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Farting Stuffed Animals Keep Memory Of Towson Boy Alive
The nonprofit "Andrew's Laughing Gas" honors a Towson boy who died of cancer and has brightened lives of children at 20 hospitals worldwide.
TOWSON, MD — They said laughter is the best medicine and that’s exactly what 10-year-old Andrew Mercier loved to do.
“He was definitely the class clown and joker, there was no greater joy than to make other people laugh, he just, that’s what he lived for,” said Paul and Colleen Mercier, Andrew’s parents. Andrew lost his brave eight-month battle to leukemia back in December, but the one thing that brought him the most joy was his special farting stuffed animal named Dookie.
It was a gift from one of the Johns Hopkins doctors to help put his mind at ease.
