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By Zain Habboo
Do you know that you have to thoroughly wash every single vegetable and piece of fruit a child with cancer eats because pesticides can reverse the effects of chemo" Do you know to keep Saran Wrap in your bag because it?s less painful on your son?s skin than medical tape" Do you know what goes into blood counts and why they matter and that even though you?ve struggled with science and math your whole life you are capable of learning and mastering this information in record speed because you have to" Do you know how much it costs to bury a child" I do.
My wish is that no one else, anywhere, ever has to know any of this. Because you shouldn?t have to. We shouldn?t have to.
My five-year-old son, Rakan, was diagnosed with Wilms tumor in July 2015. The prognosis for this pediatric cancer is usually good: 85 to 90 percent of Wilms tumor patients can be cured. Words that are tattooed on my brain forever.

Everyone told us how lucky we are. How lucky that it?s Wilms. How lucky that the world?s leading Wilms expert was at our local children?s hospital. And you know what" I felt lucky. But every time we made progress, we...