“One day you’re running your own business and you’ve got two kids in school who are happy, playing soccer and doing well. Your son catches a cold a few times a year but then, this one time, he doesn’t bounce back. So you take him to the emergency room, where he gets sicker and sicker, and 10 days later, he is in the ICU. Then you get a diagnosis: stage four lymphoma with a rare autoimmune disease.”
Lesli Berggren is keeping the memory of her son alive through Love, Nils, which collects toys for children in hospitals
(Oct 28): Lesli Berggren, founder of charitable organisation Love, Nils, remembers that day, seven years ago, when the “C” word — cancer — was first mentioned. It was an “oh my God” moment, when everything came to a grinding halt for her and her family.
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