1. Living with a sick child
... , killing him in less than five minutes. The doctors offered to surgically remove my son's spleen, so it will give him a chance to live until his early twenties, but in a wheelchair because this disease has restricted all of Sergey's physical activities. I decided to leave the spleen in place; therefore, the doctors decided that Sergey's physical activity has to be restricted: he ... can't play football and basketball and he is not supposed to run, jump or ride a bike. For me it was too impossible to explain to a five-year old why he couldn't do it any more ... ...
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