You don't see anybody dressed like that normally, and then here's this big, hairy sucker. Thousands of children climbed onto his lap, eager to share their holiday wishes. I turned yellow. A computerized medical scan showed a tumor on his pancreas that was sealing off his bile duct. As a result, the yellow liver fluid backed up into his blood stream.
Kids can easily harbor germs without even being sick.
Staying away from them is for his own protection. There was more to Clay's decision than chancing illness, however. The chemotherapy that he receives every other Monday leaves him drained and exhausted. I sleep all the time. I just don't have the stamina to deal with the kids anymore.