{"id":35306,"date":"2025-07-16T02:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T02:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=35306"},"modified":"2025-07-16T02:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T02:44:04","slug":"teen-notices-a-yellow-tint-to-her-skin-months-later-shes-told-shell-die-without-a-liver-transplant-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=35306","title":{"rendered":"Teen Notices a Yellow Tint to Her Skin. Months Later, She\u2019s Told She\u2019ll Die Without a Liver Transplant (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Emma Mendelssohn was just 15 when she first noticed a yellow tint creeping into her skin<\/li>\n<li>The high school sophomore from the San Francisco Bay Area emailed her doctor, who told her to keep an eye on it<\/li>\n<li>A few months later, her skin turned a deep yellow again and this time, it didn\u2019t go away. Not much later, she was rushed to the hospital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Emma Mendelssohn was just 15 when she first noticed a yellow tint creeping into her skin.<\/p>\n<p>It was May 2018, and the high school sophomore from the San Francisco Bay Area emailed her doctor, who told her to keep an eye on it. Then, just as suddenly as it appeared, the jaundice faded. With sports, school and homecoming around the corner, Mendelssohn brushed it off, along with the extreme fatigue that followed. At the time, she chalked it up to being a busy teen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1724541\" data-uid=\"0c8f2\">\n<div id=\"mgw1724541_0c8f2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbyadop_d6f93595-b1c2-4e79-824e-211cf3605e7c\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>But by late October, just days before homecoming weekend, her skin turned a deep yellow again \u2014 and this time, it didn\u2019t go away. The exhaustion, too, had only worsened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018Okay, what the actual F. This isn\u2019t normal. This isn\u2019t chill,\u2019 \u201d Mendelssohn tells PEOPLE exclusively.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20997\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn-7925-eb8889bd21124220b892dae1ce04af6b.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn-7925-eb8889bd21124220b892dae1ce04af6b.png 1200w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn-7925-eb8889bd21124220b892dae1ce04af6b-278x300.png 278w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn-7925-eb8889bd21124220b892dae1ce04af6b-948x1024.png 948w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn-7925-eb8889bd21124220b892dae1ce04af6b-768x829.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1296\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She returned to the doctor, who ordered bloodwork. At first, everything looked normal, except for one result that hadn\u2019t yet come back: her liver enzyme levels. That was on a Tuesday. By Wednesday \u2014 Halloween \u2014 she was urgently called to the emergency room.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors gave her a bag of medication, hoping to stabilize her liver function. If successful, she\u2019d be transferred to Oakland Children\u2019s Hospital for steroid infusions. If not, she\u2019d be sent to UCSF Medical Center for an emergency liver transplant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1724541\" data-uid=\"09579\">\n<div id=\"mgw1724541_09579\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbyadop_2a4d5f5b-3f21-458e-8bad-4b5b1c1aa44b\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20994\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn4-7925-478994d348bd49a0abcb206cd33487d5.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn4-7925-478994d348bd49a0abcb206cd33487d5.png 937w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn4-7925-478994d348bd49a0abcb206cd33487d5-180x300.png 180w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn4-7925-478994d348bd49a0abcb206cd33487d5-614x1024.png 614w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn4-7925-478994d348bd49a0abcb206cd33487d5-768x1280.png 768w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn4-7925-478994d348bd49a0abcb206cd33487d5-921x1536.png 921w\" alt=\"\" width=\"937\" height=\"1562\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were like, \u2018You are all sorts of messed up. You\u2019ve got to come back in,\u2019 \u201d she recalls. \u201cI felt sick, but I thought I just had a bad stomach bug or maybe the flu. I didn\u2019t think I was dying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember thinking, \u2018Okay, this seems a little traumatic. I fear. I think this is a bit much.\u2019 And they were like, \u2018No, girl, you\u2019re cooked.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Okay \u2026 well, okay.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the days passed, her lab numbers worsened.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1724541\" data-uid=\"0e4db\">\n<div id=\"mgw1724541_0e4db\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbyadop_d6f93595-b1c2-4e79-824e-211cf3605e7c\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20995\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn5-7925-617b9d6c3b4d47ffaf8de99f1290aa97.