Eric Drew has acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which is a savage cancer of the blood and bone marrow. In a healthy person bone marrow acts as a factory of stem cells but the leukemia is making the factory go haywire. Instead of producing healthy lymphocytes it is unleashing abnormal lymphocytes into the blood stream and the abnormal lymphocytes are taking over the healthy lymphocytes. Drew possesses a Philadelphia chromosome, which is a mutation that will make his cancer even more difficult to fight. He got a stem cell transplant. Even though he was sick he still got up and went to find the man that was taking his identity.  He now has to use crutches or sometimes even has to use a wheelchair because the cancer has reduced his bone marrow so much that he can walk without using them. He will never be able to walk without them for the rest of his life.

I think that being able to go through this form of cancer and going through losing your identity at the same time you would have to be very strong willed and strong minded. For some one with this form of cancer to still be going and trying to get better is an amazing thing. To be so sick and so tired all the time must be hard but for him to try to keep going and try to not let his family see how bad he must feel is very inspiring. While he is sick and in the hospital on his death bed for him to still get up to go find the man that stole his identity it makes me think that you should really never give up until its completely over and than you should look at it like its a new beginning instead of the end.