It's amazing how much a seemingly small problem can balloon into something life-ruining, but the phrase "the straw that broke the camel's back" exists for a reason.
When this subtle issue turns out to have more serious consequences than expected, it's not impossible to discover that the support systems we thought we had in place had larger cracks than we assumed.
And when people discover that they've slipped through these cracks, the obstacles in the way of clawing back out can suddenly seem almost insurmountable.
Unfortunately, these are the circumstances that one budding Missouri family now find themselves in.