Teen chooses quality over quantity and ends chemotherapy after cancer returns
“In life, things do happen. Sometimes they’re good, sometimes they’re bad. You can make the best of it and that’s all that you can do. That’s in your control.
… What can I do that I’ll always remember?”
– Yusuf Hirji, Bone Cancer Fighter-Survivor & Terry Fox Foundation Ambassador
PICKERING — He’s only a teenager, but time is the greatest luxury to Yusuf Hirji, and he’s making the most of it.
At age 16, Yusuf was a student at Pine Ridge Secondary School in Pickering in 2012 and his mind was set on landing a soccer scholarship. But his plans took a turn when he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, the same bone cancer that Terry Fox had. There had been no history of cancer in the family, and the diagnosis was a big shock to them all.
… He tested a pilot project for SickKids, where he received treatment from a backpack, allowing his hospital stays to be shorter.
His positive attitude also made Yusuf a popular face within the Terry Fox Foundation, and around local communities. He became a poster boy for the foundation, when his picture graced the walls of more than 8,500 schools across Canada in 2014. He eventually became an ambassador for the foundation, speaking at many runs.
Read more at the Source: Pickering’s Yusuf Hirji is living life to the fullest
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i pray for and his family that may GOD grant and bless the family courage,fortitude and emotional balance to face bravely the situation in which they are now,only they can feel what they are going thru and how rough the journey,that is still there would be may GOD ease the burden of all their difficulties amen
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Our heartfelt condolences to all members of the Hirji family and extended family members on the sad demise of Yusuf
We mourn with you.
Nevin & Muslim Harji
Montreal
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May the soul rest in eternal peace.
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Our deepest condolences to the Hirji Family as well as his extended family. May his soul rest in eternal peace.
Iqbal & Nasim Kermali
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My deepest condolences to the family. My prayers are with you all. May his opulent rest in peace. Sully Makhani. Guelph .
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I extend my deepest condolence to Hirji family. Yusuf will be remembered for his huge smile, helping the charitable organization like Terry Fox Foundation, in spite of his painful sufferings. May Almighty our Lord, bless our beloved yusuf and hold him in in the hollow of His Holy Hands, and keep him close to His Heart. Amen. For the benefit of the family and Yusuf, here is a quotation and I quote “Helping Hands are better than Praying Lips” Author Unknown. Abdulrehman Premji.
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