There's only horror, blinding pain, and shock. The family is thrust into a strange world of cold neon lights and nurses in white. Life as previously known, is no more. T he excruciating wait. From the first nightmarish moments of diagnosis, though the assailing interventions and ensuing indignities, the harsh and the jagged are one's reality.
Money becomes the fulcrum on which all hinges.
The scores of medical protocol and treatments are accompanied by exorbitant bills, the costs are astronomical, but imperative. Even for the fortunate who have medical coverage are exhausted by deductibles and itemizations not covered by conventional insurance plans. The need for money grows more acute each day. Our army of special women shop, clean, cook, listen, and reassure anxious siblings, and in the evenings support them hot kosher meals, homework help, and more. Sick children enjoy a Nintendo collection, books, toys, and games.