Mourning the Loss of Patrick Swayze!!

When Patrick Swayze was originally diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January of 2008, I offered up prayers for him and did a post asking others to pray and sign a public get well card for him. Swayze fought the deadly cancer and continued acting and living life, but unfortunately, lost his battle with cancer yesterday at the age of 57.

Dr. Jeffrey Hardacre told Fox News that Swayze defied the odds because most people that are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer only live 3-6 months, and Swayze lived for over a year and a half.

I think many viewed Swayze as one of the "good guys" in Hollywood. I know I did. Any woman that was a teen in the 80's fell in love with him in the movie Dirty Dancing. My other favorites were:

--The Outsiders
--Point Break
--Roadhouse

Patrick Swayze - Chippendale
by tressage

Also, no one will ever forget his hilarious SNL skit with Chris Farley. Its hard to believe that they are both gone now.

May God comfort his family and friends during this difficult time. My prayers and thoughts are with them. He will be greatly missed!

Related links:
--The Life of Patrick Swayze

Prayers For Patrick Swayze!

As I'm sure most of you have heard, Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It appears that it was first reported in a tabloid that predicted a much more dire situation. This is what Swayze's Dr. had to say:

"Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far," Dr. George Fisher says in a statement. "All of the reports stating the time frame of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic."

What woman between the ages of 15-40 didn't fall in love with Patrick Swayze during the 80's when he starred in Dirty Dancing? At the time many of us pretended for awhile that we hadn't seen the movie because we were decent, Christian women. Yet, most of us now freely break down and confess that yes, we saw the movie and still love it to this day. What I find ironic, is even my husband loves the movie.

My other favorites that he starred in were:

--The Outsiders
--Point Break
--Road House

So today, I wish him the best and extend many prayers up to heaven for him. To sign a get well card for him, go here!