My Daughter’s Classmates Held Prom in Her Hospital Room Because She Couldn’t Attend Due to Her Illness – Then One of Them Handed Me an Envelope and Said, ‘Here’s the Real Reason We’re Here’

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My daughter was admitted for the night, then the next, then indefinitely.

“I won’t make it, will I, Mom?” Carol whispered from the bed.

I sat beside her and smoothed her thin hair back from her forehead.

“You’re going to make it to plenty of proms, baby. This is just a delay.”

She turned her face toward the wall.

I drove her back to the hospital.

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