It's mandatoryreading!" Wally Amos 'The Cookie Man" "Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul is a great pick-me-upbook.. author, Feel the Fearand DoItAnyway and "Over the past 14 years of pr
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reading!"
Wally Amos
'The Cookie Man"
"Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul is a great pick-me-upbook We all go through tough times in our lives. The
inspiring stories in this book show us all that we can get
through these events and even learn from them—that is
the secret ofsurviving!"
blessings . the lessons tobe learned . the strengthwe
empowering 'gifts' in my life."
SusanJeffers,Ph.D
author, Feel the Fearand DoItAnyway and
"Over the past 14 years of providing psychological and
benefits from interacting with other cancer patients.Chicken Soupfor the Surviving Soul, a wonderfully inspira-tional book, introduces thecancer patient tomany otherswho understand every nuance ofthe cancerexperience."
HaroldH Benjamin, Ph.D
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W. Mitchell,CPAE
author, TheMan Who WouldNot BeDefeated and
internationally recognized expert on change
"I loved this wonderful, heartwarming book It reminded
Reading it was like sitting in a hundred support groups.You leave feeling you've shared something important,something of yourself/'
Elise NeeDell Babcockfounder, Cancer Counseling Inc.
and author, When Life BecomesPrecious
"Chicken Soupfor the Surviving Soul shows us what all the
true nature of the surviving soul. Through the horror ofcancer, these heroes have found the honor of everyday
life. By sharing their stories with us, they fill us with the
cancerpatients, their families andhealth-care givers,
any-one who's had somuch as abrokennail or abroken heart
should read this book."
"This book is a godsend for anyone who needs some
the Surviving Soul are from people who have a specialinsight into how to live life more fully and, in doing so,
improvetheir health."
O Carl Simonton, M.D Simonton Cancer Center
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101 Healing Stories About Those
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Nancy's mother— who originally suggested that
in the creation ofit and gave us theencouragement to continue when we thought
Chicken Soupfor the SurvivingSoul
We also dedicate it to
virtually a single parent with their sonJ.T.
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so dark,
nor hill so slippery
that otherpeople have
not beenthere
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1. ON HOPE
What CancerCannotDo SourceUnknown 2
TheSoulMenders Susan ChernakMcElroy 3Fromon Chemotoon Camera Kristine Kirsten 7
YouCanTeachan OldDogNewTricks HowardJ. Fuerst, M.D 10
TheBoy andthe Billionaire John Pekkanen 13
Kidswith Cansur Geralyn Gaes 28
CancerHas Beena Blessing KimberlyA Stoliker 32
Cancerand CareerChoices Robert H Doss 37
2. ON COURAGE AND DETERMINATION
"Never GiveUp!" Speaker's Sourcebook II 51
NotWithout a Fight MaryHelen Brindell 53
NintendoMaster Katie Gill 58
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Pan' to Dream ManuelDiotte 68
Chris—OneSpecial Fifth-Grader! Louise Biggs 72
Keep on Keeping On Erik Olesen 79
3. ON ATTITUDE
The Powerto Choose SharonBruckman 92
The"Wee"Nurse Norman Cousins 97
Two ThingsNot toWorryAbout Source Unknown 106
I've Just Got toMakeThat ManLaugh!
