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“He’s so adorable,” whispered the mother of the baby
before he laid him back down in the crib gently.
Matthew Brown turned the doorknob quietly and left the
room. His wife, Nova, followed him and turned to shut the door
carefully behind her. They made sure that they moved quietly
enough so that their beloved son did not wake up to any noise. The
atmosphere outside of the baby’s bedroom was totally different.
Smiles from the Browns vanished, and the seriousness took its
place.
“Right… the asthma…,” said Nova, “We gotta find a way to
cure it promptly.”
Matthew frowned and replied, “Although some people die

because of asthma, they are very rare. Also, there are other
factors involved, and I think in his case, asthma might only restrict
some of his future activities.”

Both Matthew and Nova Brown were doctors, so they knew
that asthma was a disease that was incurable. All they could do
was to keep an inhaler with him at all times and remove him from
anything that would trigger the attacks. Eddie was their most
valuable gift. Therefore, they had been discussing his respiratory
disorder for years and planned to find a medical cure for their only
child while keeping him as healthy as possible in the meantime.

One night, Nova came up with a gripping idea while they
were in bed. She took hours to explain to her husband about the
thesis that she worked on when she was a medical student. With
her friends, she did a research project about relieving different