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Almost Too Close A Call
It could have ended in disaster due to a terrible mistake
It all began, full steam ahead, down a one way track, of which there will be no return.
It all began with the fatal diagnosis of my sister’s blinding headaches. The headaches we have been chasing answers for over six months. Now we have the diagnosis, I wonder if it wasn’t better when we didn’t know.
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It all began on a bright sunny morning. A morning of excitement, the arrival of dreams and blindingly intense pain.
Sunday, 15 May — the day we had been dreaming about for years. The day my sister, Angelika and I, were to board the old 1920’s steam ship for an all inclusive one week sail along the coast. A dream we have had for so long it’s hard to believe the day has finally arrived.
If only Angelika was not blinded by one of her nasty headaches. I did offer to cancel the trip but she refuses to hear if it.
“Chloe, what am I going to do if we cancel our dream? Sit around here in pain, schedule more useless tests or just give up — because that’s what it would come too,” Angelika explains. “We are helpless until we get the latest test results, so please Chloe, let’s go follow our dreams. Please!”