SecondThoughts Allen Klein 122
Reachingfor the Best Norman Cousins 124
ThePowerofLaughter Allen Klein 127
4. ON FAITH
Coin- tor the Prize PaulAzinger 132
I he 1 loly Water Kathy LaTour 143
All the Necessary Supplies Dianne Clark 155
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APocketFull ofQuarters AnneC Washburn 169
ManuelGarcia David Roth 171
DearMommy AlexiThomas 175
HappyAnniversary Allen Klein 183
LoveandSupport ChristineM Creley 184
LoveCures People Janine Crawford 186
"YouAre Goingto NeedaSurgeon" Delva Seavy-Rebin 189
6. ON SUPPORT
TeensLaunchCampaign toSave DyingBaby's Life
Judy NancyRichard-Guilford 205
The CorporateAngelNetwork The Corporate Angel Network 214
ToClimb aMountain Diana L. Chapman 217
SimplyHoldaHand Bernie S Siegel,M.D 227
You'veGota Friend Carole King 228
To theNurses of theWorld John WayneSchlatter 233
The Healing Sybil Taylor 235
KindestCut People Magazine 242
TheWay
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7. ON INSIGHTSAND LESSONS
HumorHelps ErmaBombeck 282
CancerIntroducedMetoMyself Lois Becker 284
Thoughtsfor the Year SourceUnknown 290
Dad, CancerandtheWedding Linda Blackman 296
TwentyMinutesIs a Lifetime ClaireNuer 309
What'sIt For? Jane Hill 318
TheBestThing That Ever HappenedtoMe Roberta Andresen 320
Howto BeatCancer City ofHope 329
WhoIsNancy Mitchell? 341
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to Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul I have been sotouched and inspired by the first two Chicken Soup books
that my foreword may turn out to be longer than the
aone-word foreword.What istheone word? Love Icould
point, but I think you, dear reader, know what I am
uponus,one ofourchoices is torepress thefeelingsit
cre-ates and bury them deep within In my early years as aphysician Iwas very good at this Ithought Iwas protect-ing myself, but I was actually destroying myself I finally
hurt enoughtoseekhealing.Books like Chicken Soupfor the
Soul were part ofmy healing because when you read, you
get intouch withyourfeelings.Youcan thenexpress thosefeelings so that you may heal your life and your body So
read, feeland find healing in these pages
and found paths to healing We all have cancer in one
ofthe people Ispeakto say, "Life is unfair."What theyare
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all of us, so therefore, it must be fair. We are all ing. What this book can reveal to you is not only how todeal with cancer but how to deal with alloflife's difficul-
inspiration that leads to transformation For some, this
inspiration comes when they learn that they havea short
us are immortal, and so it is a lot wiser to read Chicken
as a physician, from storing everything inside me until Isuffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, common to
my teachers In helping them learn how to live between
accept your mortality and findhappiness and love You'llalso find that the firstperson you need to loveisyourself
Who are the best teachers? I find they are the peoplewho don't die when they are supposed to. They will
enlighten you about life. Tl\ey know they are not
invariably recurs, and seven years later he graduated
tumor Others set out to create a more beautiful world and get so busy they forget to die. They suddenly havepermission to quit a job, take off a tie, move to the moun-
time tor. They learn the truth of the statement, "Enjoy
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con-tribute to the world in their own way, not theway one elsedecides.As one womansaid, "AfterIhad doneall
some-the things I wanted todo beforeI died,I didn't die."Later
she wrote, "Now I'm so busy I'm killing myself Help!
Where do I go from here?" I told her to take a nap She
the description and healthem Your life willimprove and you will derive physical benefits, too. Remember, life is alaborpain but thepainsare notinflicted by someone else.
by caring people, you have far less pain and far fewer
complications So reach outfor the help you need Create
a mutualinvestment societywith yourfamily, friendsandhealth care providers The stories contained here will
These stories will also teach you that life isn't about
"Why me?"but "Tryme!"Youwilllearn thatbeatinga
liv-ing with adversity in such a way that you inspire those
aroundyou.You are awinnerbecauseoftheway youlive,
Unhealthy guilt, shame and blame have no place in
your new life If you lose your car keys, it isn't because
if you lose your health it also is not because God is ishing you We (God included) will help you to find yourhealth just as we would help you search for yourkeys
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the change in your life and the inner wisdom you
discover As you will learn from reading this book, formationis thekey I will letyou in ona secret that Ionly
trans-share with readers on how to succeed at transformation
What you experience and anticipate alter you Spend a
moment laughing, loving or playing and your body feels
So whatcanyoudo? Behaveasifyou arethe personyou
depending upon the emotion they are portraying
bet-ter, decide who you want to be and start becoming your
I willclosewith oneimportant thought.WilliamSaroyan
forgive yourselfwhen you are not the person you want to
be. Then get out your baby picture, look at it and forgive
Surviving Soul and become enlightened And for those of
friend or health care provider to someone who does—or
I ust a member of the human species—don't wait until
your mortality is threatened to wake up to the lessons oflife presented here
Bernie S Siegel, M.D.
