Ruby.

She was not in her seatbelt, literally like contorting and she just clearly could not get comfortable.

The pain was so severe. And I remember her thanking me for taking care of her, as if she thought she was going to die.

You know, at that age specifically, you see doctors as, like, literally your heroes.

They're supposed to know everything.

And so when people were like, oh, I don't know, that was like, oh, what do you mean you don't know?

I am ashamed that I did contribute to some of that skepticism when I first met them.

I didn't fully understand at that point in my career how complex a brain and body can be.

I promise you, like on everything I love, this is real.

How terrifying would it be to fight an unknown enemy?

One you didn't recognize and didn't see coming.

What if that enemy was coming from within? A disease that even doctors couldn't identify.

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Sarah Marshall is without a doubt on the list for Mother of the Year.

Having come from a background in social work,

she has taught her children the value of community

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She is smart, intuitive, and fierce

in her defense of what's right.

She is a mother to four daughters

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