May 10, 2006 – Sacramento, California, U.S. – CYNDIE FRENCH races her son DEREK MADESEN, 11, barefoot up and down the halls of the UC Davis Medical Center to distract him from a painful, pending bone marrow transplant. Derek died later that month, at home in his mother’s arms at the age of 11, from cancer. (Credit Image: © Renee C. Byer/Sacramento Bee/ZUMAPRESS.com)