Rare disease claims life of Anaheim PD senior office specialist, who was to get engaged this summer

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The daughter looked at her mother from her hospital bed and asked: “Mom, am I going to be OK?” Just six months earlier, Marriah Merlyn Valdez, 26, had convinced her mother, Amparo “Amber” Valdez, to go on a cruise with her. In October 2018, the two toured the Mexican Riviera, enjoying such spots as Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, and Mazatlan. Now, on this day — Saturday, June 1, 2019 – Marriah lay in her bed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, her body wracked by a rare disorder of the immune system, her liver decimated, her…


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