Viceroy Nute Gunray
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:47 pm
Everyone,
I don't know if this is the proper location to create this topic, and if it is not, moderators please move it to the correct place.
My brother, Philip, who posted in here as Viceroy Nute Gunray passed away last week. He was suffering from a bone infection in his right femur and a fungal infection in his lungs. He was 18. Philip lived with Aplastic Anemia, basically a suppressed bone marrow. His body was not able to recover from a broken leg he suffered in 2002. The bone couldn't heal, nor could open wounds from numerous surgeries, and infections spread. From the many antibiotics that he was given to fight the bone infection, a fungal infection developed in his lungs.
I'd like to say that I know he spent a lot of time on these boards talking with you guys. I specifically remember one instance in 2001, when we were returning from a trip to Europe and had to spend a night in Heathrow airport waiting on a layover. He raced to a coin-op internet access and spent the entire 6 hours of the night on VGF, posting about anything and everything he missed in the 2 months that we were gone. What I'd like to say is thank you to all of you for providing him with your interaction and friendship, as the last couple of years of his life involved a lot of hospital visits and he didn't attend school, so most of his socialization was done online.
Among his passions were video games, Star Wars, and animals and he was lucky to be able to share his passion with others who felt similarly. I already very much miss joking and chatting with him about various topics he told me he had discussed on this site, but I'd like to thank you guys for being a part of his life.
I don't know if this is the proper location to create this topic, and if it is not, moderators please move it to the correct place.
My brother, Philip, who posted in here as Viceroy Nute Gunray passed away last week. He was suffering from a bone infection in his right femur and a fungal infection in his lungs. He was 18. Philip lived with Aplastic Anemia, basically a suppressed bone marrow. His body was not able to recover from a broken leg he suffered in 2002. The bone couldn't heal, nor could open wounds from numerous surgeries, and infections spread. From the many antibiotics that he was given to fight the bone infection, a fungal infection developed in his lungs.
I'd like to say that I know he spent a lot of time on these boards talking with you guys. I specifically remember one instance in 2001, when we were returning from a trip to Europe and had to spend a night in Heathrow airport waiting on a layover. He raced to a coin-op internet access and spent the entire 6 hours of the night on VGF, posting about anything and everything he missed in the 2 months that we were gone. What I'd like to say is thank you to all of you for providing him with your interaction and friendship, as the last couple of years of his life involved a lot of hospital visits and he didn't attend school, so most of his socialization was done online.
Among his passions were video games, Star Wars, and animals and he was lucky to be able to share his passion with others who felt similarly. I already very much miss joking and chatting with him about various topics he told me he had discussed on this site, but I'd like to thank you guys for being a part of his life.
