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“But I’m too young to die.”
Those were the words 30-year-old Maria uttered when an oncologist explained that a recently diagnosed breast cancer may have spread to her brain, and if that were the case, the prognosis would be “poor.”
Unfortunately, Maria did not survive.
This book is a father’s love song to his daughter.
This book is both a biography of Maria’s short life and a memoir of how her family dealt with her hospitalization and eventual death. Maria was working full-time at a local hospital and was studying part-time to earn her Master’s degree in teaching when she became afflicted with what she thought was a migraine headache.
During most of Maria’s final days in the hospital, various doctors were trying to determine the cause of not only Maria’s headache but also her back and neck pain. One doctor in particular referred to her as a “diagnostic dilemma.” Unfortunately, by the time they figured out the problem, Maria had only a short time to live.
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