“I’m ready!” she would shriek every morning as soon as she woke up. I know children to hate school. My 4-year-old could not wait to go to class with her older brother. She would push us to prepare breakfast and drop her off. It’s been 6 months. Rani has barely gotten off the bed, leave alone step out of the house. When her fever first appeared, I never thought we would end up here, with her fighting for every breath.It was like any other day, except that she did not bounce out of bed. She did not want to go to school. I knew she was not pretending. She had a raging fever. I thought it was because of what she had eaten the day before. We went grocery shopping, and she wanted to have roadside food. I thought she would be fine in a few days. I was wrong.With everyday, with every tablet she took, Rani only grew weaker. The fever got worse and before we knew it, 40 days went by. Even the doctors in our village were not sure of what was wrong. We had to go to the town a few times be
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