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The Dr. Laura Podcast

A Childhood Friendship Cut Short

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

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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Dr. Laura.com.

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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