- Will you take this please? - I am anybody I wanna be. I don't limit myself. And defying yourself is limiting yourself. All my life, I thought
I was gonna be a dancer. All my life I thought I was
gonna teach dance somehow, which is what I love to do. And then it's gone. I can't do it. When I got diagnosed with cancer, my body shut down really quickly. Oh I was so sick. I had no energy to do anything, so I couldn't dance. And I was okay with that. Because, I found food. Food, for me, is life. It's like edible art. All these different
flavors and seasonings. People eat to keep them alive. I live to eat. I live to eat. - Oh, my god, yes I remember that. It was the funniest. I'm good. I'm good to go. My name is Kat Lazo. I have terminal gastric cancer. When the doctors wanted
to tell me how long I had, I said I didn't care. Because I live in the now. #TeamKat. When I was a child growing up, I would eat anything and everything you put in front of me. And, there was always this
excruciating stomach pain in the morning. Oh, my god, it would just hurt and my mom would take me to the doctor,
and they all would say, "Oh, she's growing up, she'll be fine. "She's developing into a young lady." So it became a part of my life, waking up in the morning
and being in pain, it was just there, and I had no idea why. Years later, they say, "You have ulcers." Being in a Latin family,
you have the greasy food, you have the spicy food, you have this extremely seasoned food. I called myself the rabbit
instead of the cat because I could only eat green leaves. And so I would sneak it, and I would suffer. Then I said, "Forget it, forget this diet. "I don't wanna be sad." So I kept eating the food. Years later, I get diagnosed with cancer. In the stomach. My doctor from San Diego
came out and reviewed the scans and reviewed the tests, and he said, "Go take your picc line out "of your arm "and "live your life." - My mom, she told me
about the terminal cancer. For the fact that I don't like seeing my mom or my sister's cry, I uh, I probably won't tell
her anything about it. Like, I'll keep it to myself
and I'll just think about it, and just, um, leave it in God's hands. I have so much faith and, regardless if a doctor, I mean, I know he's a specialist, even if he says that, I still have faith. - I've seen her in her worst, and it's really hard. It's hard, but at the same time you, I think that I have to
show strength to her. Like, I don't cry with her. I don't tell her I feel
that my heart is almost about to get out. I try to calm dow and be
like, "Okay, we're fine. "You're gonna be fine." 'Cause I think, that gives her more strength to be like, "Okay, I'm okay. "I'm okay, and I'm gonna be okay." - I've had so many people now ask me, "Oh, well now you have hair, so now you're "cancer free." And I laugh because I
used to be like that, too. So then I explain, that
it isn't the cancer that takes away your hair. It's all the drugs, and all the chemo that is being pumped into your body. I went through treatments,
tons of treatments, because that's what they said would work. It isn't until years
later that I now find out, that it doesn't work. And that in fact, it makes you sicker. So I am done with it. I deal with the pain because I don't wanna be drugged up, because I've missed so much because I've been drugged up. Because I've slept for 24 hours a day, and I missed my niece growing up. And when I realized it,
she was six years old. I love you 300. - I don't know. - That's a lot. My mom is the most beautiful person in my life. My mom has been like my rock. - Beautiful. - Oh, mom. She has hopes that one day I'll wake up, and I won't have any cancer, and I'll be perfectly fine. She said, "The girls at work and friends "tell me all the time that
they've known of people "who have had terminal
cancer and then they go to "the doctor and then it's gone and "the doctors don't even
know why it's gone, "and it's gone because they've prayed." I think she's really hoping
that that's the case with me. I don't know if she's ready for it not to end the way she wants it to. Or not to end. And I think that's one
thing that I haven't accomplished yet, is preparing my mom... where she could let go. And just let it be. Oh, you have to go to Container Park. - [Justin] Sorry. Get out. Get out. - I want you to meet someone, who's very well known here in Vegas. - [Kat] Oh my goodness. - Chef Natalie.
- Hi. - [Natalie] How are you? - Heard about your story.
- I am great. - And she wanted to meet you. - [Kat] Oh my god. - I was hoping we could
like cook or somethin'. - [Kat] Oh, I would love that! - How are you? Are you good? Are you happy? - [Kat] I'm happy. - Are you? Good. Nice to meet you.
