Opinion: The Doctor And 'The Boy In The Bubble'
In his essay this week, NPR's Scott Simon remembers William T. Shearer, who died this week at the age of 81. He was the doctor of "The Boy In The Bubble."
by Scott Simon
Oct 13, 2018
2 minutes
As 12-year-old David Vetter was about to die at Texas Children's Hospital in 1984, he gave a last wink to his doctor, William T. Shearer. His wife told us Dr. Shearer carried that moment through the rest of his life.
Dr. Shearer, a professor of pediatrics at
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