Personal Narrative: How Chemo Changed My Life

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When my mom got cancer I was positive it was a life changer. It started out with treatments. My mom had to go to the cancer center every day. Chemo made my mom really sick and it made her face really swollen, I had a lot of pity for my mom. When I went with my mom to her treatments it made me cry. After that it got really sad and scary. The doctors and surgeons told us she might not live long. Then she had to plan where Carter and I would go if she dies, and that scared me. It was terrible to think of not living with my mom. Because my brother and i are very dependent on my mom. Then it really started to change my life. It made my mom and i bond a lot more. But it also made things really hard. My brother and I had to move in with my aunt. We

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