Her Journey, My Struggle
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  • Reads 6,302
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  • Parts 69
  • Time 2h 21m
Ongoing, First published Sep 23, 2017
My sister was based on  Meaghan and she  was on the road to eating disorder recovery. On Sunday, Spetember 17, 2016, she was admitted to the hospital after a suicide attempt and a BMI of 14.7. After days of not eating, she made the decision that she did not want to live forever in the hospital. She did not want to be dependent on a feeding tube and did not want to be afraid of having seizures. She wanted to be happy.

However, she was likely also suffering from a genetic disorder that prevented her from fully healing with her eating disorder and from having her wish of no feeding tube or seizures and ultimately ruined her body. 

This first half is about a girl based on my sister and the second half is my story, after her life.
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