If I could live to five years old

Author: Ren Tian
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: A touching new read that moved America. How to face adversity? How to appreciate life? How to cherish life? The book offers insights from children on facing difficulties. If I Could Live to Five takes us into a unique situation—from high-risk, high-tech operating rooms to hospitals and recovery rooms, where life and death are separated by whether the heart beats. Here, parents deeply experience the limits of confidence and strength when facing a sick child. This work also tells us Fred Epstein’s touching and inspiring life story—a journey from a simple, knowledge-hungry child with limited abilities to a pioneering neurosurgeon who ultimately achieved remarkable success. "We adults tend to imagine children as fragile little beings," said Dr. Fred Epstein, "but for me, they are giants."