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn5-7925-617b9d6c3b4d47ffaf8de99f1290aa97.png 1200w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn5-7925-617b9d6c3b4d47ffaf8de99f1290aa97-278x300.png 278w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn5-7925-617b9d6c3b4d47ffaf8de99f1290aa97-947x1024.png 947w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn5-7925-617b9d6c3b4d47ffaf8de99f1290aa97-768x830.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1297\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Soon, Mendelssohn was transferred to UCSF Medical Center, where doctors diagnosed her with autoimmune hepatitis \u2014 a rare condition in which the immune system attacks the liver. They also discovered she had Hashimoto\u2019s disease, another autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1724541\" data-uid=\"1115c\">\n<div id=\"mgw1724541_1115c\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbyadop_2a4d5f5b-3f21-458e-8bad-4b5b1c1aa44b\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>They started her on steroids for about a day and a half while doctors decided whether her liver could be saved or if she\u2019d need a transplant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, it was my decision,\u201d she says, adding that her parents are divorced and she\u2019s always been independent. \u201cThey told me, \u2018You have a week to live, or we can put you on the transplant list.\u2019 So I was like, \u2018Yeah, those odds are pretty self-explanatory. Put me on the list.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1724541\" data-uid=\"129c3\">\n<div id=\"mgw1724541_129c3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbyadop_d6f93595-b1c2-4e79-824e-211cf3605e7c\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20996\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn2-7925-417057a13e0c46cea82e91fa67d10aed.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn2-7925-417057a13e0c46cea82e91fa67d10aed.png 1200w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn2-7925-417057a13e0c46cea82e91fa67d10aed-278x300.png 278w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn2-7925-417057a13e0c46cea82e91fa67d10aed-950x1024.png 950w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn2-7925-417057a13e0c46cea82e91fa67d10aed-768x828.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1294\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Friday, Mendelssohn was officially added to the transplant list. Just two days later \u2014 on Sunday \u2014 she received her new liver.<\/p>\n<p>While in the hospital, she recalls how a woman came into her room asking if she wanted to Make a Wish. At the time, Mendelssohn told her she could give it to someone else. The woman replied, \u201cNo, that\u2019s not really how it works. If you\u2019re sick, you just get one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat made me realize, \u2018Oh, I am sick, I really am sick for the rest of my life,\u2019 \u201d she adds. \u201d \u2018This is going to be something that\u2019s prevalent in my life forever now.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"v99956181745823600\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@justembaswrld\/video\/7391295198694837534\" data-video-id=\"7391295198694837534\"><p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7391295198694837534?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fen33.usnews.uk%2F20993%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawLj8Q9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHv2DzW0v1LjpzwYT0Jjb-wDxrcLqKmkS5AJ7eHSswCQiUB9ajKy4M6NLzxOr_aem_vcjcEAukOXU2ZuDa-yv-oQ\" name=\"__tt_embed__v99956181745823600\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But even after surgery, life didn\u2019t return to normal immediately. Mendelssohn, now 22, had to relearn basic tasks \u2014 including how to push herself up, turn on her side and even walk. While it was difficult, she was so determined to get out of the hospital that she didn\u2019t even care. The more she practiced, the easier it got.<\/p>\n<p>Along with relearning tasks, Mendelssohn faced a grueling few years of recovery, largely due to complications involving one of her bile ducts: it had been tied off or sewn shut during the donor extraction process. This issue caused persistent problems and made healing slow and painful.<\/p>\n<p>It took nearly three years for her body to fully accept the new liver. But once she made it through that long stretch, her body finally began to stabilize. She graduated high school and committed to Colorado State University. By the time she moved to Colorado for college, Mendelssohn says she was feeling healthy again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFreshman year was great. Sophomore year also great. But junior year, I started to notice I wasn\u2019t feeling that good anymore,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>That familiar yellow tint \u2014 the same early symptom from years earlier \u2014 had returned. She went home for winter break and had labs done, hoping it would be a quick fix. At first, doctors thought it could be handled with an ERCP \u2014 a procedure used to clear bile ducts and insert stents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told everyone, \u2018Don\u2019t fret, I\u2019ll be back in a week.