Christine Oyler is an American author, AIDS survivor, and activist.
The first three of Oyler's four sons were born with hemophilia. Her eldest son, Ben Oyler (June 28, 1977 - July 4, 1986)Reader's Digest December 1989, Vol 54, No. 321, pg 142, condensed from "Go Toward the Light" Copyright 1988 by The Polson Company and Grant and Chris Oyler, Harper and Row Inc, New York. and her brother Scott (died July 5, 1987),"How Medical Success Story Turned Into a Nightmare", Randy Shilts, San Francisco Chronicle, December 5, 1989 who was also a hemophiliac, died of AIDS when they were transfused with clotting factor, vital for treating their condition, that was tainted. Ben was nine years old when he died, approximately 14 months after his AIDS diagnosis.Linda Hamilton Online Website: Articles & Interviews
Ben Oyler was barred, like Ryan White, from attending classes at school although Oyler and her husband Grant declined to contest that ruling, preferring to preserve the family's privacy.Reader's Digest December 1989, Vol 54, No. 321, pg 131, condensed from "Go Toward the Light" Copyright 1988 by The Polson Company and Grant and Chris Oyler, Harper and Row Inc, New York.
Oyler described the family's experience of her son's illness and death under the title Go Toward the Light, which was the basis for the 1988 made-for-television movie of the same name, with Linda Hamilton as a similarly situated mother.Go Toward the Light (1988) (TV) The book also includes how her faith as a Mormon helped her through this time.LDSfilm.com
See also Contaminated haemophilia blood products
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