~No POV~ Tommy Pickles was going into first grade. It was his first day. Didi remembered like yesterday. "Mommy? What if they don't like me?" Tommy asked. "I'm sure they will honey," replied DIdi. And he walked in. "Hi sweetums! What is your name?" "Tommy, his name is Tommy." Replied Didi. "Well, hello Tommy! Here", she said handing Tommy a name tag, "My name is Miss Tamico, I'll be your teacher, go take a seat next to the red headed boy". She pointed to Chuckie. Then she left the room. When she picked him up later he was so excited. And went on telling Didi about his day. The next morning Stu got Tommy up for breakfast. However he noticed some random bruising on his arms and legs. At the table while Tommy was getting ready, Stu said "Didi, did you notice Tommy's legs and arms?" "What on Earth do you mean?" Replied Didi. "Bruises... big and bad ones" A few hours Didi's cell phone rang. "Mrs. Pickles? It's Amy, the nurse at Ronald Thump Elementary. Your son, Thomas Pickles, fell off the monkey bars. He is limping and we need you to come get him." Didi grabbed her purse, keys, and pocket sized Lipschitz Mommy Manual, then headed out the door.
When she got to pick Tommy up, the nurse took her into her 'special room', for when she had to talk in private. She told Didi about the bruises. She said that she needed to talk to Tommy about them. She took Tommy to Didi's van via a wheelchair, as he couldn't walk. Didi consulted Lipschitz as usual, and then drove to the E.R. Their usual doctor, Dr. Schachter, was on duty. He said that Tommy needed a few X-rays and a blood test. The x-rays hurt poor Tommy, he cried and cried afterwards. He had a sprain, and the doctor gave him an ankle brace.
The next week Didi got another call, from Mr. Schachter, saying that they had to come to his office. Tommy and Didi went right away. They were directed to a room, where it was only the three. Dr. Schachter started by saying "Mrs. Pickles, we have bad news. It appears as so little Tommy here, has a case of Leukemia.