They all thought he was gone. But he was alive and trapped
inside his own body for ten years.
In January 1988 Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably
sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept
constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified.
Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's
parents were told an unknown degenerative disease left him with the
mind of a baby and less than two years to live.
Martin was moved to care centers for severely disabled children.
The stress and heartache shook his parents' marriage and their
family to the core. Their boy was gone. Or so they thought.
"Ghost Boy "is the heart-wrenching story of one boy's return to
life through the power of love and faith. In these pages, readers
see a parent's resilience, the consequences of misdiagnosis, abuse
at the hands of cruel caretakers, and the unthinkable duration of
Martin's mental alertness betrayed by his lifeless body.
We also see a life reclaimed--a business created, a new love
kindled--all from a wheelchair. Martin's emergence from his own
darkness invites us to celebrate our own lives and fight for a
better life for others.
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