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truelaboroflove for allofus involved, and we wouldlike
to thank the following people for their contributions,
theneededemotional supporttopersevere through what
Heather McNamara, who spent countless hours—late
couldn't have done it without you!
Harold Benjamin, for his insights and brilliance during
this project and for taking the time to meet with us to go
Dr Bernie Siegel, for taking time out ofhis busy
sched-ule to offer advice, insights about the mind-body
Diana Chapman, for continually sharing her stories,
giving feedback on the manuscript and cheering us on
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CopingMagazine, for allowing us to request stories from
that were very helpful
Meladee McCarty,who not only read the entire
Michelle Nuzzo, for the encouragement and ideas on
where to go for more resources and for editing the initial
version of the manuscript Michelle, you were always
there when we needed you!
John Wayne "Jack" Schlatter, who continually sent in
the process ofthis project You are a true friend, Jack!
Peter Vegso and Gary Seidler at Health
Peter and Gary!
Kim Wiele, who kept our general office running during
project.
Larry Price, who continues to support us and reinforce
Trudy Klefstad at OfficeWorks, who typed the
true g^m!
Christine Belleris, Matthew Diener and Mark Colucci,
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We also want to thank the following people who read
Jennifer Hawthorne, Elizabeth Kapiloff, KimberlyKirberger, Edd Mabrey, Meladee and Hanoch McCarty, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Nuzzo, Lee Potts, Dr Ann Raymer, Martin Rutte, John Wayne Schlatter, MarciShimoff,BernieSiegel,Janet Switzer, RebeccaWiederkehr,
Kelly Zimmerman.
We also appreciate all the people who sent us stories,
poems and quotes for possible inclusion in Chicken Soup
intention to share yourselves and your stories with usand our readers Love to you!
We are sure in the immensity of this project we have
For that we are sorry but nonetheless grateful for themany hearts and hands that made this book possible
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Introduction
care of them . Sometimes a person needs astory more than food to stay alive.
From our hearts to yours, we are delighted to offer you
Chicken Soupfor theSurvivingSoul This book contains over
hope, empower you to take charge of your life and yourhealing process, inspire you to give and receive more
unconditional love, motivate you to fight and persevere
in the face of what may seem to be insurmountable
more conviction This book will sustain you in times offrustration and challenge, and comfort you in times of
Surviving Soul will truly be a lifetime companion, offeringinsight wisdom and guidance on many areas of yourrecovery and your life.
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Paul
Why This Book?
Mitchell, was diagnosed with breast cancer Because we have been writing and compiling Chicken Soupfor the Soul
booksforthelast fiveyears, shesuggestedthat wecompile
cancer At first, the project took off very slowly and we
sur-vivors and their family members began sending us stories
can-cer continued, we realized we would finish it and that it
wouldbeagreat book Butwe alsorealizedsomething else.
When the idea ofthis book was born, it was about vivingcancer, but as it tookshape, we realized that itwas
sur-really a book about life. In fact, eight million cancer vivors out there have discovered things about life that
sur-most ofthe rest ofus havenot yet learned As we
contin-ued working on thebook,we realized that each storywas
we deepened our appreciation for the simple things inlife—watching thechanging hues and colors ofthemorn-ing sunrise, taking a walk along the beach, listening tomusic, drinking a glass offresh squeezed fruit juice,play-
families andthe love weallshare with eachother became
lucky." Because of this book we are not the same people
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we were Ourprioritiesare clearernow We shareour
feel-ings more openly, we take our vitamins and herbs more
regularly, we eat better, we meditate and do yoga more
co-dependentbehaviors areweaker andour desires tofollow
our own inner directives are stronger We laugh more
others and know more clearly than ever that each day is
a treasured gift to be lived to the fullest.
