In 1947, John was diagnosed with Addison's Disease. This disease effects people of all ages. Addison's sometimes causes skin to turn a brown, or golden brown color. (causing you to look tan year round.) It affects your body's response to stress. But this was not the only illness Kennedy had to go through, during his childhood, he had been to the hospital more than 3 dozen times! He faced many different health hardships, all the way from being severely injured in the war, to, well, Addison's Disease. There is one reason why all these sicknesses make him the greatest American...because he kept on going. He never gave up, and I respect him for that. He was told that he had only a few years to live, that he best settle down now, but did that stop him? No. Instead he became president of the United States! He never let life's hardships slow him down, and that alone, makes him the greatest.
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