Until Forever Page #7

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This was just filled yesterday.

- Yes, please, please hurry.

- [Michael] I can't breathe.

- Hey, did you really take all your meds?

- [Matt] Yeah.

- Call 911, call them now.

- [EMT] What's your name?

- Michael.

- [EMT] Michael, my name's Chris.

How long has this been going on?

- It just started not that long ago.

- [EMT] Has he ever been like this before?

- [Michelle] Not like this.

(dramatic piano music)

- [EMT] What kind of medical

history does Michael have?

- [Michelle] Um, cancer.

- [EMT] What kind of cancer?

- [Michelle] Leukemia.

- [Matt] Let me go.

- I'm going to hold this up to your face...

- Just let me die.

- We're gonna start an IV on you,

so we can give you medications.

The ambulance is on it's way.

Good job, Michael.

(dramatic music)

- [Nurse] His heart

could stop at any moment,

so we're going to need to

keep him here overnight.

Probably the next few days.

You're fortunate that you found him

and that the paramedics

got there soon enough.

Another 30 minutes, it

would have been too late.

Has he ever tried to

take his own life before?

- We've had a few scares,

but nothing like this.

- When he wakes up, I'm gonna order

a psych eval for him.

Ok, I'll check back with you later.

- Thanks, doc.

- Hey, I'm gonna go see how Mike's doing.

- [Dan] Okay.

- I just...

- [Dan] Oh, I know.

- I just can't take this.

- I know, honey, I know.

(dramatic music)

- Matt's here.

- Yeah, I've had a lot

of time to think in here

and I've been blaming

everyone and everything.

I blamed God,

my medication, my doctors,

and then I realized something,

even when you were at your sickest,

you always found a way to smile.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, um,

I guess you could say we've been talking.

It has been the greatest honor of my life

growing up with you and being

able to call you my brother.

(Matt crying)

(kissing)

(Matt sighing)

(dramatic music)

- [Pastor] I, Michelle.

- I, Michelle.

- [Pastor] Take you, Michael.

- Take you, Michael.

- [Pastor] To be my husband.

- To be my husband.

- [Pastor] I do promise

in covenant before God.

- I do promise in covenant before God.

- [Pastor] And these witnesses.

- And these witnesses.

- [Pastor] To be your

loving and faithful wife.

- To be your loving and faithful wife.

- [Pastor] In plenty and in want.

- In plenty and in want.

- [Pastor] In joy and in sorrow.

- In joy and in sorrow.

- [Pastor] In sickness and in health.

- In sickness and in health.

- [Pastor] For as long

as we both shall live.

- For as long as we both shall live.

(somber music)

(congregation clapping)

(somber music)

(light piano music)

- [Michelle] I thought I

had accepted God's plan

for Michael's life, but really,

I'd been holding out for healing

and when it didn't come, I was lost,

but in my sorrow, I missed

the truly powerful thing

that had happened right

in front of my eyes.

In life, Michael was a teacher.

He taught people how to protect themselves

and respect others.

He showed them what it meant to be

a true and giving friend,

and even where you could get

the best barbecue ribs.

He helped a brother see the

light through the darkness.

But the most important lesson was the one

he made so clear to us in

his life and death trial,

the power of real faith.

(somber music)

- [Michael] Mr. Fenton, you

were wrong when you said

God wouldn't answer me that night.

He did, He sent you.

Thank you for being a true friend.

Michael.

(somber music)

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