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Friday, March 30, 2012

Chandra’s Story: Losing A Son To Asthma

Care2 Causes | Chandra Baldwin-Woods
An asthma attack turned my world upside just less than two years ago, and it has never been the same since. After returning home from football practice on a typical hot, muggy August day, my 16-year-old son Jovante suffered an asthma attack that rendered him unconscious from anoxic brain injury. Jovante’s father and I spent the next four days by his side in the hospital praying for his recovery, which was not to be.

I do not have adequate words to describe the pain of losing a child. It’s something no parent should ever have to experience. Knowing that we will never watch Jovante graduate high school, attend college or experience the joy of starting a family is a pain we must live with every day.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/chandras-story-losing-a-son-to-asthma.html#ixzz1qd3e2ke9

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