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One of the children had an oxygencart around the roo the parent of one of these s-term illnesses and lost childhoods, and found that rief, I had actually been spared

"We’re just finishing up with the short-stack set," Tina said "Come on in"

A couple nurses in monkey scrubs appeared in the door "Ready?" one of theirl with the mask

"I want to stay here with Tina," she whined

"I’ll see you toirl clutched Tina’s leg, and I witnessed, just for a split second, how this affected her I saw the saure of her own child, ould never perform such a simple act of attachment

The volunteer rolled me up to the table "Soood tiirl, as led away by the nurse She began to pick up the various cups of gray water

"They love you already," I said

She dumped the water in a little silver sink and rinsed out the cups "The kid classes are okay The grown-up ones are…interesting"

"I didn’t realize you’d be doing kids too"

"I knew That’s where the art roo like this on the other floors" She pulled a handful of paper towels fro off the table

The room had emptied "Am I your only patient?"

"I doubt it Yesterday I had Albert and Cle out anytilanced at the clock "They were about five minutes late yesterday too I think it’s meds time, so they have to wait"

I wanted to ask ured she had so it here?"

She tweaked her two pigtails, tightening theh ram is new Sabrina hadn’t had time for them There are lots of kids They could easily fill ed an antibacterial wipe from a container and sat in a chair opposite me to scrub down the table "A little I swear I see Peanut in every one I mean, I know he couldn’t have lived He ay too small But he would have had a lot of problems He could have ended up soery, it would have been an uphill battle They have to do three increasingly difficult repairs as they grow"

"Makes me realize how hard some parents have it" She closed up the paint palettes and stacked them in the center of the table "I’ht away, or having theo"

"It’s all hard"

I didn’t kno et any tiht in with my question "So, have you learned your way around yet?"