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AMSVANS. Here's
a video preview of his book.
The fabled, disabled pig, Chris P. Bacon, has become not only an
Internet darling and an inspiration to children with disabilities—now,
he’s published his autobiography! It’s new children’s book about the
importance of acceptance.
Chris, who was born with severely deformed back legs that are
permanently locked in a “flex” position, was given a new lease on life
when he was brought to the office of veterinarian Dr. Len Lucero just a
day after being born. When an animal so severely deformed is brought in,
the normal course of action is to euthanize. But Lucero couldn’t bring
himself to put the little guy down—he saw something special in the
animal.
“He was so full of life,” Dr. Lucero says. “So I thought, there’s no
way I could put this thing down. I’d rather give him a fighting chance,
at least if not at my home, I would find someplace for him.”
First, however, Dr. Lucero had to give Chris the gift of mobility. He
achieved this through building a set of prosthetics for Chris out of
K’nex blocks—a children’s toy that allowed him to fashion wheels to
replace Chris’s back legs.
Perhaps not surprisingly, Dr. Lucero did end up adopting Chris, and the
piglet has adapted well to his rolling prosthetic—a pig-perfect
wheelchair. As Chris has grown, small wheels have been replace by larger
ones, but to this day Chris P. Bacon bounds happily around Dr. Lucero’s
farm in his special wheelchair.
Chris has had to overcome more than just the issue with his back
legs; in June Chris underwent an operation for a hernia. The procedure
is not uncommon for Chris’s breed, and according to Dr. Lucero, the
hardest part was keeping Chris from eating the day before the surgery.
“Fasting a pig is a challenge,” said Dr. Lucero.
On top of the 90,500 “likes” the pig has on Facebook and the tens of
thousands of viewings his videos have had online, Chris has just
released his very first children’s book. Entitled Chris P. Bacon: My Life So Far,
the book’s message is one of acceptance as well as compassion and
empathy for other peoples’ imperfections. The book is targeted at
children ages 4 to 10 years of age, and as further testament to the
book’s intent, for each book purchased, another will be donated to three
charities—St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, The Children’s Aid
Society, and Read to Grow.
The book is the first in a three-book deal that has been offered by Hay
House, the world’s largest self-help and motivational publisher. Here
are a couple of videos to put a smile on your face—the first clearly
show’s Chris’s need for speed in his wheelchair, and the second video
reminds us he gets around pretty well without it, too! So cute! No word
about book signings yet. We’d love to hear your reviews when you’ve read
the book—is it destined to be a blockbuster movie?
