KISS Lifts Fan's Spirits

William Croyle of NKY.com reports: The phone rang Wednesday afternoon in Christopher "Critter" Smith's room at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

His mom had just stepped out for a moment, so he answered it.

"Critter, it's Paul Stanley," the caller said. Stanley is the lead singer for KISS, Critter's favorite rock band.

"At first, I thought it was just my dad messing with me," Critter said.

It really was Stanley.

He was calling from South America where KISS will kick off a tour next month. The band had been alerted about Critter by a fan after an article was published March 2 in The Enquirer. The article talked about the 11-year-old's battle with leukemia, and mentioned his love for KISS.

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