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This episode of Swindled may contain graphic descriptions or audio recordings of disturbing events which may not be suitable for all audiences.

Listener discretion is advised.

And somehow, always in your mind, you're prepared for the fact that one of us can go before the other,

but you never prepared for that with a child.

A child is your legacy that's supposed to outlive you.

And so when you live for years and years with a child that you're always consciously aware of,

could die anytime.

Life is never the same.

Life was never the same for the Anderson family after 3-year-old Jimmy was diagnosed with

leukemia in January 1972. His parents, Anne, and Charles Anderson

initially thought it was just a severe cold, like everyone else

in the household had dealt with in recent weeks. But Jimmy's symptoms

never went away. He remained pale for two weeks, and a blood test

revealed that his white blood cell count was half of what it should have been.

As expected, the cancer treatment was intense and had a disruptive effect on Jimmy's youth as the years passed.

Jimmy developed more slowly and weakly than his peers.

He was nauseous constantly or had diarrhea.

Of course, the chemo made his hair fall out, and unsurprisingly all the time missed from school affected his cognitive development as well.

Jimmy was held back from sixth grade because he read at a third grade level.

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