Manuel Murillo

Manuel V. Murillo

A father, a brother, and an uncle.

Manuel was a healthy-bodybuilder at the age of 47. He had the passion to become a musician, and was very cautious of what he did and ate. One day going to the doctor for back pain, they found cancerous cells had developed in his digestive system, causing Manuel to be diagnosed with gastro intestinal cancer; it was a surprise to the athletic 47 old man. Manuel cared much about his family, so to not worry them he didn’t let them know until a year after trying to fight the cancer himself. He had seen his father die of cancer and feared dying the same way. After 1 year of chemotherapy with no positive results, Manuel decided to tell his family He continued to be optimistic and did 1 more years of treatments. In January of 2001, he was hospitalized due to the intense pain and high fevers. After one month of treatment, the doctors where able to stabilize him enough to take him to surgery, to see if there was anything they could do to relieve him of his pain. It was then when that they realized that there was nothing they could do for him. As a result of his exploratory surgery, the doctors could not close his stomach back. For the next 2 months his stomach remained open. His cancer was too advanced therefore he could not eat or digest anything. Towards the end Manuel still had high hopes of a miracle happening. Sadly he lost his fight in 2001 at the young age of 49. “Mannie” is greatly missed by his loving family, especially by his sister Katie, whom was kind enough to share his story. Thank You.