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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly, never. I'm 34. Over the past 8 months, I've spent weeks at a time in the hospital. (Both Suburban and Shady Grove) At no point have I ever been alone. Not even for one second. My dad's a physician and he's managed to spend a few hours a day at the hospital with me, in between his own crazy busy schedule. My mom has been there every single day. As have her two best friends. My own best friends have spent the night every single night I've been there, refusing to leave me alone in the evenings. They bring their work clothes for the next day with them and leave from the hospital. Their moms have brought breakfast every single day for whoever is there with me in the morning.

I know I'm insanely lucky to be surrounded by such a loving, caring group of people, and I don't take it for granted for one second, but being in the hospital is terrifying, even as an adult, and I can't for one second imagine being a child and being left alone there. The only reason I've been able to stay sane throughout my hospitalizations is because I've had my friends and family there to get me through it. My doctors have always said that the positivity I'm surrounded by has made a world of difference in the progress I've made and they're right. I haven't had one second to mope or be upset or afraid because I'm constantly surrounded by people who remind me of all the great things I have in my life and that makes fighting my illness so much easier. [/quote]

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