“[The symptoms had started the year before. First was the cough that wouldn't go away. It was followed by a loss of appetite, fatigue and bloody noses.] That's when I went crazy, ... I never get bloody noses.”
“When I heard it was a form of cancer, I started to worry and I was in denial, ... I asked the doctor when [could] I go back to work. He put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'You might not go back to work. You might not be alive in five months.' I broke down and cried.”
“We held hands and it took about an hour and a half for his blood to enter my system. His blood cells that carry the immune system found their way into my body.”
“It turns out that while I was in the hospital, the song went to number one, ... All in the same day, my transplant, the song, it was pretty intense. The guys called me on the phone and sang, 'Happy transplant to you.'”
“When I was sick, it was important for me to have someone to look [at] for inspiration, such as Jose Carreras who went through a bone marrow transplant, ... If I can be that for anybody else, then I am happy.”
