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stuffed animals that were far nicer and newer. I chose the best one from our stuffed animal stash, and went with Trissa to try to persuade Jenna to relinquish her claim on Toby. I held it out to her. “Here, Sweety. Why don’t you take this one and give Toby back to Trissa.” In response, Jenna hid Toby behind her back to keep him away from us. No amount of coaxing or bribing could persuade her to give him up. Finally, Trissa grabbed Toby from Jenna and took off running to her room with Jenna squealing close behind. This same scene occurred day after day until a few months later. Jenna became very sick and had a high fever. We took her to the doctor and he told us she had a bad infection. He prescribed a strong antibiotic for her. But each time we gave her the medicine, she would immediately throw it up. We called the doctor, and he told us to keep trying for 24 hours, but if she still couldn’t keep it down by then, we should bring her in. But after a few hours of cuddling her, listening to her breathe harder and harder, and watching her fever 35