She'll never forget when he got his first blood transfusion. "It was literally like when you have a philodendron plant that is just completely wilted and you give it some water and you can practically watch the plant perk up," she says. "That's what it was like." (Sara McGinley)

Shaking Motherhood to the Core

She'll never forget when he got his first blood transfusion. "It was literally like when you have a philodendron plant that is just completely wilted and you give it some water and you can practically watch the plant perk up," she says. "That's what it was like."

Credit: Sara McGinley