Jack Wilshere has revealed how his son's ill health almost forced him to quit football.
The midfielder endured a torrid run with injuries during his time with Arsenal, which ended in the summer of 2018.
Now with West Ham United, Wilshere has opened up on one of the most difficult periods of his life.
"It was 2016, and I picked up an injury in training," Wilshere said, in an interview with Athlete's Stance.
"It was tough to take, because I was making my way back to where I wanted to be. I came home and all of a sudden my four-year-old son was having seizures on the floor.
"It happened time and time again and it happened every day for three or four months. There were times when, in the middle of the night, I'd be rushing to the hospital.
"Me and my wife would sit up most nights because the seizures were mostly happening at night. We'd put him to bed but we couldn't sleep because we didn't know what was happening with him.
"We would just sit up. I just sort of forget about football. I can remember saying to my wife 'I'm not sure I can do this anymore'.
"It makes you realise that football isn't everything. As men, we don't like to show weakness and we don't like to talk about things."