Essay Contest First Place: Sara Farley
July 7, 2007 by Kristen King
Filed under Women's Health
by Sara Farley
When I saw the topic for this contest, it was not only website appropriate, but for me it was a no brainer. Ask me to describe a lively woman and only one person comes to mind- my mother, Cathy Farley. My mother is 59 years young and 12 years ago she was diagnosed with systemic lupus, a debilitating auto immune disease in which there is an overproduction of the white blood cells that kill off infection. When there is no more infection to kill, the white blood cells attack the soft tissue of the body.
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