My Daughter Was 15 When She Finally Looked Me in the Eye and Whispered, “I Don’t Tell Dad When I’m Hurting Anymore. He Says I Only Do It for Attention.” The Next Afternoon, I Checked Her Out of School and Drove Her to the Hospital Without a Word to My Husband. Halfway Through the Scan, the Technician Went Completely Quiet.
“We can’t know exactly what it is yet, Paige, so please don’t assume the worst before our surgical specialists have a chance to examine you,” Dr.
Wallace replied gently.
He explained that although ovarian growths in teenagers were often benign, a mass this large carried a serious risk of ovarian torsion, which could cut off the vital blood supply.
When the doctor stepped into the hallway to page the surgical resident on call, I turned to my daughter and asked her what had really happened during that first visit with her father.
“Dad got really angry in the waiting room because he had a quarterly sales presentation that afternoon, and he told the nurse we had to leave right away,” Paige admitted through her tears.
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