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Brooklyn man diagnosed with cancer dies
– after marrying high school sweetheart, and
– reuniting with Guyanese sister
Two months ago, while in a Brooklyn hospital, he was given 10 days to live. He not only managed to stay a little longer with his loved ones but had also tied the knot with his high school sweetheart.
Christopher, his wife and son on his big day
His final wish to see his Guyanese sister, who was absent from his life for over two decades, was also granted.
It is now time to say goodbye to 25-year-old Christopher Robinson, a New York citizen who was diagnosed with a rare and deadly form of renal cancer.
With his loved ones by his side, the father of one peacefully closed his eyes around 10:35 hrs on Friday at the hospital where he had been a critical patient for over two months.
In January last, Robinson’s family members were informed that the young father’s days were numbered.
Since then, the Robinsons have been putting things in place to ensure the 25-year-old man’s last wishes were fulfilled.
His first wish was to marry his son’s mother, Terry, and the other was to see his sister, Michelle Robinson, for one last time.
The last time the siblings saw each other was when Christopher was just three years old and Michelle was five.
Both his wishes were fulfilled. Michelle was first denied a visa. She was later granted one only after her dying sibling pleaded with the US Embassy here.
The younger Robinson’s struggle started two years ago when a gunman invaded his house and shot him five times.
Luckily, after eight surgeries and several months in the hospital, the father of one walked out the health institution.
But he needed another operation to fix a hernia he had developed.
It was then, last August, while doctors were preparing him for the surgery, that they informed him about a growth on his kidney.
A few days later, they diagnosed him with a rare and deadly form of renal cancer which had already spread to his lungs.
Renal cancer is a kidney cancer that originates in the lining of the proximal convoluted tubule, a part of the very small tubes in the kidney that transport waste molecules from the blood to the urine.
Michelle, who left the country early last month to be with her brother, had told this newspaper that her sibling was diagnosed with the deadly disease last year. He was taking chemotherapy but his body soon started to reject treatment.
The mother of two said that when Christopher was first diagnosed with the deadly disease she, as well as her other relatives, thought that he would have pulled through, given his zest for life.
“It is hard to know that he was knocking at death’s door once and he pulled through…now he is again knocking at death’s door.”
Perhaps, it was Robinson’s first encounter with death that gave his relatives hope that he would have defeated the killer disease.
“He is a fighter. He fought for his life once already, so we were hoping that he would have taken his chemotherapy and be okay again,” Michelle related.
The Robinsons are currently making funeral arrangements.
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