Daily Mail, London England – Parents create 'bucket list' of dreams for son

Cole Rapini has undergone eight surgeries during his four-year battle with an undiagnosed medical condition. Now doctors say he only has a few more years to live.
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Parents create 'bucket list' of dreams for son, 4, as he battles terminal disease By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 18:56 EST, 21 May 2012 | UPDATED: 08:42 EST, 22 May 2012 The parents of a four-year-old boy with a rare, terminal disease have created a 'bucket list' of things for him to do before he passes away. Cole Rapini, from Springfield, Vermont, has undergone eight surgeries during his four-year battle with the undiagnosed medical condition. Now doctors say he only has a few more years to live as the grey matter of his brain begins to deteriorate, according to WPTZ.com. Scroll down for video Brave: Cole Rapini, from Springfield, Vermont, has undergone eight surgeries during his four-year battle with the undiagnosed medical condition Doctors have been unable to find the cause behind the degenerative disease which has caused Cole to suffer from severe developmental delays and has left with him impaired vision and hearing. Hundreds of hospital visits, biopsies and blood tests have not given his parents the answers they are looking for. ‘They’ve written papers on him, because they’ve never seen anything quite like it,’ Hanna Rapini, Cole’s mother, told WPTZ.com But Cole's parents are determined the rest of their son's short life will be filled with as many happy memories as possible and have created a 'bucket list' of 81 things for him to achieve before he is snatched away from them. Battle: The four-year-old's condition has caused severe developmental delays and has left with him impaired vision and hearing Loving: Hanna and Chris Rapini on their wedding day with their son Cole, who only has a few years left to live 'Bucket List': Cole's parents are determined the rest of their son's short life will be filled with as many happy memories as possible SOME OF COLE'S TO-DO LIST Go to Disney World Go skiing Go ice-skating Go to the circus Play dress-up in Daddy's clothes Go camping Play hide and seek Meet a celebrity Ride a bike Have a water balloon fight Ride in a convertible His list includes having a blue Mohawk, riding an elephant, playing duck-duck-goose, baking cookies, going fishing, meeting a president and eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Cole's parents have created a website entitled Cole's Cause where people can donate money to help the four-year-old achieve as many things on his list as possible. He has already had a star named after him and played on a sports team and will soon ride on a carousel and go to a concert. 'We can't grieve for Cole yet, he's so much alive,' Hanna told WPTZ.com. 'He's such a happy kid. He's still here. We will deal with those emotions and those issues when they come, but right now, we just have to make the best of the time that we do have left with him.' 'Right now he's happy,' Chris, his father, said. 'It's really not fair to him for us to be a in a bad mood.' Watch video here Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147862/Parents-create-bucket-list-dreams-son-4-battles-terminal-disease.html#ixzz1vbnTOzjh