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I lost my son, my firstborn, Nathan, over 30 years ago. He contracted encephalitis when he was 2 1/2 weeks old, and died when he was 2 1/2 months old. That was an experience I would not wish on the worst person in the world. That feeling of helplessness, and the overwhelming desire to swap places, so he would no longer suffer. My then-wife & I went on to have another child, who is one of my best friends.