A daughter's addiction. A mother's love.

<p>"I think back to the first time I ever brought Natalie to an emergency room. It was my fault. It was an odd accident. I had lifted her out of her car seat, grabbing my purse and a bag of groceries at the same time while turning and closing the car door and in doing this I also closed Natalie’s foot in the door. I didn’t know that I had done it until I pulled away and couldn’t go any further because she was caught. I actually had to open the door with the handle to release her foot.</p> <p>For me, it was horrific. For Natalie, less so, because while she fussed, she wasn’t nearly as hysterical as I was. I immediately put her back in the car seat and headed to the hospital. All my arrivals at the emergency room are frantic, and this one was as well. But I guess that’s common. Which is why they have to weed people out according to severity and even have signs explaining that this is not a first-come first-serve establishment.</p> <p>After I explained the reason we were there and frantically waving Natalie’s chubby little foot at everyone who would look or listen, I was escorted back pretty quickly."</p> <p><a href= "https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Christine-Pisera-Naman/180708289#:~:text=Christine%20Pisera%20Naman%20is%20the,and%20Trevor%20in%20Monroeville%2C%20Pennsylvania." target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Christine Naman</a> is a writer and author of <a href= "https://amzn.to/3o4YpJK" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">About Natalie: A Daughter's Addiction. A Mother's Love. Finding Their Way Back to Each Other</a>.</p> <p>She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, "<a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/05/a-daughters-addiction-a-mothers-love.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A daughter's addiction. A mother's love</a>." (<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/05/a-daughters-addiction-a-mothers-love.html">https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/05/a-daughters-addiction-a-mothers-love.html</a>)</p>