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I think that if ever, God forbid, I get the sad news that my son has got a cancer at first I’ll be incredulous, then I’ll panic and try to remove that thought from my mind. As this won’t be possible I’ll consult the best oncologists to make sure that the diagnosis is the right one. If the specialists agree, I’ll follow the instructions of the best one of them and start the necessary therapy, hoping that it has been discovered in time to be cured.

If the diagnosis is one that doesn’t leave any hope, I’ll try to make my son’s last days as happy as possible, trying, as much as I can, to realize his dreams, such as offering him a trip to a place he’d love to visit or taking him to a concert of his favourite singer.

At the end, I’ll spend as much time with him as possible, without letting the agonising sorrow I feel in my heart show.

And surely I will pray a lot.