Eight year old David Spisak, of Cheasapeake, Virginia, died Thursday after a valiant fight with cancer, he was diagnosed of leukemia at two years of age, and after six years of transplants and treatments, he went on to rest.
"There's never been a morning with such sadness as today and no words will do it justice, but I'll try," wrote his mother, Amber Floyd Spisak, on Facebook in announcing her son's death.
He made headlines in November when he went on a date with his girlfriend from second grade. Ayla, age seven, "kinda looks like Snow White," he told his parents. "Actually, she is kinda like the real Snow White because she is so kind to everybody, especially me, because she loves me."
After his illness forced him to stop going to school, he called up Ayla and asked her out. They went bowling. With 15 friends and family members in tow.
He brought roses and a teddy bear. She brought a beaming smile and lots of hugs. He kissed her on the cheek. She helped him to stand from his wheelchair and watched as he rolled a bowling ball toward the pins.
It was the first time he had stood from his chair in more than a month.
On Thursday, his mother wrote: "This day was supposed to come about 9-10 months ago but David just wasn't done living yet so he made his own timeline and defied the rules."
He was surrounded by his family, who held his hand and laid next to him.
"I'm not ready to say things happen for a reason or a message of rainbows and sunshine just yet, but our baby boy was a fighter, a beautiful soul, a force to be reckoned with," his mom said.
"Rest easy sweet boy, you fought an unfair fight with the strength of a thousand soldiers ... You did it with grace; no more struggling. Just rest."
Source: Yahoo
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