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Having battled cancer since he was 8 months old, Raphael was a tenacious and brave young boy who was never beaten down by his circumstances. Despite attending only one semester of school each year since he was Primary 2, Raphael scored 220 for his PSLE exams -- which he never got to collect in person.Timestamps in case you wish to skip to the segments:Muscle tissue cancer at 8 months old and his parents' reaction (0:36)Cancer recurrence on the eve of Raphael's 8th birthday (3:40)Amputating his left arm (5:03)Coping with bone cancer at 11 and removing his right collarbone (12:07)Discovering lung nodules at 12 years old, indicating that his bone cancer had spread to his lungs (13:45)Papa's cancer and the return of Raphael's lung nodules (16:16)Raphael's final moments, collecting his PSLE results posthumously (18:01)
