Finding Cooper's Voice by Kate Swenson

Finding Cooper's Voice by Kate Swenson

We Keep Trying

I can't fix it all, but maybe I can fix one thing

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Kate Swenson
Jan 13, 2026
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This morning, I took Cooper to his Pediatric Weight Management appointment. I never know when folks enter our story, so I’ll give a quick recap.

Cooper started gaining weight rapidly around age 9 when he started Prozac. And when I say rapidly, I mean 40 pounds in a year. Maybe more.

We saw it happening. We weren’t blind. But we also saw these amazing thi…

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