i can't believe what i am hearing... by thejackal

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i can't believe what i am hearing...
Friday, April 4, 2008

This is a totally un-firefly related thing but I need a place as an outlet for my grief. This guy that I am friends with has cancer. His name is Stu and he is 23 this year. I met him over a year ago through my church and he is the MOST AMAZING PERSON I have EVER met in my entire life. He is so funny, so eccentric, so smart and imaginative and I know that if I ever meet my future husband I would love for him to be just like Stu. He has been struggling with his cancer since about October I think and I had read in his face book that things were looking better for him in the last month. Today my sister got an e-mail from his sister in law and she came to me with the e-mail printed out and tears in her eyes. Things have taken a turn for the worse for Stuart and the doctors are telling him that he might have 1-2 years if he is lucky. It makes my heart feel hollow when I think of him and what might happen. He is so loved and admired. When he started going through treatment and started loosing his hair his male friend s in support shaved their heads in support for him. His brother even recently got a tattoo of his face on his arm. The e-mail said that the cancer is not responding to treatment... but we all have hope. All of us supporting him are Christians and are constantly praying for him. I can't help but think of shepherd Book and his constant faith. When I start to feel discouraged I think of him and he inspires me, a believer in a god lost to the rest of society. If anything does happen to him I know that he is in God’s hands and I pray that God will let him stay with us a little while longer. If you believe in God and in the power of prayer, even though you don’t know him, PLEASE I BEG YOU PRAY FOR STU. He needs all the support we can give him.
-WITH LOVE FROM ANNA, THE JACKAL

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Friday, April 4, 2008 3:30 PM