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“I remember the first time I held that sweet little baby girl in my arms…
The whole big beautiful world was out there for her…
I was in awe, in love and all I wanted to do was watch her grow up and fly on her dreams, happy and healthy.
I knew there would be struggles – colicky nights, temper tantrum throwing toddler in the middle of the grocery store, the endless “why” questions of an inquisitive preschooler, “big kid school”, the awkwardness of “tweens”, navigating the teen years worrying about sex, alcohol, drugs (and maybe rock and “roll).
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Yes, I was a mish mash of many emotions on the birthday of my daughter and her twin brother – ecstatic, filled with love and hope, exhausted, nervous and scared as hell…all of the above!
BUT never did I imagine a true predator would enter my home… intent on one thing and one thing only…to prey on and systematically destroy my child, my family and everything standing in the way of IT.
That true predator, that thug, that demon was an eating disorder.
I have been a practicing Pediatrician for almost 25 years…I have practiced in tertiary care children’s hospital ER’s, I have practiced rural and suburban pediatrics, and I have practiced international pediatrics. NEVER in my life have I seen a disease as complex, as awful, as frightening, and as misunderstood as eating disorders.
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