Chad Juros: the Magic of a Cancer Survivor
An accomplished magician at the age of 18, cancer survivor Chad Juros is the official magician for some Philadelphia sports teams and was featured in an episode of Criss Angel's MindFreak.He is also the founder of Spread the Magic Foundation, an organization that uses magic to help kids with cancer find laughter, joy and hope.
For a young adult of 18, Chad Juros list of accomplishments is impressive. Magic, even.
An episode of Criss Angel's MindFreak featured Chad. He is an official magician for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Philadelphia Eagles Fly organization. He performs at Richard Petty's and Paul Newman's camps for sick kids. He is the youngest magician ever to perform at the White House. He is a finalist in the World Magic Seminar Stage Competition. He was the finalist in the Volvo for Life Award and was awarded the Volunteer of the Year Award for the Leukemia Society.Chad Juros is also the founder of Spread the Magic Foundation, an organization that uses magic to help kids with cancer find laughter, joy and hope. He knows about childhood cancer and the struggles faced when fighting cancer. At the age of
three, he was diagnosed with leukemia. At the age of seven, his cancer came back. He needed a transplant, no match could be found. They put Chad on an experimental protocol where he spent 17 months as a hospital inpatient. He suffered cardiac arrest, and for a while, went into a coma. Chad's father taught him magic tricks to distract him from the fear and pain of the grueling ordeal he faced as a child in cancer treatments.Chad Juros has continued to perfect his magic. He is a remarkable young adult. Inspiring as a cancer survivor, skilled as a magician. You can visit Chad Juros at his website, and learn more about Magic Chad and the Spread the Magic Foundation.
Chad's StoryIn 1991, at the age of three, Chad was diagnosed with leukemia. In 1995, at the age of seven, he relapsed. He needed a bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of friends, family, and his medical team, no match was found. As a result, doctors decided to try an experimental protocol. For the next 17 months Chad lived as an inpatient in the cancer ward of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. There, he fought the good fight, which included having to learn how to walk and talk again because of the devastating side effects of the drugs that were intended to cure him. Tubes were attached to him so he could breathe and eat. Through the ordeal, he experienced cardiac arrest and coma, and underwent numerous surgeries and multiple blood transfusions.
While he was bravely fighting the battle, his father would use magic to distract Chad from the fear and pain he was enduring. While receiving his treatments, Chad would lie in his hospital bed and practice making magic for hours a day. Each week, his dad would teach him new tricks to master. In 1998, at long last, Chad was released from the hospital. That same year, Chad's dad collapsed and was subsequently diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. A respected dentist and local tennis champion, Chad's dad Don deteriorated quickly. In a matter of a few months, he became a three month old trapped in a 41-year-old body. Don died on January 17, 2000, leaving behind Penny, his wife, and his children, Faith and Chad.
The following two years Chad dedicating himself to perfecting his magic act: the legacy his dad had left him. . Chad has performed around the country including: A special invitation by The President of the United States, George W. Bush and our First Lady, Mrs. Laura Bush, at the Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn; The Magic Castle in Hollywood, California; the Philadelphia 76ers; Epcot/Disney World; Richard Petty of NASCAR; Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camps; Ronald McDonald Camps; and for Senator Mike Eman of the country of Aruba. Other performances include: Las Vegas Casinos, Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado; CN 8 - Comcast TV; The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; American Cancer Society and Children's Miracle Network. He has appeared on Criss Angel?s Mind Freak Show for the A&E network and was cast as the young 
David Copperfield in a primetime TV show. Chad was awarded the Philadelphia 76ers Hometown Hero Award and a college scholarship from the Philadelphia Eagles. He made his own DVD teaching simple magic. Chad was the finalist in the Volvo for Life Award and was awarded the Volunteer of the Year Award for the Leukemia Society. Chad is the founder of the Spread the Magic Foundation, a nonprofit corporation that performs magic for pediatric cancer patients (www.spreadthemagic.org).To this day Chad continues to add the abracadabra to all our lives, as his dad did for his, in the hopes that everyone can find the magic in their lives as he did.
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