Job McCully, who battled leukemia at age four, was featured with his family on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Job endured several other health problems, as well as receiving a lung transplant in December 2007.Arkansas Matters: Job's Miracle (March 22, 2008) Job was free to leave the hospital in March 2008, but his family couldn't bring him home because their house was moldy and had a leaking roof. The family rented one home and paid the mortgage on the other. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition rebuilt the home to make it safe to live in again.Reality TV Magazine: Extreme Makeover Home Edition Helps a Ten Year Old Leukemia Survivor (October 26, 2008) The episode aired on October 26, 2008.
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"I have all the hopes in the world. I really believe he'll have a full life. It just means so much that there are so many loving people in St. Louis that's took care of us when we didn't have anybody here and I just appreciate it." -- Tina McCully, Job's momNirmalbharathi Blog: 9 Year Old - Remarkable Story of Survival (March 2, 2008)
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Family threw him a party after a year in the hospitalArkansas Matters: Job's Miracle (March 22, 2008)
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Extreme Makeover Home Edition episode aired on October 26, 2008
