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Stronger

While Munira was at TGH last week, recovering from neutropenia and anemia, we met Dr. Howard Abrams, who referred us to a You Tube video made by some young cancer patients in Seattle.

The video he was referring to is inspirational and has logged 2.5 million hits since May 5th!  Check it out for yourself and turn up the volume:

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If you can’t get enough of the video, here are a couple of additional links:

Kelly Clarkson responds:

To view Kelly Clarkson’s response, click here.

The making of Stronger:

To see how the video was made, click here.

The moral of this story?   What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!

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