The hardest thing about chemotherapy is that in the attempt to kill the cancer cells, you end up weakening the good cells as well. Your organism has to use much strength for vital functions, so your immune system gets weak.

Jackson lost much weight in this process and he didn´t have any hair anymore. He could only walk short distances, and even so, with much care not to fall.

But he decided to keep his interest in his boys´s lives and he thought of ways to distract them a little from his sickness.

TIME FOR A LITTLE HOCKEY

One day, when Jackson was chatting with Arthur, the boys came from school and after some school talk, Jackson told his sons.

“You know, Arthur likes to ice skate since we were roomates. We went many times to the ice rink where I could watch him reaching great speeds while he saw me fall on my back many times.”

“Did you get better, dad?”

“A little. But my dad, on the contrary,