It's fucking horrible that this isn't considered child abuse. I know most people outside here would consider it to be hyperbole. But I'm pretty damn close to dying at this point. And I'm almost positive I'm FAR more mobile and have a higher quality of life than her. A person who's only 18 and should have this whole bright future ahead of her.  She's just young enough that I can still see her as a victim of this. And who knows, there's probably something like a 1% chance that she'll use her adult status to take control of her life and body. But it's pretty much a given that she won't. And that at 18 her life's pretty much already on track to be 'lower' quality of living than someone who's terminal.  Though I swear things like this really make me appreciate what I've had in life. I might be checking out sooner than I'd like. But at least I fucking lived.