I have a little prayer/good thought request

for this guy:

This is one of my closest friends Brian.  He was my prom date in June 2003.  He has a really bad case of Chiari-Malformation. (Chiari malformation (kee-AHR-ee mal-for-MAY-shun) is a condition in which brain tissue protrudes into your spinal canal. It occurs when part of your skull is abnormally small or misshapen, pressing on your brain and forcing it downward.).  When he was younger his parents took him to the DR because he kept getting really bad headaches.  They diagnosed him with migraines.  It wasn't til several years later that a different doctor (or hospital) figured out that it actually WASN'T migraines.  They tried several kinds of surgeries to help it, he's on the strongest medication possible, which doesn't even help him anymore.  There was a lawsuit and yes they won.

Now onto the bad news:

Brian is not doing well...at all. He was put on a feeding tube today. He also had a stroke a while back and lost feeling on one side of his body. He's slowly losing his battle I think, and I have a feeling he won't be around for as long as we all hope for.  Honestly, I'm surprised he has made it as long as he has.  He's been in so much pain for over 10 years.  If that was me, I would of given up a long, long time ago. 

He's probably one of the strongest people I have ever met.  He's been misdiagnosed, had several near death experiences, been told he would never have a normal adult life and yet if you ask him if he's afraid of dying, he tells you no and that he just wants to make sure his family and friends are okay before he goes (which is what I think has made him hold on this long).

So if you can, please keep him in your prayers or thoughts.

Also, makes the little things you worry or fight about not seem so important..so stop arguing with your significant other and hugs your kids or animals a little longer tonight since you never know when it'll be your last day.

I think Nickelback's "If Today Was Your Last Day" fits the situation perfectly:

My best friend gave me the best advice
He said each day's a gift and not a given right
Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind
And try to take the path less traveled by
That first step you take is the longest stride

If today was your last day
And tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have?
If today was your last day

Against the grain should be a way of life
What's worth the prize is always worth the fight
Every second counts 'cause there's no second try
So live like you'll never live it twice
Don't take the free ride in your own life

If today was your last day
And tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have?
Would you call old friends you never see?
Reminisce of memories
Would you forgive your enemies?
Would you find that one you're dreamin' of?
Swear up and down to God above
That you finally fall in love
If today was your last day

If today was your last day
Would you make your mark by mending a broken heart?
You know it's never too late to shoot for the stars
Regardless of who you are
So do whatever it takes
'Cause you can't rewind a moment in this life
Let nothin' stand in your way
Cause the hands of time are never on your side

If today was your last day
And tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?

Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have?
Would you call old friends you never see?
Reminisce of memories
Would you forgive your enemies?
Would you find that one you're dreamin' of?
Swear up and down to God above
That you finally fall in love
If today was your last day