“Dr. Sadiq is the only doctor in the US who is FDA approved to treat MS patients with stem cells. To me, the idea that my dad could feel better wasn’t even in the realm of possibility. . . My dad and I held hands as Dr. Sadiq explained what the stem cell treatments would entail over the next six months. Less than halfway through the conversation, my dad interrupted Dr. Sadiq, who was midsentence. ‘I have to pee.’ . . . The doctor continued while my dad was in the restroom, explaining that the stem cell treatment could at the very least improve him significantly, even potentially making it possible for him to walk again. This was amazing news, of course, but Kim and I must have seemed like we weren’t sold, because Dr. Sadiq started offering up references who could testify to the quality of his treatments.

‘No, doctor, we aren’t worried about you,’ I said. I came right out and admitted that I was afraid my dad would either completely resist the treatment or become so difficult that the doctor would eventually refuse to treat him. Dr. Sadiq – a man so determined and dedicated to his work that he often sleeps in his office – jokingly explained, ‘Oh, no, I am treating him whether he likes it or not. He can punch me in the face and call me names, and I will not let him get out of this.’ And then the doctor, in his matter-of-fact way, said something that should have been obvious to me. ‘Your father doesn’t want to get his hopes up.’"

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