Kate has promyelocytic leukemia. Her sister Anna Fitzgerald, who is born to undergo numerous of surgeries, including blood withdraws, a painful bone marrow and even her kidney, to keep her sister Kate alive. The mother of these two daughters, Sara Fitzgerald describes Kate’s chemotherapy and the pain she endures in detail through her chapters. Sara and Brian's relationship goes to an extent where they begin to treat each other like …show more content…
The love amidst two sisters Anna and Kate is unconditional throughout the novel. In Kate’s body, Anna’s blood is constantly flowing in her veins and arteries. Anna is the only Savior for Kate and because of her Kate is alive. Anna was born with it only one mindset l which was to help Kate. When she grew up, she did a lawsuit against Kate because she wanted her own rights for her body but even after that she loves Kate. The only reason why Anna did a lawsuit was because Kate told her to. Kate pulled out different examples from her head and convinced and Anna. Kate explained, “Think about it Anna. You could go to your hockey camps. You could choose a college in a whole different country. You could do anything you want and never have to worry about me.” (Picoult, 390) Kate played with Anna's mind thoughts. Kate was the one that actually wanted the lawsuit to happen because she felt so bad for