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A Comedian Tells the Story of His Child’s Cancer
Yesterday a video came my way on Facebook. It’s a stand-up piece by Anthony Griffith, who tells what it was like working as a comedian when his 2-year old daughter had recurrent cancer and died.
This 9 minute clip packs sadness and pain:
The Moth Presents Anthony Griffith
“If you don’t know about cancer, when it comes back it comes back hard.” It’s “meaner and stronger,” he explains.
To compensate for its added aggressiveness, doctors raise doses of chemo and radiation. That’s not easy for anyone, a child no less.
He reflects on his daughter’s condition back then: “So she’s bald, which she doesn’t mind because every kid in the ward is bald, and she thinks it’s a part of life…”
He recalls his predicament, as a parent: “You’re not prepared for this.
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There’s no books, there’s no home-ed class to teach you,” he says. Therapists were off-limits in his community. “So you try to figure it out.”
“What