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was two years old, I developed meningitis and I spent two years in the hospital. The day I was to be discharged, dad sent my nanny to

alking to me but I couldn't hear a thing. I wanted to tell him that I couldn't hear what he was saying but when I opened my mouth to talk, nothing came out. The doctors were alarmed. They

cate. I finally summoned the courage to ask the doctor why I spent sixteen years of my life in the hospital. He told me everything. I wondered whe

y I try to jump down from the hospital's rooftop. I just couldn't do it. Whenever I want

tell her that I'm not leaving with her. When she came to see me, I couldn't say anything. She looked so fragile, I ran into her arms and I wept profusely. The doctor told me that several years ago, Grandma was diagn

appy." Grandma said as she wipe