The Village That Kept Me Alive

Before the miracle drug that changed everything, there were 50 years of survival. Welcome to the archive of how I learned to live when death was always the plan.

When your parents are 17 and 18, and you’re born with a terminal illness, you need more than just parents. You need a village. This episode introduces you to the people who kept me alive—not through martyrdom or pity, but through fierce, unconditional love and a refusal to treat her as if she were broken.

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