Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
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The hospital where she is being treated
has referred her

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to our foundation for a wish.
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When I contacted Sara about a wish,
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she knew immediately what she wanted--
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it is something she has always wanted--
it is to meet you."

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The book, "Supermasochist," kind of--
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that's the only thing I had of him--
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was almost like my Bible.
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I couldn't go through a page
without crying.

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And everybody thought
that was completely warped--

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looking at some guy with
all these pierces through his penis,

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and I start crying,
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- "Oh God, I can't believe it!"
- She did.

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Everyone was like, "What do you see
when you look at this man?

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What do you see?"
I carried it with me everywhere.

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Then I got really sick in--
what was it, July?

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- The end of April.
- The end of April.

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- Then I went in the hospital.
- She was on 100% oxygen,

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and wasn't getting enough oxygen.
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Her lips were blue.
Her hands and feet were blue.

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She really was... very, very sick.
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And I thought I was gonna die,
and I kept telling everybody.

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And they were saying, "No, no, no,"
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'cause no one had told them
that I was dying.

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And I have a social worker
through the clinic,

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so I was talking to her a lot,
and told her all about Bob,

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and how I'd really like to meet him.
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Not thinking anything--
I just said it.

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And then when I was in the hospital,
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she approached me and she said,
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"If you still
really want to meet this guy,

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we can go through The Wish Foundation."
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I was dreading it.
I was telling everybody--

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"And we're going to LA.
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We're going to see this man who has CF.
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And I'm so worried about Sara,
because if she sees him, then--"

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And I guess I worried
that she might be disappointed.

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What is your involvement
with their kind of sexuality?

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That's a really tough question.

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