My Brother Rick, the Little Shit
8 min readFeb 1, 2021
You’re Not Supposed to Lose Your Little Brother
Cancer took my brother from me. In September 2019, near his 56th birthday, my brother Rick was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. He was connected with a wonderful oncologist, began chemotherapy infusion treatments and kept an incredibly positive attitude. Scans looked good, tumors were shrinking, we were sure he was beating it. The oncologist predicted he…