The Moth

A Superhero Gets Sick

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A man credits his mother and his imagination for keeping his spirits high while hospitalized.

Tags Medicine Family Healthcare Health PG Grateful Surprising Moving Tender Serious Hopeful

Storyteller

Tim Manley

Featured on

Bible Salesmen, Ghosts and Strippers December 10, 2013

Recorded Date

May 7, 2012

“For months I’d had a fever and I’d been coughing like a coal miner.”

Photo by Jason Falchook
Tim Manley

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