“Mom, are you “died” or just sleeping? Mom, you won't stop breathing, will you? If I behave well, they won't cut off anything else from you, will they? If I hug you, won’t it hurt you?” - 5-year-old George walks around his mother's bed and tries to cheer up his mother. She took a strong painkiller, but the nasty pain that is tearing her from the inside does not calm down. She worries because her children are witnessing this.