Standup comedian Wes Hazard's dangerous chronic illness rears its head while he's on stage one night.
Wes Hazard is a Boston-based comic & storyteller who was named 1 of '5 Boston Comics to Watch' by the Boston Globe. His first book 'Questions for Terrible People' has been selected as a Barnes & Noble featured humor title. Follow him @weshazard.
This story originally aired on November 11, 2016 in an episode titled “Everything Is Wrong.”
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