Poverty

The Pet Store Consideration The moment that made LifeLine Medications inevitable. The Story There was a time — I won’t say when, because it doesn’t matter when — when my child was sick. Not dying-sick. Not emergency-room-sick. Just sick enough to need a doctor. Sick enough that a responsible parent takes them in, gets antibiotics or whatever’s needed, and goes home relieved. Except I couldn’t afford the doctor. I sat in my car in a parking lot, doing math. The visit. The prescription. The follow-up if it got worse. I didn’t have it. I didn’t have any of it. ...