Growing up with severe asthma, Australian Euan Craig was acutely aware of the fragility of life from an early age.
His older sister inexplicably collapsed and was diagnosed with brain damage at the age of 12.
"I was only 8 when she first got sick," explains Craig, now 49. "I stayed home until 21 and helped my mother look after my sister while she was in and out of hospital."
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