A Gift of Life

In 1954,14 year old Al Beckler was diagnosed with diabetes-the rest of the book deals with his health struggles through the period 1973-1983.He dealt with the total loss of vision,kidney failure and recieved a successful kidney transplant.Quite often no one expected him to survive.His other brothers and sisters and his family supported him through this rough time,even donating organs to save his life.Al dealt with kidney failure,transplant,blindness in that order,a true insperation to the continuing of the optimistic human spirit.When he recieved his final "gift of life" at the books end,the reader realizes that all the aspects of his entire life helped support him through that difficult time-supportive family,caring doctors,helping friends.It made the devastating things that happened to him easier to bear.Anyone who has gone through multiple devastating illnesses needs to read this book,it will lift your spirits.