WXIA : "ATLANTA -- 'I don't even know how to put it into words,' Petra Gooding said while sitting on the couch outside the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Her daughter is inside, in total isolation, fighting life-threatening complications from her treatment.
Petra does not know how she will explain to her child that she may have to leave her. Seven-year-old Niamh is battling Stage 4 Neuroblastoma.
The mother and daughter came to Children's from Barbados last November, their private insurance paying for Niamh's treatment. They applied to extend their visas because Niamh is so ill and, having just recently received a bone marrow transplant, unable to be moved.
'They gave my daughter the six-month extension but did not give it to me,' Petra said.
Petra does not know how she will explain to her child that she may have to leave her. Seven-year-old Niamh is battling Stage 4 Neuroblastoma.
The mother and daughter came to Children's from Barbados last November, their private insurance paying for Niamh's treatment. They applied to extend their visas because Niamh is so ill and, having just recently received a bone marrow transplant, unable to be moved.
'They gave my daughter the six-month extension but did not give it to me,' Petra said.
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