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Every family has a favorite story. The one they tell over and over. In my family the story begins in Springfield, Ohio, where Paw-Paw lived in the 1940s. Growing up, spending summers with my grandparents, I never tired of hearing it. I can still see myself sitting out on the porch, listening to Paw-Paw intently, though I already knew every word by heart. Paw-Paw was a tough man. Men of color weren\u2019t given a lot of opportunities back then, but he started several successful businesses, including a company that provided windows for commercial buildings, and a popular neighborhood grocery. He even owned real estate. He wasn\u2019t the type of man to make up a story.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe doctors diagnosed me with esophageal cancer<\/a>,\u201d Paw-Paw explained again one summer night in his low, gravelly voice as we sat outside on the porch. \u201cProbably from all those years of cigar smoking.\u201d Paw-Paw consulted with doctors at Ohio State University of Medicine and was sent to a clinic in Cleveland for treatment. \u201cIn those days, if you were diagnosed with cancer, the odds you would survive were pretty slim.\u201d Six other men with the same condition went with him. They were all scheduled for surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the night before mine,\u201d Paw-Paw said, looking up at the stars. \u201cI\u2019d been a patient long enough to know all the staff, the routines. But that night a new nurse appeared. I\u2019d never seen her before. She didn\u2019t check my temperature or fluff my pillows. She brought me a message<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat was the message, Paw-Paw?\u201d I asked, on cue.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe told me I was not to have my surgery in Cleveland,\u201d he answered. \u201cWell, that didn\u2019t make any sense. Where else would I have it? I asked her to explain, but she just repeated that I ought to cancel my surgery. Then she left.\u201d<\/p>\n

I tried to picture my grandfather as a younger man, sitting in a hospital bed after that strange encounter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI might have just dismissed the whole thing,\u201d Paw-Paw said, \u201cif it wasn\u2019t for your Maw-Maw and the Egg Man.\u201d<\/p>\n

I grinned. Oh yes, I knew about the Egg Man. I could tell this part of the story as well as he could. \u201cIt was a Monday afternoon, years before you met that nurse,\u201d I said. \u201cMonday was Maw-Maw\u2019s wash day. She was out in the yard hanging clothes on the line when she saw a man walk up the drive. \u2018Want to buy some eggs?\u2019 the man asked, holding some out in his hand. Maw-Maw didn\u2019t need any eggs. But she and the man got to talking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYour grandmother\u2019s never met a stranger,\u201d Paw-Paw said with a chuckle. \u201cShe talked to everyone she met like a friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conversation turned to good health. The Egg Man said there was one man responsible for how good he felt. \u201cChevrolet Jackson,\u201d he declared. \u201cA surgeon out in Philadelphia. If you ever have a throat problem, especially if you need surgery<\/a>, don\u2019t let anyone touch you but him. Chevrolet Jackson. Remember that name.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the end Maw-Maw did buy a few eggs. She also called everyone she knew and told them about the Egg Man. \u201cAnd she never forgot that name,\u201d I said. \u201cChevrolet Jackson.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNeither did I,\u201d Paw-Paw said. \u201cYour maw-maw made sure of it. Her encounter at the clothesline all came back to me in the hospital that night. I got right up out of bed and got dressed. The doctors and nurses all thought I was crazy, but I canceled my surgery and left with my X-rays and medical records all the same. Then Maw-Maw and I drove home, wondering how on earth we\u2019d ever find this Chevrolet Jackson in Philly.\u201d<\/p>\n

They must have been scared.<\/i> I thought, looking up at Paw-Paw on the porch. They didn\u2019t even know if this surgeon existed. And Chevrolet Jackson didn\u2019t even sound like a real name!<\/p>\n

It was the middle of the night when Paw-Paw and Maw-Maw got back to Springfield, but a neighbor across the street noticed their light on and went over to investigate. \u201cWe were both pretty upset,\u201d Paw-Paw admitted. \u201cWe had no idea what to do next, and bounced some ideas off our neighbor. He went home, determined to help. He spent all night making phone calls, talking to Philadelphia operators and hospitals to see if anyone had heard of this doctor. All his detective work revealed that, in fact, Dr. Jackson existed. Not only that. Thanks to our neighbor\u2019s persistence, the doctor was expecting us on the next train!\u201d<\/p>\n

Seven hours later my grandparents were sitting patiently in the doctor\u2019s office. Less than 24 hours after that, he was in surgery. \u201cI had to remove your larynx,\u201d Dr. Jackson said when Paw-Paw woke up. \u201cI also took some extra tissue from your esophagus to make sure I got all the cancer. God allows me to feel what I need to take.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paw-Paw tried to respond to this news, but he couldn\u2019t. A metal tube had been inserted in his neck. Dr. Jackson put a hand on his shoulder. \u201cYou\u2019ll have to relearn to talk, controlling your breathing around your vocal chords,\u201d he said. \u201cBut you will live. That\u2019s the important thing. I can\u2019t guarantee that you won\u2019t ever die of cancer, but I know it won\u2019t be from this kind of cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paw-Paw and Maw-Maw stayed in Philadelphia for six weeks while Paw-Paw learned to speak without his larynx. That\u2019s what gave him that familiar, gravelly tone I\u2019d come to love so well. Eventually they were able to return to Springfield. Dr. Jackson arranged for a one-year follow-up visit back at the Ohio State University of Medicine. Paw-Paw leaned in close to me on the porch. \u201cWhen I walked in there, the doctor who had sent me to Cleveland for surgery looked like he\u2019d seen a ghost. I soon found out why. He remembered me from that group of men the year before. By then I was the only one still alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the warm summer night, I shivered. Who was the Egg Man? The nurse? Why had they been sent with this life-saving message for Paw-Paw? As a child I didn\u2019t doubt they were angels. They had to be. As an adult, of course, I became more skeptical. Yes, Paw-Paw had survived esophageal cancer at a time when few people did; a heart problem ended his life, not a returning cancer. But maybe the colorful cast of characters in the story had been exaggerated. Chevrolet Jackson? What kind of a name was that?<\/p>\n

That was the attitude I had the night I attended a performance of a one-man show about President Harry Truman. It wasn\u2019t the kind of entertainment I would have sought out on my own, but it was a fundraiser and I went as the guest of a friend. Midway through the show the Truman character started talking about exceptional Americans he knew. One of them was a surgeon from Philadelphia, a pioneer in discovering new techniques for treatment of disorders related to the voice.<\/p>\n

No, not Chevrolet Jackson. Chevalier Jackson. The Egg Man or Maw-Maw had gotten the name wrong. But with the help of a mysterious nurse and a neighborhood detective, Paw-Paw found our family\u2019s unforgettable story.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

For more angelic stories, subscribe to <\/em>Angels on Earth<\/strong><\/a> magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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