Sarah is a young woman who has recently discovered that she has leukemia right before she also discovers that she has been accepted to Northwestern University's medical program. She decides to put her school on hold so she can travel back home to tell her parents Gayle and Phil about her recent diagnosis. However, at the same time, Sarah is convinced that this is retribution for a tragic accident that involved her neighbor Lorainne's baby. - A young woman with leukemia is accepted to medical school.