A Childhood Friendship Cut Short

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🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Dr. Laura addresses the heartbreaking loss of a young girl who passed away from leukemia, and the impact her death had on Matthew’s 8-year-old son. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:29.7	Matthew, welcome to the program.
0:32.8	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:33.9	Thanks for taking my call.
0:36.8	Thank you.
0:39.8	Sorry, this is kind of a sad one.
0:43.5	Okay.
0:44.2	Through this here.
0:46.4	We have family friends and neighbors, and they were on a way on a trip,
0:53.1	and we found out on Sunday that their 10-year-old daughter had died.
1:00.4	And what were the circumstances?
1:04.6	Well, she basically suffered the equivalent of a massive stroke and then was airlifted to the hospital.
1:14.6	They did surgery, but then they had discovered that she had leukemia, but she had had no symptoms.
1:21.6	So then just by Sunday, she had passed away.
1:29.9	The family's not back yet.
1:32.0	They're getting back today.
1:34.2	So we don't know every single detail.
1:40.4	We've kind of been in touch with them a bit.
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