thats a great story man


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Posted by shitty speller...DEAL WITH IT! at 24-205-35-70.gln-eres.charterpipeline.net on November 23, 2003 at 14:35:10:

In Reply to: PICTURE OF THE MONTH FOR KEVIN... posted by Mike in MN on November 23, 2003 at 13:32:44:

: Hi Kevin - Mike in MN here! I just wanted to give you a picture for your collection, and a little anecdote behind it...

: First off, I want to thank you for the pic you autographed for my friend Brandon. For others reading this, I went out to NJ on Friday, Oct 25th for the Stash Bash. When I called home that night to see how everyone was doing, my wife told me that a good friend of ours, Brandon, had been diagnosed with leukemia that day. As it turned out, the docs think he's had it for nearly a year already - and initally gave him only a 30% chance of survival. I had Kevin and Jay autograph a picture for him, since he is a big fan of their movies. Along with it, they both wrote some very encouraging words for my friend.

: You can see a close-up of what they wrote near the bottom of my photos page:

: http://www.chataskew.com/pics/mikemn/

: Anyway, Kevin - my friend went in to stay at the Mayo Clinic hospital that weekend, and they expect him to be staying there well into next year in order to complete his chemo treatment. In recovering, attitude is half the battle, and Brandon's outlook has always been to fight and beat this thing. But you should have seen his face when I pulled out that autographed picture for him!!! "Wow! This is the coolest thing I ever got!!!" His mom literatlly got tears in her eyes when she saw how happy it made him - even though she had no clue who you guys were. His dad asked, "So, they're kinda like Bill and Ted?" I said "sure" and left it at that!

: He literally jumped out of bed to hang it on the hospital room wall - now there was only one nail in the wall...and it was holding the obligatory painting of Jesus thats in every room. Well, he took that down and hung you guys in his place! HA! His wife kinda frowned on that, so his dad brought in a nail and hammer, and added another nail to hang your picture - right next to Jesus!

: All of the younger nurses, and even some of the younger doctors were all very impressed to see his autographed picture. "You must really know someone important with connections to get something like that!" was one doc's reply. Ahh, such is life.

: Now, Brandon's spinal tap and bone marrow tests have all been coming back positive so far with no cancer cells present - you are helping him win the battle!!!

: So, I thought you would be entertained by the notion that, not only did you replace Jesus for a short time - your photo is haning on the walls of one of the greatest hospitals in the world! And once Brandon goes home and takes his pic with...you will STILL be haning in the STAT Blood Testing lab where I work! Thanks for that photo too!

: Lastly - THANKS for reciting my essay for the camera at the Stash Bash. I'm glad you enjoyed my clever little poem.

: Chaka MAD!!!

quite heartwarming indeed! kevin will be happy, thats for sure. Your friends in my thoughts.


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