Every woman has a moment of clarityâthat moment when she reclaims control of her life and redirects herfocus. At 31-years-of-age, Fox 2 News reporter, April Simpson was enjoying a carefree life in her prime.With no husband or children to share her focus, she cultivated her career and prepared for a promisingprofession as a news anchor for St. Louisâs number one morning news station. âEverything was great.Life was justâgreat. I love what I do.
Weâre doing great at Channel 2,â begins an emotional Simpson, pausingto refl ect on life prior to receiving the news that would send her life in a new direction. âIâm just trying to think of how itwas before then. Now itâs so hard to think of how it used to be. Iâve gotten so used to living with this. But life was good,âshe reassured.Simpson was secretly a source of support for a fellow coworker who was previously diagnosed with a tumor.
She proudlyrecalled accompanying her colleague to hospital visits for MRIs and other care. Without knowledge, as she was an angelto a friend in need; she would soon discover they shared a similar story.âI kept having bad headaches for nearly a year. I kept going to the doctor and I was diagnosed with a sinus infection threetimes in 2010. I kept thinking âsomething just isnât rightâ. I thought I was having an aneurism or something.â Simpson continued,âI would go to the doctor, and theyâd say, âsinus infectionâ and give me antibiotics, but the antibiotics didnât work.I was taking everything. Nothing worked….
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