My Mom Denied Money, I Lost Medicine

My mom divorced my dad after he cheated on her.

Ever since, she’s struggled with crippling anxiety and needed to monitor my every move.

When I started college, I had to check in with her three times daily just to receive my allowance.

Then one morning, I overslept and missed a check-in. I’d come down with severe pneumonia from the flu.

Mom flipped out and cut off my allowance for the entire day.

Without money for medication, my pneumonia worsened and developed into sepsis.

Barely making it to the hospital, I called Mom begging for a month’s allowance in advance to pay for medicine.