\u2019 I was not back in a week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in California, doctors discovered her liver enzyme levels were extremely elevated and worsening. A battery of tests followed: biopsies, ultrasounds, MRIs and more. But nothing explained why her body wasn\u2019t responding to treatment.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when they tested for something so rare that most transplant patients have never heard of it: donor-mediated rejection. The condition occurs when antibodies in the donor liver and the recipient\u2019s immune system begin to attack each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said, \u2018Nobody gets this. We highly doubt it\u2019s what you have,\u2019 \u201d Mendelssohn recalls. \u201cBut with my luck? I had it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no treatment protocol,\u201d she says. \u201cNo one said, \u2018Here\u2019s the plan.\u2019 I just sat at home waiting. I told them, \u2018I won\u2019t be mad if you don\u2019t know what to do \u2014 just tell me that. But don\u2019t leave me sitting here wondering what\u2019s happening.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><iframe class=\"lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/iframely.net\/UVGDuiqf?theme=dark\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eventually, she was started on immunotherapy \u2014 a cancer-like treatment involving a cocktail of medications delivered through weekly infusions. She constantly had to be monitored for Epstein-Barr virus because, for her, it could develop into lymphoma. At one point, she even contracted the virus, but thankfully, it didn\u2019t progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTuesdays I\u2019d get one two-hour infusion, Thursdays another. Then I had a six-hour injection of a third drug,\u201d she explains. \u201cI\u2019d feel like absolute dog crap for two days, then do it all again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20998\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn8-7925-390de93ed31f4dd58f4347f2a117a613.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn8-7925-390de93ed31f4dd58f4347f2a117a613.png 1200w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn8-7925-390de93ed31f4dd58f4347f2a117a613-278x300.png 278w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn8-7925-390de93ed31f4dd58f4347f2a117a613-947x1024.png 947w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn8-7925-390de93ed31f4dd58f4347f2a117a613-768x830.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1297\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cycle continued for eight grueling weeks. And the hardest part? Mendelssohn wouldn\u2019t know if the treatment was working until the very end. But deep down, she knew that if it didn\u2019t respond, she\u2019d face another liver transplant, something she was desperate to avoid after all the complications from her first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think when I was first hospitalized, I had already kind of come to terms with the idea of dying, just accepting it for what it was,\u201d she says. \u201cSo when the second time came around, I wasn\u2019t unfamiliar with that concept. I was okay with it. I was happy with the way I lived my life and never felt upset or regretful about anything I\u2019d done \u2014 like wishing I had more time to fix or do something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter my first transplant, I really embraced every moment and took advantage of every opportunity,\u201d she adds. \u201cI was never regretful because, honestly, I felt that if I died, I would be fully satisfied with how I had lived my 22 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20999\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn9-7925-39ef7a862d45408c9c50819652a7c18b.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn9-7925-39ef7a862d45408c9c50819652a7c18b.png 941w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn9-7925-39ef7a862d45408c9c50819652a7c18b-181x300.png 181w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn9-7925-39ef7a862d45408c9c50819652a7c18b-617x1024.png 617w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn9-7925-39ef7a862d45408c9c50819652a7c18b-768x1275.png 768w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/emma-mendelssohn9-7925-39ef7a862d45408c9c50819652a7c18b-925x1536.png 925w\" alt=\"\" width=\"941\" height=\"1562\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amid the uncertainty and physical challenges, she turned to TikTok, partly to cope, partly to document her experience, and partly to raise awareness about the often-hidden realities of transplant life. Being a middle child with an older sister and two younger brothers, she was no stranger to wild comments. To get ahead of the negativity, she made a point to joke about herself before anyone else could.