Chicken Soup fortheSoulreawakenedmeto thefactthat life is really too short to hide, it'smeant to be lived!
We thank all of you who have been challenged by
deep-ened our own understandings about life, love and
from sharing the first drafts of this book with many
can-cer patients, survivors, family members and caregiversthat this book will comfort, aid and inspire all who have
who don't have cancer— we hope that it will give you some of the insights without having to personally go
And to those of you who are currently battling cancer,
and done so. Maytheir stories lightyour way throughthe
dark nights We send you our love and our blessings and
the love and blessings of the people who participated
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are facing and what ispossible
Share These Stories with Others
Sometimes ourlight goesout butis blown intoflame byanother human being. Each ofus owes deepest thanks
indi-vidual We promise you that you willget something even
How to Read This Book
One reader of the first Chicken Soup for the Soul book
wrote us that she read the book in one sitting of four
your immune system Pretty amazing!
Actually, we don't recommend youread thebookallin
ofthe stories withyour whole being Readinga book like
heart as well as yourmind Let each story touchyou Ask
yourself,Whatdoes itawaken inme?Whatdoes it suggest formy
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laugh; somewillmake youcry.Somewillgiveyouawarmfeelingall over; some mayhit youright betweenthe eyes
it happen and let it be.
book Please write to us and tell us how these storiesaffected you Also, we invite you to become part of this
Please send us any stories and poems you think we
Surviving Soul. See page 338 for our address We look
for-wardto hearing fromyou Untilthen .we hope you will
en-lightened by compiling, editing and writing it.
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want ispossible, andthen workingforit.
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What Cancer Cannot Do
Canceris so
It cannot steal eternal life
Source Unknown
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During the first months followingmy cancerdiagnosis,
healing I wasn't interested in techniques that could help
me cope better or extend my life expectancy by a few months; mere remission or "quality of life" didn't capture
my attention either. Full recovery was the only option I
When my surgeries and radiation treatments were
over, I found myself in that frightening twilight zone of
the following year For the sake ofmy sanity, Itried hard
sen-tence My motto became, "I don't write off cancer
patients."I was ferocious and flailing.
Alone in bed at night, I looked at the white walls and
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entered my life—a skinny feral kitten about four weeks
aloneunderthe wheelwell ofmy parked car,Floralooked
desperately sick I grabbed hold of her scraggly tail and
tugged.Within seconds my hand wasscratchedto shreds,butI hung on andbrought her hissingand complainingto
With the arrival ofthekitten, Ipulled my energy away
on healing Flora. Along with ringworms and fleas, she
tongue, cheeks and throat I knew all about ulcers in themouth, so I sympathized wholeheartedly with this mis-erable condition It took weeks, but slowly Flora healed,
trusting ball of black-and-white fuzz who met me at my
success ofour health venture together. Although my own
future looked uncertain, success with Flora was thingI could achieve
some-Only weeks after I'd finally nursed Flora back to some
the same sorry prognosis my oncologist had given me:
Flora would most likely die within a year or two My
vet handed down the diagnosis, I wrote her off as a lost
cause Quickly, myemotional attachment to her ceasedas
which I knew wouldcome.Theveterinarian told meFlorawould die and simply accepted stopped speaking
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When Td walk past her, she'd chase after me Her paw touched my cheek hesitantly each night as she curled up
Her patience finally won out One night I had an
"AHA!" experience about my attitude toward Flora. How
when I couldn't see the same hope for her? How could I
dismiss anybeingwithout dismissing myself?Although I
was busy blathering about hope and healing, I knew that
That realization was a profound turning point for me While slowin coming, it finally hit me like a downpourofhailstones How often in my life had I turned away from
nearly lost myselfin the process
Onenight shortly after my awakening, I lit acandle for
Flora and myself We sat together looking at the flame,
cele-brate together
I began aquest to heal Flora that included many ofthe
same gems of complementary medicine I attempted onmyself Flora got acupressure, vitamins, homeopathy, music and color therapy, detoxifyingbaths andunlimited
quantities ofhugs, love andaffection.Herwaterbowl had
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so painfully heavy It became fun, even silly. When I told
my friends I might have my house visited by dowsers toseek out and correct "bad energyvibrations/' I damn wellhad to have a-highly developed sense ofhumor!
