My Daughter Finally Rang the Bell After Finishing Chemotherapy – But as We Were Leaving the Hospital, Her Doctor Rushed After Us and Said, 'Wait! There's Something You Needed to Know. I Couldn't Keep It a Private Matter Any Longer'
"What would you like to write?"
Finally she printed nine small words beneath her hand.
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I can't wait to be late for school again.
The room dissolved into tears. Even Mr. Howard openly cried.
I laughed through my own sobs.
"Late for school?"
Martha shrugged. "I've missed enough already, Mom."
Dr. Collins quietly looked around the room. "This," he said, "is why we never erase these walls."
"I've missed enough already, Mom."
He turned toward me. "Medicine helped heal Martha's body." A beat passed before he could go on. "But every person in this room wanted to protect the little girl inside it."
Nobody spoke.
There wasn't anything left to say.
***
Several minutes later we finally walked toward the hospital entrance again.
Without planning it, the entire staff followed us outside.
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