An Immigrant Family’s Story of Courage at the End of a Patient’s Life

After a few moments of silence Mr. Xu (a pseudonym) stated, “Nothing was an impossible task for my dad.” After a sigh and a pause, he went on: “I am the second oldest among six of us; I remember more than my younger siblings. My mind still cannot fathom how we sailed across the Pacific Ocean. There were eight of us, my mom and dad, and six of us, ranging from age 18 to 5 years old.”