Overthenextfew months,Islowly learnedthathealing
is more than heroics over illness. Healing isn't simply an
relationship ended She brought me tremendous peace
healed, loved and cherished, I knew I honestly held the
Flora is sleek, happy and seven years old today Her
last three tests for leukemia have been negative At thetime ofmy "AHA!" with Flora, I felt that she was an angel
sent to teach me that turning away from love
accom-plishes nothing
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Ifyou want to live, then you'vegot to be positive.
cuz I'mgonnawin the fight.
These are some ofthe lyrics to my "cancer rap song."I
wrote it when I found out in March 1989, at age 18, that I
and eight major operations, including an amputation of
myleft leg above the knee, sixtumors later, I am thankful
to sayI am clean!
I don't wishcanceron anyone, but I don'teverwant toforget what I went through The physical and emotional
produces perseverance, character and hope
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1 had quite a bit of fun, too, at the hospital while on
hydration I remember walking around the hospital with
to get a reaction from unsuspecting people Nothing felt
better to me than making others laugh and forgetting thepain for a while I feelthatGodhas used mysituation and
experience to help others
cancer, I was a dancer on Soul Train. When I was nosed, my doctors told me I would never dance again Ifooled them —I still dance, and with a lot of soul. Two
diag-years ago, I started taking acting classes Southern
entertain-ment industry is located I put offgoing on my first
the best weeks ofmy life I played a character, Kim Greer,
who istrainingforawheelchairracein Cicely,Alaska, and
gets a sprained elbow Maggie (Janine Turner) introduces
native shaman ways
Here's what a day onthe set waslike. The night before,
I studied my lines I had to get up really early (sometimes
Seattle to locations The interior scenes were shot in
makeup I had to go "block" scenes (go through them for
finishing my makeup, followed by shooting the scenes
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acting." After finishing in the early afternoon, I stuck
around and watched other scenes being shot It was very
educational
adopted a "grandpa," the man who drove the makeup
trailer.
to audition for a small part on Beverly Hills 90210 Later I
found out they decided to cast me for a big part instead:
very different from the characters they play
Even thoughI losta leg to cancer, Iam doingmore than
I ever have I learned to snow ski on one leg, and now I
raceandteach otherpeopleto ski.Hey,we don't crossour
WhileIhave goalsin actingandwriting, Ihavelearned,
withit!
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to turn the immune systems around. .
I them Yet I adhered to my training—if it "ain't" in the
double-blind crossover studies, it must be quackery And so it
went for 40 years
California sent me a copy of Quantum Healing by Deepak
medicine
For my 69th birthday, even though I felt great, I had a
of Ear advanced prostatecancer.Theprofessor atthe
med-ical school again confirmed the diagnosis He told me
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destruction Not one of these modalities was accepted
them with ahuge dose of skepticism, I couldn't stand up
tomyfamily's forcefulpersuasion.I was determined tobe
agoodpatient and did alloftheabove regularly andwith
person I have made a 180-degree change in my attitude
toward the practice ofmedicine From anarrow-minded,
several telephone calls from cancer patients each week
who have heard my story and want to know what they
had me on multiple prayer lines, I was skeptical until I
Words I now watch for numerous articles on prayer and
stories on TV In my own informal way, I speak to God
daily.
