Final Four watch party for Purdue student on hospice

22-year-old Jonathan Avalos is a patient on hospice at Methodist Hospital. He’s also a student at Purdue University. He and his friends have been enjoying watching the Purdue men’s basketball team make a deep run in this year’s NCAA tournament. When the team made the Final Four, Jonathan’s nurses planned a watch party for him and his loved ones. On Saturday evening they watched Purdue march to victory while sharing stories and eating delicious food catered by St. Elmo Steak House. “It means a lot seeing his family and everyone here being here for him,” said Alexa Gomez, one of Jonathan’s life-long friends. “It means a lot for me to see that he knows that there are people here for him… everyone’s here for him.”