At the age of eighteen, Jason was getting ready to attend Providence College in Rhode Island. Like any other teenager going off to college he was excited and anxious. It was a chance for him to move away from home and experience being independent. That for Jason was one of the best things that he could ask for. No more parents nagging and telling him what to do and when to do it. Fortunately for Jay, he was rooming with a friend back home, Brad, a tiny, funny, smart individual who always seemed to know the answer to everything. Rooming with him was going to make things a lot better.

I’ll never forget the day that my parents and I went to Providence to drop off Jason. I get along with my brother pretty well and never thought that I was going to be so upset. I guess he really did mean a lot to me. Saying goodbye to him was one of the hardest things to do.

“Jess, I’ll be home soon. I am not going to chang

Later that night, Jason decided that it would probably be better for him to shave his head. When he finally took his baseball cap off, I understood then why he was upset. His hair had just fallen out into clumps and he had patches everywhere. At first, he wanted to grow out his hair in an attempt to cover the spots but decided to just shave it all off. My mother did the deed of shaving his head in the blue floral bathroom of ours on the first floor. It wasn’t the easiest thing for my mother to do, but knew that she had to do it because it was going to make Jason feel a little better. After the finishing touches, he came out of the bathroom and showed my brother Jared and I his head. Jared and I blatantly stared at it and told my brother it didn’t look that bad. In reality, Jason’s head looked like an Easter egg with spots all over it.

Since his hair loss was unfortunately getting worse, Jason decided that he needed to come home and needed a diagnosis for what was happening. When he had walked into the house, he had his navy blue faded red sox cap tightly secured to his head covering his face. His shoulders were hunched over, and right away I knew that my brother was unhappy. He wasn’t the same kid that he once was before. I was almost a bit nervous to talk to him and see what was underneath his hat.

e a bit! I’ll see you!”, he murmured while embracing me with his skinny arms.

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