"My initial symptoms were quite vague. Numerous things. I just knew I wasn't right. When I say exhaustion...in your first trimester of pregnancy, you feel a slump. If you quadruple that, that's just barely touching it."
"I remember starting catering jobs, making cookies and not going to bed until 4 a.m., only to be up again at 7 a.m. to be a mom."
"I didn't understand why I had access to food and other children my age didn't, and that didn't make sense in my head at the time. Injustice was something that always shaped my path and I wanted to do something about that."
Elaine Viegas battled cardiopulmonary disease from childhood rheumatic fever, later became a celebrated Records Manager for U.S. leaders, and contributed to the San Francisco Bay Times.
