Until Forever Page #2

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- Double or nothing?

- What you got?

- Alright, Larson's gettin' cocky here.

How many stars are in the galaxy?

- Our galaxy?

- [Michael] Yes, our galaxy,

the Milky Way galaxy, how many stars?

Go.

- A lot, a lot.

- Yeah.

- A million?

- Is that your final answer?

- One hundred million?

- One hundred to 400 billion.

Boom.

That's a lot of stars.

And that's just our galaxy.

You ever wonder what it all means?

What's God up to?

(somber music)

- You okay?

- Yeah.

- You've been touching your

neck a lot, I wondered.

- Oh, I've had a sore throat

and I went to the doctor a couple days ago

and they took my blood

and then they didn't like

how the blood looked,

so they want to do more tests.

- What does that, what didn't he like?

What does that mean?

- I don't know, I don't know,

I think I'm fighting a virus or something.

It's really nothing.

- Well I wish you would have told me,

'cause then I could have

wished for you to feel better.

- Michelle, that is so sweet.

You are the sweetest person I've ever met.

Seriously, what was your wish?

Please, tell me.

- Okay, fine, I wished

that on our next date

maybe we could have seafood?

- Are you, really, that's what,

you had a wish on a shooting star

passing through our magical galaxy

and you waste it on seafood?

- Okay, I'm sorry, barbecue

gets a little bit old.

- I hate seafood.

- I love it.

- Fine.

Ms. Larson, on our next date,

I will take you to get seafood.

- Thank you.

Ah, no, I don't want to

get your germs, Mr. Germy.

- Mr. Germy?

- Well, you're gonna have to catch me.

- Hey, you're leavin' the sandwiches.

- I'm sorry.

- Hey, stop.

- [Michelle] I don't

like barbecue.

- [Michael] Michelle!

- [Doctor] Acute Myelogenous Leukemia,

it's a cancer of the

blood and bone marrow.

Normally, we see this in older patients,

usually around 60 or so,

but sometimes in people

your age, and even younger.

In AML, the bone marrow

makes abnormal blood cells

that don't form properly

and can't fight infection.

These leukemia cells then crowd

out the normal blood cells

that your body needs.

AML can be very aggressive, so we need to

get chemotherapy treatment

started as soon as possible.

That okay?

(dramatic music)

- Yeah.

- [Doctor] I promise you we will get

the best treatment plan

possible for Michael.

He's young, he can fight this.

- You okay?

- Uh, yeah, dude, I need to, um,

I need to take my pills.

(door shuts)

- So, uh, what's our next step, then?

- Go home, pack your bags.

You'll be staying here for

the duration of the treatment.

- He has to stay here the entire time?

- The chemotherapy treatment will make

his immune system virtually non-existent.

He'll be really vulnerable to infection.

- Well, I have been wanting my own place.

(somber piano music)

- Hello, I'm nurse Katie,

nice to meet you,

just follow me to your room.

(door clicks open)

(somber piano music)

(inaudible dialogue)

(somber piano music)

- I'd like us all to take a moment

to say a prayer for a young

man in our congregation

going through a very challenging

and difficult time in his life.

Michael Boyum was recently diagnosed

with a very aggressive form of leukemia.

I was reminded of a verse

in Psalms, which reads,

"Many are the afflictions

of the righteous,

"but the Lord delivers

them out of them all."

And I was immediately struck

by the verse that followed,

which says, "He keeps all his bones,

"not one of them is broken."

This really struck a chord with me

and I shared it with Michael's family,

because it is in one's bones

where things go wrong when

a person has leukemia.

- [Doctor] You'll feel some pressure,

pressure, pressure, pressure.

- Thank you.

- They just stuck you with a big needle.

You don't need to say thank you.

- We're gonna dedicate tonight's game

to Matt's brother, Michael,

who's bravely battling cancer.

I want to see that same fighting energy

in every single one of you guys

on the field tonight, alright?

Let's go out there and win

this one for Michael Boyum.

Bring it in!

Give me a Spartans on

three, one, two, three.

- [Football team] Spartans!

(curtain sliding)

(somber music)

- Alright, I'm gonna

change out your tubing

and you're free for 20 minutes.

Have fun.

- I feel the wind through my bald head.

Yeah!

- Bonjour, the finest dinner for you,

and, of course, souffle.

(can spraying)

- Hit me.

Ahh.

(Michael mumbling)

(kissing)

(Michelle laughing)

(door knocking)

- Hey.

- [Ben] Hi.

- [Michelle] Hey.

- Michael.

- [Michael] How are you?

- I'm fine.

I got this for you.

- [Michael] My goodness,

look at that, it's our class.

- [Ben] Yes, it is.

- [Michael] And there we are.

- Yeah.

- Couple of ninjas.

- [Ben] Yeah.

- Everybody sign this?

- Yep, on it, everybody did.

- [Michael] Really cool, thank you.

- Are you scared?

- Do you remember when you were

gonna test for your blue belt?

- Yeah.

- [Michael] And we were about

to get started, and then

you felt really scared

and you ran off and I was like,

"Ben, no.

"Where are you going?"

(laughing)

And then I had to come get you.

And then I told you that I'd seen you

do those katas over 100 times

and that you could do it!

So we went back in, we started the test,

and then what happened?

- And now I'm a blue belt.

- Exactly.

You still scared?

- Well, sometimes.

- Sometimes.

That's how I feel.

But I know that I have somebody with me

same way that I was with you.

And then I'm not scared anymore.

And everything's gonna be okay.

Right?

- [Ben] Right.

- Come here.

Thank you for comin' to see me.

- Yeah

- [Michael] Blow it up.

(explosion sounds)

(laughing)

- I love you, man.

- [Michael] I love you, too.

- Thank you so much.

- [Ben] You are the best.

- You're the best, take care

of the karate class, okay?

- Yes, yes, I will.

- [Michael] Awesome.

- When'd you get a mustache?

(laughing)

- If you change that channel

one more time, woman.

- Sorry.

- There's seven channels.

- [Michelle] I know,

they are all terrible.

- I know.

(sighs)

- I should go.

- Okay.

- Are you sure it's okay?

- Yeah.

- [Michelle] Like positive?

- Ugh.

(laughing)

- [Michael] Yeah, it's okay.

- Bye.

(kissing)

- Bye.

I'll see you later.

See you later.

I'm really busy, I have

a lot to do, so, bye.

(door clicking shut)

(somber music)

(girl crying)

- She doesn't deserve this.

(wheel bumping into door)

- Sorry, I didn't mean to

disturb you, I'm sorry.

- No, it's okay, you don't have to leave.

There's plenty of space here.

(wheel bumping into door)

- [Michael] I'm Michael.

- Diana.

- [Michael] It's good to meet you.

- Yeah, you too.

(sniffles)

So, do you like it here?

- In the hospital?

No one likes hospitals.

It's not bad.

- Yeah, my little girl's

not doing so well.

- I'm sorry to hear that.

(Diana sniffles)

How old is she?

- [Diana] She's five.

I haven't been to church in two years.

Now I'm here, selfishly begging for a

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