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The holidays were rapidly approaching when Alexander’s baby brother, Benjamin, was again admitted into Levine Children’s hospital because of a severe fever. Weeklong stints in the hospital were becoming normal for the young family. Alexander was a regular visitor. Caring and outgoing, he bonded with hospital staff. His favorite holiday was Christmas, and as it drew near, Alexander asked when the patients went home for the holidays. He was shocked to learn that most didn’t. Saddened by how many children underwent treatment, each one became another reason for him to take action.

The pain starts out dull, then becomes sharp and pulsing. Light and sound make it worse. The only option is retreat to bed, away from the world. Caleb Oh spent much of the last 10 years suffering from painful migraines. Though often missing school, he found much-needed solace in books – one in particular, the biography of Jane Goodall.