Aug 3, 2013 2 min read

JEANNETTE – A 2-year-old boy with only weeks to live served as the best man for his parents’ Pennsylvania wedding.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that Christine Swidorsky carried two-year-old Logan Stevenson on her shoulder at the Saturday afternoon wedding in Jeannette, a suburb of Pittsburgh.

Looking dapper in a tiny tan pin-stripe suit and orange shirt, Logan stood with his grandmother, Debbie Stevenson, during a ceremony uniting Logan’s mother and his father, Sean Stevenson. The boy has leukemia and other complications.

“We want Logan in our family pictures, and we want him to see his mother and dad get married,” Swidorsky said prior to the wedding.

The couple tied the knot in a hastily arranged backyard ceremony that celebrated Logan’s life. The couple abandoned an original wedding date of July 2014 after learning from doctors late last month that their son had two to three weeks to live.

Logan has Fanconi anemia, a rare disease that often causes cancer. He was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at 14 months old and had a stem cell transplant a year ago. He lost one kidney to a tumor in March and now has a mass on his other kidney.

Family and friends pitched in to organize the wedding, while Logan will spend his last few days resting in his parents’ home.

“The best thing for Logan is to be home with his parents,” she said, adding doctors told the couple “he would be in more pain in the hospital.”

“I just am thankful that I am able to bring my son home and have time with him and hold him before he goes,” Stevenson said. “So, in that sense, I feel lucky that I at least get to say goodbye to my son … and tell him it’s going to be OK.”

Swidorsky said she has learned a lot from Logan.

“He’s made me a better person,” she said. “He’s just an angel from heaven, and I’m going to miss him.”