Mark Ruegg is the youngest of 10 kids. That’s just the first fantastic fact about him. He has 21 nieces and nephews and 40-plus great-nieces and nephews. He was a dancer who traveled the world and fell into his current profession of child wrangling by chance. Most recently, he is a Stage 4 pancreatic cancer survivor. His latest scans show no detectable tumors in his pancreas or lymph nodes, and, in his doctors’ words, his liver looks “almost as good as new.”
“It’s been pretty remarkable,” said Ruegg. “My oncologists and doctors can’t explain it. It’s been 2 1/2 years, and I’m showing no evidence of disease. Cancer has been the greatest gift of my entire life, and it’s changed my lifestyle.”
Ruegg grew up in Akron, Ohio, born nine years after his next youngest sibling. . . .
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Jessica Koslow 