21 year old Pak girl Mahnoor Shabir passes away after hard-fought battle with cancer
Lahore, Feb8:Twenty-one year old Mahnoor Shabir passed away after a hard-fought battle with cancer on Monday.
The Lahore University of Management Sciences (Lums) student penned a note about her battle with the life-threatening disease and asked people for their prayers in a Facebook post in January.
“Won a battle but the war against cancer isn’t over yet. Fortunately or unfortunately, it relapsed just a few days back,” she wrote.
In the moving post, Mahnoor spoke about how she should be worrying about things that normal 21-year-olds worry about: exams and relationships for instance; instead, her life revolves around hospital visits, chemotherapy and not getting too attached to anyone.
“I am a 21-year-old who should be worrying about my quizzes and if I made it above the average, but instead I have to worry about my blood counts being in the normal range… I am a 21-year-old who should be worrying about relationships; instead, I worry about emotional attachment with almost anyone. I am a 21-year-old who should be the one making trips to the hospital for her parents and wheeling them around, instead they are the ones doing it.”
Perhaps the most heart-wrenching part is what followed, when she wrote about her strength and willpower.
“But none of that upsets me; it makes me only more grateful that I am an extraordinary 21-year-old. I am a 21-year-old with incredible strength, willpower, resilience, and courage to face one of the deadliest maladies again. A second attempt may be frustrating but I believe it can be easy too. And it makes me grateful to have the most amazing and supportive parents out there. But I am a 21-year-old who is nothing without Allah or the prayers that He answers. So I would request you all to keep me in your prayers as much as you can. No one knows when one of it might get accepted!”
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People who knew Shabir, spoke of her bravery and resilience as she fought her battle.
Rest in peace, Mahnoor.