“Surviving & Thriving” is produced by Bolder Broadcasting, the team behind the nationally syndicated “Growing Bolder,” and presented by Florida Hospital, with support from WKMG Local 6.

This episode originally aired on April 18, 2014 and is presented here with limited commercial interruption. In this episode, you’ll see: NBA executive and author Pat Williams’ amazing battle to put his incurable cancer into remission, and Elyse Mundelein was born with Down syndrome but has never let that slow her down. Wait until you see how she’s become one of the nation’s most vocal advocates for Down syndrome awareness and how even a serious and life-threatening illness couldn’t slow her down.