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My little brother Jake passed away today at 1:30 pm, surrounded by his family. He was nineteen.
He's been fighting brain cancer, Grade IV astrocytoma Undifferentiated (WHO) glioblastima, since last Thanksgiving. The survival rate for it was 20% for him to live out the year. My family did everything they could and then some.
It has been an incredibly awful year, and I've been very lucky to have such a strong support structure in my extended family and friends. I've been keeping quiet about what we've been going through because right up till the end Jake was online, and I didn't want to upset him. He was a great friend, a better brother, and also the kind of guy who couldn't not photo bomb any picture he was in, so we had to dig a few years back to find a decent one of us and my mom.
I love you Jake, and I'll miss you.
He's been fighting brain cancer, Grade IV astrocytoma Undifferentiated (WHO) glioblastima, since last Thanksgiving. The survival rate for it was 20% for him to live out the year. My family did everything they could and then some.
It has been an incredibly awful year, and I've been very lucky to have such a strong support structure in my extended family and friends. I've been keeping quiet about what we've been going through because right up till the end Jake was online, and I didn't want to upset him. He was a great friend, a better brother, and also the kind of guy who couldn't not photo bomb any picture he was in, so we had to dig a few years back to find a decent one of us and my mom.
I love you Jake, and I'll miss you.