I had asked Nicole to try and find one positive thing to add to her narrative and several people who read my blog had said if she adds to it let us know.

Nicole didn’t change anything to the paper but did add this to it.

4
Sometimes you gotta fight.
Fight for what you need.
A lot of people don’t fight. It could be because they’re afraid to, or simply because they don’t want to.
But if you do fight, you have a good chance of getting more than if you don’t fight.
My mom always fights for me. For medication, authorization, insurance, doctors and a lot of other things.
She did hit obstacles along the way, but that didn’t stop her.
She just kept going.
And sometimes, we get more than we expect.
Like that one time we got a trip to Hawaii because my mom fought for payment help with a new medication.
She was able to single-handedly change the distributor’s policy, and I was honored to be patient of the year. With that, we got to go to the Global Sales Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.
That was pretty rewarding. I’m sure it especially was for her.
So sometimes, when you fight, you not only get what you want, you get much, much more.
And plus, somebody’s gotta give those stubborn people a challenge.

5
Friends are amazing.
They care about you and love you.
They help you, listen to you, and encourage you.
Or at least that’s what they should do.

Friends that are in similar situations than you are also amazing.
They have more understanding of what you are going through so they can help you better.
They might even be able to fight with you.

Lessons
People are prejudiced
Doctors are morons
People are ignorant
Determination is a virtue
Friends are amazing

I guess the fourth point offsets the first three because fighting can turn all of those people and doctors into smart people.
And the fifth one is special in that it encourages the fourth point.

Of course, I don’t speak for everyone on this.
Being prejudice and ignorant is just part of human nature.
Be idiotic might be too. Sometimes it seems that way.
Not all friends are helpful and good listeners.
But I think the fourth point is true in pretty much all situations. That point is probably the best point of the series.

I am so proud of Nicole for writing this paper. I am even more proud that she believes number four outweighed all the negative things. I have tried to impress this upon her. Yes, I know we have been through a lot of negative and bad things but there are good things and good people that we wouldn’t have if it wasn’t for those bad things.

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