A Fort Worth teacher's biology assignment led her to a potential lifesaving discovery that her daughter has diabetes.
Lori Roque said on Dec. 20 she was reading an outline of a student's assignment on diseases that affect multiple organ systems.
Roque said some of the symptoms sounded familiar, like what was happening with her 14-year-old daughter, Hope.
Roque took the girl to be tested. Doctors determined that the teen has diabetes and "it was approaching a life-threatening stage."
Hope, who remained in the hospital until Christmas Day, now takes insulin.
Roque said she's grateful that the student turned the assignment in on time.
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