Walking through the fire, I had something I wanted my doctor's to know. If I told them, they might later forget. If I wrote it down, they could remember. I want it to make a gift for them in my family. The gift that Laura Lee gave her doctors and her family is a beautiful simple incredible moving Journal of her confrontation with death even as she was in the midst of giving life. It's the gift of love, not just for her doctors and children, but for all of us. At past 30, and pregnant with her third child, Laura Lee found herself suffering unusual symptoms. Test at the hospital showed she had Hodgkin's disease. She would have to undergo surgery and radiation treatment and risk of the life of her unborn child. Laura Lee's experiences during a 9 month. Is a fresh unaffected style she describes encounters with doctors, the effects of her illness and her husband and family and pointly reveals her inner thoughts and feelings.