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With what illness is Cece diagnosed and what does the doctor say about it?
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The results of the spinal tap show that Cece has meningitis and the doctor tells Cece's mother that her brain might swell as a result. It is at this point that the reader learns that Cece is only four years old since her mother exclaims that very fact in response to the doctor's diagnosis.
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