Annie Marie Washington spent 11 years on dialysis after kidney failure before succumbing to her illness in 2004. Her youngest son, Rico Washington, toiled in the minors for that exact number of years before making the St. Louis Cardinals roster this season. The perspective gained from watching his mother fight her illness for years while rarely missing a day of work at a Georgia nursing home makes…
Posted: April 9th, 2008.
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