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The Straight Story

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Thu Aug 1, 2013, 09:51 AM Aug 2013

Dying 2-year-old son to be Pa. couple's best man

JEANNETTE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple plans to have their dying toddler serve as the groom's best man when they wed this weekend.

Two-year-old Logan is the son of Sean Stevenson and Christine Swidorsky, of Jeannette. The couple had planned to wed next year, but decided to move the ceremony up to Saturday so the boy, who has leukemia and other complications, could participate.

The boy has already lost one kidney and has a mass on his remaining kidney. He has Fanconi anemia, a rare disease that often results in cancer. Doctors last week gave the boy two to three weeks to live.

Swidorsky says, "We want Logan in our family pictures, and we want him to see his mother and dad get married."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/dying-2-year-old-son-be-pa-couples-best-man

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Dying 2-year-old son to be Pa. couple's best man (Original Post) The Straight Story Aug 2013 OP
. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2013 #1
omg LisaLynne Aug 2013 #2
I will be crying the rest of the day! asjr Aug 2013 #3
Very sad NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #4
 
4. Very sad
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 06:34 PM
Aug 2013

anytime a child is sick like this it is a sad thing. Prayers for the family in going through the hardest thing any parent will have to go through.

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