depleted - to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance of supply of haemophiliac - someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding corridor - a passage into which several rooms or apartments open cul-de-sac - a street, lane, closed at one end; blind alley; dead-end street. Pantomimed - conveying emotions, actions, feelings, by gestures without speech
Passages
-This is a rare occasion that the Cappelletti family can make it to see John. They had come up for the Friday practice and they were going to stay for the Saturday game. *This is important because they lived over two hundred miles away, they were very family oriented so this was a big deal, not just for Joey, who was getting to watch his idol play football, but for everyone.*
-How can an eight year old be expected to understand the full importance of a disease whose name he can not even spell. *No person can understand the full importance of almost any disease. Being an eight year old with leukemia and not knowing life any other way is not understandable.*
-With all those memories enriching her evening, Anne couldn't feel altogether depressed about her youngest son. Even though he wasn't part of the celebration, the family was together once again. *The family was together and even though Joey was in a coma, he was still alive.*
