Ignored Symptoms Nearly Cost Me My Life

I (16F) almost died at 13 because a doctor ignored every warning sign and he's STILL working.

When I was 13, I was always tired and had stomach pain. I didn't think much

of it because my diet was awful and I didn't exercise. Then one day at school,

a classmate told me my eyes looked yellow. I called my mom. She wasn't too worried

but took me to the doctor, who ordered blood tests. The results came

back: my liver enzymes were 800. He didn't warn us at all. We only found out

later from another doctor how serious it was. This all started in January.

In February, he booked a liver ultrasound at another hospital. Late March we went