Emotional Photos Show Kids Facing Chronic Illness Heading Back to School
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While many dread getting back in the classroom, kids with chronic illness—those undergoing chemotherapy, awaiting organ transplants, recovering from traumatic brain injuries—see the day as a return to "normal."
"Grant spent the first few months of his amazing life at Egleston with a diaphragmatic hernia. This week he started Kindergarten a healthy, happy and Hilarious miracle kid. We [heart] CHOA!" - Leah Wolfe