and visualization Shopping and cooking are part of my
routine Ieliminated allanimal products andfatsfrom my
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"alternative therapies/7
Many of my colleagues still look at me as a /7nut case77
cancer Why? They don't know. But I do—I had
moun-tains oflove and moral support and I chose to change It
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HeniyFord
other children A natural entertainer with an exuberant
personality, he loved making people laugh His greatestjoy was putting onwigs and funny hats and stagingcom-
suburb ofCarshalton
Craig brought the same buoyant energy to soccer But
in thefall of 1988, his coach noticeda change in the year-old's normally aggressive play "He seems to have slowed up/'the coachtold Craig's father, Ernie
nine-Craig complained ofearaches, and his mother, Marion,
watched television. He seemed listless, but the family
Craig became more and more subdued.
At Christmas, Craig did not even want to ride his newbicycle This time the doctorblamed Craig's problems on
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Marion demanded an immediate hospital appointment,
Afterward, Marion and Ernie were ushered into adoctor's office. "I'm afraid I have bad news for you," the
speechless; Ernie bowed his head
dangerous spot: near the top of the brain stem, which
controls breathing, heart rate and bloodpressure
An ambulance carried Craig to the Great OrmondStreetHospital incentralLondon, and tumorsurgerywassoon scheduled Marion didn't want to tell her son, fear-
ing she'd crush that indomitable spirit. But she had
favorite TV show who had abrain tumor "I thinkI've gotwhat she's got," Craig said.
Marion nodded. "I want you to be very brave," shemurmured.
"I will be."
Holding his stuffed elephant for luck, Craig was
wheeled toward the operatingroom onJanuary 17. Marion
and Ernie were at his side Softly, Marion sang "I JustCalled to Say I Love You," oneof Craig's favorite songs.Kneeling in the hospital chapel, Marion remembered when she and Ernie first learned that she was pregnant
the restaurant where Marion worked as awaitress Marion
Craig was born on June the joy continued.
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foryou Iwon't letyou take him because it's not his time yet.
surgery, the surgeon reported that he could not remove
indicated a malignant teratoma, an aggressive cancer ofthe brain After his recovery from surgery, Craig receivedfurthertreatment, but his death seemed allbut inevitable
Marion quit her job so she could stay with her son inthe hospital Ernie, a truck driver, came after work in theevenings One or the other was by the boy's bedside 24
Craig received so many get-well cards from family,friends and soccer team members that his doctor joked,
"You ought to go for the Guinness Book ofWorldRecords."
Hospital, where he would undergo chemotherapy andradiationtreatments, Craig receivedataped get-wellmes-
sage from his favorite TV personality Hearing this, anational newspaper published an article on this pluckyboy fighting for his life. Soon other newspapers, alongwith radio and television, picked up the story Craig
became "Our Kid Courage" to the British press
Craig's medical condition worsened, however. His legs
his vision blurred For all his pain, though, Craig never
say "Who's there?" a visitor would respond "Ad-air,"Craig answered "Ad-air who?" "Ad-air once, but now I'mbald!"came the punch line.
chemotherapy, Craig fought against the sadness he felt.
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Mum," he said, Til think about the cards Every time I
do, it makes me feel better." In September, in an attempt
to build Craig's morale, the Shergolds told the press he would try to establish a Guinness record for most cardsreceived
home, carrying several large sacks ofcards The
outpour-ing led to more publicity—which generated thousands
more cards He received cards from Margaret Thatcher,Prince Charles, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail
Gorbachev and two ofCraig's idols: Michael Jackson and
Sylvester Stallone
Craig startedhaving realhope ofbeating the record for
most cards collected (1,000,265) held by another English
something more than acrueltwist offate.Infact, somanycards poured in that Craig received his own "selection
mail processing
On November 17, 1989, the big night arrived Craig,
num-ber 1,000,266— the record breaker As Craig said thank
Some3,800miles away, inCharlottesville, Virginia,John
Craig and all his get-well cards They urged Klugeto send
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