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not trying to be inspirational,\u201d she says. \u201cI just want people to know the truth: this stuff is hard. And sometimes, it\u2019s ugly.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"v89391337740124480\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@justembaswrld\/video\/7492999264101059883\" data-video-id=\"7492999264101059883\"><p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7492999264101059883?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fen33.usnews.uk%2F20993%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawLj8Q9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHv2DzW0v1LjpzwYT0Jjb-wDxrcLqKmkS5AJ7eHSswCQiUB9ajKy4M6NLzxOr_aem_vcjcEAukOXU2ZuDa-yv-oQ\" name=\"__tt_embed__v89391337740124480\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At first, she didn\u2019t expect her videos to get much attention. But as they gained traction, the response gave her both a sense of purpose and a platform. Her candidness, dry humor and emotional honesty resonated with thousands \u2014 some fellow transplant recipients, others simply inspired by her resilience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, dang, there\u2019s a lot of people watching me. I can\u2019t just die \u2014 that\u2019s kind of messed up,\u201d she says. \u201cI feel like I should at least give it a little bit of a go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ultimately decided it was probably the better idea to try the second transplant and not to die at that point. But I was not a fan of it in the slightest,\u201d she adds with a laugh. \u201cI was like, \u2018Damn, this sucks. I hate this. I don\u2019t know why I decided to do this.\u2019 But I was already too far in. And I wasn\u2019t born a quitter. So I thought, \u2018Well \u2026 crap.\u2019 And I just kind of went through with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her younger brother \u2014 a high school junior at the time \u2014 was another motivation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought, \u2018I really don\u2019t want to miss his graduation. That\u2019s kind of messed up too.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Still, she wasn\u2019t living just for others \u2014 she was fighting for herself, too. Autoimmune hepatitis, she explains, isn\u2019t something you overcome; it\u2019s something you manage. \u201cI still have it. I always will. There\u2019s no cure, unfortunately. And not a lot of research, either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where her two closest friends, Molly and Riley, stepped in. Though they attended different elementary schools, they became inseparable after meeting in middle school. The summer she told them she didn\u2019t want another transplant, they were among the first people she confided in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey made it really clear that I didn\u2019t need to change my mind for them. I could do whatever I wanted,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>But rather than push her, they took action \u2014 founding a non-profit to support research and push for a cure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really, really cool,\u201d Mendelssohn says. \u201cRaising awareness on TikTok has honestly been the only time I\u2019ve ever seen this disease talked about publicly. It\u2019s not that common. But yeah \u2014 it\u2019s definitely stuck with me. There\u2019s no cure as of right now, but hopefully one day we\u2019ll get close or even find one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Mendelssohn says her health is fairly stable. She\u2019s moved back to the San Francisco Bay Area and plans to finish college there.<\/p>\n<p>Her recovery this time has been much quicker compared to her first transplant. \u201cLast time, it took me 17 days just to get out of the hospital,\u201d she recalls. \u201cI literally had to relearn how to walk \u2014 that took a week and a half. Everything was just so extended.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, she faces new restrictions: no skydiving, no swimming with great white sharks, no dangerous stunts. Most people might shrug off these limits as minor, but for Mendelssohn, skydiving was a dream she hoped to chase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess I\u2019ll have to settle for virtual reality or something,\u201d she jokes. \u201cBut I\u2019ll figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She describes herself plainly: \u201cI\u2019m really just a normal gal. When you\u2019re put in a situation like this, you learn how to deal with it. I\u2019m not some super special, crazy person \u2014 these are just the cards I was dealt. So you figure out how to play your hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople always say, \u2018If you can\u2019t fix something in five minutes \u2026\u2019 That\u2019s so true,\u201d she adds. \u201cIn hindsight, there are far bigger things to stress over than a cake not baking right or getting a bad grade on a test. There\u2019s always another test. It\u2019s really not that meaningful. 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