Story archives - tag: "disease"

Sarah

Three-and-a-half months after giving birth to the baby I never thought I could have, I was in the hospital wondering if I would live to hear her first words.

tags: baby new mother disease terrified [add]

2008-08-01 14:05:00 / Rating: 278.75 /

Selfish Girl

The day my grandfather was diagnosed as HIV positive was the day my mother found out she was pregnant with me.

tags: birth death disease [add]

2007-10-23 11:54:21 / Rating: 158.75 /

Bokonon

The disease stole her health, her friends, her family, her money, but the sunrise was still beautiful.

tags: hope disease [add]

2007-07-20 15:42:52 / Rating: 166 /

Sputnik

Then the doctor said the Crohn's is something you can live with, and that the stomach pain will be gone in a couple of days, but he was wrong.

tags: Crohn's disease pain stomach [add]

2006-12-05 14:31:40 / Rating: 172 /