 in the …
PART 7 – A New Health Scare Showed Us Whether Daniel Had Actually Learned to Listen This Time !! Read MorePART 8 – When Daniel Finally Came Home, We Treated It as a Trial Instead of a Happy Ending !! Daniel moved home fourteen months after Maya’s surgery. We did …
PART 8 – When Daniel Finally Came Home, We Treated It as a Trial Instead of a Happy Ending !! Read MorePART 9 – A Second Ovarian Cyst Tested Whether Our New Rules Worked When Nobody Was Watching !! Maya was seventeen when the pain returned. Not the same pain. She …
PART 9 – A Second Ovarian Cyst Tested Whether Our New Rules Worked When Nobody Was Watching !! Read MorePART 10 – Maya’s Senior Year Made Us Learn the Difference Between Protecting Her and Controlling Her !! Senior year arrived with forms. College forms. Financial-aid forms. Sports physicals. Permission …
PART 10 – Maya’s Senior Year Made Us Learn the Difference Between Protecting Her and Controlling Her !! Read MorePART 11 – College Gave Maya Control of Her Own Medical Decisions, and We Had to Let Her Use It !! Maya called during her third week of college. “Before …
PART 11 – College Gave Maya Control of Her Own Medical Decisions, and We Had to Let Her Use It !! Read MorePART 12 – When Daniel Became the Patient, Maya Refused to Carry the Same Fear He Once Gave Her !! Daniel had his own medical scare when Maya was nineteen. …
PART 12 – When Daniel Became the Patient, Maya Refused to Carry the Same Fear He Once Gave Her !! Read More