Dying boy to be best man at parents’ wedding
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A two-year-old boy with only weeks to live will serve as best man when his parents wed this weekend.
Sean Stevenson and Christine Swidorsky, from Jeannette, Pennsylvania, in the United States, had planned to wed next year but decided to move the ceremony to today so their son, Logan, who has leukemia and other complications, could participate.
“We want Logan in our family pictures, and we want him to see his mother and dad get married,” Swidorsky said. Her 13-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, Isabella Johns, will be a bridesmaid, and the couple’s one-year-old daughter, Savannah, will be the flower girl. The story was first reported by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Logan has Fanconi anemia, a rare disease that often causes cancer. He was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at 14 months old and had a stem cell transplant a year ago. He lost one kidney to a tumor in March and now has a mass on his other kidney.
Last week, doctors told the couple the boy would live only two to three weeks more.
“It’ll be the hardest thing I’ll ever do, is bury my son,” Stevenson said. “You know it’s coming, and you can’t do anything about it.”
Family and friends have helped organize the wedding, while Logan spends his last few days resting at home.
Swidorsky said the couple expects about 100 people to attend the wedding.
“I just am thankful that I am able to bring my son home and have time with him and hold him before he goes,” Stevenson said.
Swidorsky said she has learned a lot from Logan.
“He’s made me a better person,” she said. “He’s just an angel from heaven, and I’m going to miss him.”
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