8 years old and almost gone

Chp 1: Where it all started

I'm 8 year old Abigail Wheeler I'm in the 4th grade and here's my story
So here's where it all started I was in kindergarten only 5 years old when my little brother Jaxon was born .My mom had a part time job working as a waitress at a restaurant called Tony's . My dad was the money maker of the family he took care of the bills well my mom took care of the food ,soap stuff like that . When one day I woke up and that man I called daddy wasn't there .
Mommy told me he went on vacation . I was confused why he didn't take us like usual .
Mommy said he would never be back . Which meant my mom was alone on all the bills the rent ,electricity,water and the car payments and all the stuff we needed on a regular basis . Pretty soon after that mom ,Jaxon  and I were all moving into a smaller house. A new house meant a new school and in first grade it's hard making new friends . Then it was summer which meant mom had to feed us breakfast lunch and dinner every day . She hated the fact that she couldn't give us what we wanted but we did have all we needed.
We didn't realize it then but that extra dollar for the princess crown that I had desperately wanted could buy us soap or even something to eat .Things just kept getting worse I didn't get new school clothes or shoes just the stuff that a second grader needed(pencils ,crayons,markers ,and a backpack to put it all in )
My mom was picking up crazy shifts to keep up on the bills.One day my mom said we could skip school because she had some things to do ... I was six and she left me home alone to watch my 11 month old brother she made some bottles and put them In the microwave .She said she would be right back little that I know she wouldn't be back for a while . She was making appointments for me and Jaxon and she also had a 3 hour shift to make some extra tips
The next day Jaxon went to the doctor first ,than me I went back for what I thought was going to be a normal check up a nurse did my weight my height ,and checked my eyes and ears .
My doctor came in checked my reflexes and told me one of his nurses felt a weird bump on the back of my neck he told me to flip my hair up to let him take a look . I let him look at it he left the room and came back about 20 minutes later . He Said he didn't know what it was but it didn't seem normal so I needed to go to see a specialist . My mother started to tell the doctor
she couldn't afford it . The doctor interrupted her and said we already have the bill covered
She agreed to take me.
Which she did we got there and my doctor was a specialist named Dr.Soviach he felt the weird bump that me nor my mom have ever noticed . He said it was formed recently he took blood samples from my arm .My mom took Jaxon to the bath room to change him
I faintly seen one of the nurses walk buy  my door she was crying and then I started to wonder what had happened maybe she was crying because she dropped her ice cream cone like I had done the first day of school when grandma and grandpa had bought me ice cream when they had picked me up .Or maybe she had missed her dad or one of her family members . Mommy always said it was ok to cry if I missed daddy which I only did at night when I would remember him the most
Mommy had returned and Jaxon had a smile on his face but when he spotted my room he just started crying I didn't know why . My mom came in and sat on the chair next to my bed and have Jaxon a bottle .One of the doctors returned not the one we originally had it was a girl she was tearing up she asked to speak to my mom she took my mom out and told her "you daughter has a cancerous brain tumor" my mom let out a sigh and that's when her first and last tear fell . She always tried to be strong for us kids and she was good at doing it . She was never hungry she never cried about daddy . Even though I knew deep inside she missed him real bad .she came back in the room and asked me "sweetie do you remember grandmas disease " I said "yes mommy it was cancer " she said "honey you have a tumor in your brain which also means you have cancer I said "does that mean I am going to die "she said "Abigail wheeler you are a fighter we will get through this together . That's the day I was hospitalized.