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Those who have unfortunately experienced it can assure that there is no more painful experience than losing a child, since following the very rules of nature, they should be the ones who would have to bury their parents.

This experience has been had by a father from Brazil, named Régis Feitosa, who in the last 4 years has had to say goodbye to 3 of his children, due to a disease he inherited from them.

As explained by BBC News Brasil, Régis, 2030 years old, was diagnosed some time ago with something called Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a genetic disorder that considerably increases the risk of developing cancer at some point in life.

Unfortunately, her 3 children inherited this disease and they all died from different types of cancer.

The first loss was that of her daughter Beatriz, who was diagnosed with leukemia at only 9 years old. . She underwent a bone marrow transplant; However, shortly after, the cancer returned and a year later he lost the battle.

Then his son Pedro followed, who with years ago he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a cancer that affects the bones. Died at 17, of brain cancer.

And finally, His daughter Anna Carolina was 17 years old when she was found with lymphocytic leukemia, a disease with which she was battling for a long time until died at 17 due to a brain tumor.

“In 4 and a half years, I lost all my children… The results They showed that I had a genetic alteration that unfortunately was also transmitted to my children and that it increases the appearance of cancer”, stated Feitosa.

According to experts, the syndrome suffered by Régis cannot be prevented.

As if that were not enough, this dad he was also diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

“My children said that I was as much a victim as they were. Today my opinion is that we have to live intensely, with the greatest joy. My son said a very coherent phrase: ‘No one can measure the pain of the other’, he stated.

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