The mother is racing barefooted, up and down the hallway of a hospital, trying to distract her son, during the wait before bone marrow extraction. Her son was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a childhood form of cancer.
The photographer has brought out a series of the family's photos, during their troubled times. It can be accessed at http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/8358.
I was moved beyond words after going through the images. By the time I had completed viewing it, tears were running down my cheeks. The worst form of sadness is when a parent outlives her kid. I was hesitant to paste it in my blog, because it is heart-breaking. But I also felt that accepting it, would reduce atleast my pain, as an outsider.
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