Communities rally around King, family says

Emma King’s story is the kind that doctors use to remind parents to trust their instincts.
In February, Emma, who lives in Coon Rapids, had visited Dr. Susan Hornback at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital a few times. Emma had stomach aches and a few other worrisome, but not necessarily serious, symptoms, Hornback and Emma’s mother, Jenni King, said.
“The most common cause of abdominal pain in children is constipation,” Hornback said last week.
But Hornback took King’s concerns seriously. The two women work together at the hospital, where King works in the radiology department.
“When the mom is persistent and says something’s not right, you really have to listen,” Hornback said. 
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