Nontrad PS Question - Leaving Master's Program

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Alright. I had what I thought was a final draft of my PS (haha, funny, I think this thing will never be final until I actually submit) but then had a wise, experienced person look it over and rearrange a few things to help clear up my point.

Basically, I started a Master's program in Elementary Education straight out of undegrad, but left the program before completing it due to my mother's failing health and my coinciding (and related) realization that I needed to pursue a career in medicine. My PS covers the reasons for the switch and then focuses on why medicine.

I have only a sentence mentioning the Master's program, as its quite apparent from my transcripts and lack of M.Ed degree that I did not complete it. BUT, do I even need to specifically address this in my PS? Would I be remiss not to, and to leave it for secondaries? Please help! With the re-work, the essay flows better without this sentence, and I fear including the sentence makes me look indecisive, which is something I want to avoid in the PS.
 
Personal advice will be more helpful than SDN on this one. Some schools screen at primaries and some don't. Not explaining a big thing and then having it effect your access to secondaries would be a big issue to worry about but I don't know what schools do that. My understanding is most of them just screen basic stats. (and no mine took 6 revisions and I was never really "happy" with it either. But I am in finals of my MS1 so I can't complain).
 
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