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My entire life i have been an only child, wishing all the time that i had a a brother. About 4 years ago i went to try out for this baseball team in Carrollton called the Rebels, and there was this one kid that stood out the most to me, mostly because his hair was ridiculously long and big, his name is Marcel Pena. He was really excited to see me play and be on their team. We played out in this grapevine league and had the best time playing baseball we have ever had. Me and Marcel started hanging out a lot, going to the mall and hangout out at his house, that is about the time i met Ernesto. All three of us became best friends, not only that, I felt that I had received the brother/brothers i had always been wanting, blood couldn't make us any closer. About a year ago Marcel had a baseball size tumor grow in the side of his left cheek, which they later diagnosed him with cancer, but didn't really know what kind because it was so rare. About June or July he had major surgery to remove the tumor, it was successful but the doctors also had to remove his left eye. But its not like that was going to stop him from doing anything. When Marcel recovered he got right back on with his life, the cancer was under control, and he felt great. Marcel, Ernesto and me would go out to eat, see movies, Marcel and Ernesto even went to the Senses Fail show in Dallas, got to go back stage and meet the bands and everything. about 2 months later, Marcel went in for a check up and a cat scan, well they ended up finding another tumor inside his face, and the cancer had come back fully again. everyone was upset and sad, i left work and rushed over to the hospital, to see him. At that point the tumor just took control. It then turned into 3 different tumors that just grew every minute of every day. well about a week and a half before thanksgiving, he tries to call me at work, its so hard to understand him, but he was telling me to come up to the hospital. So i left work as fast as i could, and while i was on my way he calls me again, but it was actually his grandfather. He told me what was going on and that the we were getting ready to lose him in the next week or so, i automatically couldn't handle it, i broke down with tears running down my face. i got up the the hospital and Ernesto was already there, we all sat around and talked about old times we had, and how much fun everything we did was. He also told us that he was just waiting around for his ship to come and take him away to heaven. All we could do was smile and be happy with the time we had left. He was able to go home for thanksgiving, and just stay home until the day came. Thanksgiving past and Marcel was still laying in his room playing video games and on the computer. but as everyday past the tumors became even more of a monster that no one would have expected. Doctors didn't even know that the human skin could stretch that far. Christmas and New Years came around, yet Marcel was still putting up the Fight of his life, literally, but it finally got to the point where he couldn't open his right eye anymore, and the Tumor grew inside of his mouth so much he couldn't speak, he had to breath through a trake in this throat. The only kind of communication he had was his hearing and him writing on a dry erase board, which that went away pretty fast. It was hard to go over to see him like that, day after day after day, but i really didn't have a choice. Me and Ernesto were going to be there till the very end. At the end of January the cancer took over his entire body basically, he stayed in a deep sleep everyday all day because of the medicine they had him on. He would only be awake for about 5 minutes at a time and probably 30 min out of the entire day. At the Age of 18 Marcel Pena passed away on February 14th of 2008, Valentines Day, a day everyone that knew him will never forget. He went an Entire year almost fighting something that no doctor knew very much about. He is the strongest person i know and he will never be forgotten.
Marcel, you will always live in my heart, you will help me through the worst of times and be there for the best of times, you have been my brother through thick and thin, and nothing will ever change that. I love you with all of my heart and i will see you again in the after life, save 2 seats right next to you, so the three musketeers can be togther agin. I love you for ever
"life isn't short, it's time that's fast"
Marcel Pena
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