two of the residents who shared their ordeal in the book are linda gillick and her son, michael, whoseast-growing tumors decimated his body. this is linda, followed by michael, speaking to the show, "earth focus." >> i was 30 when i had michael. the first 30 years of our lives were carefree, like any young couple. try and pay your bills, enjoy life. and you get a child that has cancer, and are whole life changes completely. it now is surrounded and revolves around your child that is sick. >> i was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a cancer of the sympathetic nervous system. i still have effects of it today. >> michael is alive. he is a miracle. he received last rites many times. he is 34 years old. normalcy tolimited his life. >> the tumor is pushing my spine already much out of my body. it is wearing away the skin. around,so -- it wraps like, all my organs, heart, lungs, kidneys, all that. there is no surgical way to remove it without me either bleeding on the table or becoming a vegetable, i was told. >> i would by the powdered formula and i would mix it with tap water. so everything tha