- It's a pleasure. This is an amazing surprise. I'm very, very happy. - I'm glad. I hear you're quite the foodie. - I, I like to eat a little bit. - A little bit? So you love the deviled eggs. - They're delicious. And I get really sick with eggs, but when I had those eggs, I
was fine throughout the day and I was waiting for
the sickness to hit me at some point. - So it was like worth it to you? - Yeah, and I was like, "Okay,
when am I gonna get sick?" And I never got sick,
and I was like, "Okay. "I can have this." I thought they said that
they didn't have it on the menu anymore or they didn't have-- - It's never on the menu. - Oh. - You want me to teach
you how to make 'em? - I would love that. - Alright. Yeah. Come on. - Let's do it. How do you do this every day, and I got 'em on better than you did? - 'Cause I don't do this every day. Okay you ready?
- I'm ready. - So you're gonna take
a couple of those eggs. Put 'em in the flour. Okay, hold on, hold on.
- What? - 'Cause you gotta be diligent. - I'm sorry, you said throw 'em in there. - So mix it up. Cover it. Okay. Shake it off. And then you take this, and look. Oh. Uh oh. Sriracha. - I love sriracha. - Look at that. Don't be shy. Don't be shy. Okay? Throw a little bit of bacon. - I can't tell you how much I love food. You just have to see
it, and you will know. I haven't had bacon in
so long, I'm excited. - [Natalie] And then chives. - My eyes light up, and I'm smiling, and there's these noises
that come out of my mouth that I don't even realize they're coming, and it's just like, "Mmm, mmm, mmm." Mmm. - Right? Stupid. You can't help it. I love to have that effect. - [Kat] Where do you wanna sit? Here? - So tell me something else. Tell me more. Tell me about what's going on with you. - [Kat] My cancer? - What's going on, yeah. - I'm happy that I have what I have. - Right. - We have fears. Ridiculous fears. - Everything's feared, right? Everything's feared. Fear, fear, fear. - Because we are caging ourselves. The moment you let go on the
fear, you liberate yourself, and you become a free spirit. - It's true. I was a drug addict and an alcoholic. And, uh, I've been sober, August
31st will be 15 years. - Wow. - And that, the opportunity
to live a sober life, gives me the opportunity to
be able to have experiences like this. I feel you, I feel you. Like, I don't just, I get it. I feel you. My mom passed nine years
ago of stomach cancer, and she passed gracefully,
and I held her hand when she took her last breath, and, um, on the wall, "I'll see you in
the flowers," that's for her. That's in honor of my mom. So it means I'll see her again. And my friend hand wrote that. It took her six and a half hours. - I have stomach cancer. - Oh I didn't know that. I had no idea.
- Yeah, I have gastric cancer. - Oh my goodness. So... - I am so grateful that
I got this opportunity. - I am too. We are kindred spirits, for sure. - You are a beautiful soul. - And you as well. - And, anybody who gets the
opportunity to speak to you, and share moments like this with you, is very lucky. - I try to do it as often as possible. To as many people that will listen. - Everybody should listen to you. - Hey, I was wondering
if you would come back and have breakfast with me tomorrow. - I would love to have breakfast. - Can you maybe bring your mom, or-- - Yes. - Will you do that?
- Yes, I'd love that. - Okay, I'd really like that. - She would be happy. - Alright. - For me, it's my life. For me, taking everything that comes to me and just enjoying it and being able to live in the moment, and
live with people that are, that have sort of the same
view as I do about life, about food, is incredible. For me, that was unbelievable. It's one of my top favorite
experiences that I've had in my entire life. - And there's no bigger honor that I have to spend time with Kat. It's what we're here for. I'm gonna name her
favorite dish after her, and it's gonna be on the menu until I don't have this restaurant anymore. Yep. So we can all remember when we eat those deviled eggs to man up. You know? Man the up. ♪ Have some mercy on me love ♪ ♪ Don't burn me down ♪ - I love that she takes me
out of my comfort zones. Like, she gives life. Sometimes you forget about things that makes you happy. Things like dancing or
singing or being random or doing random things and you focus on the bad things or the work, and all the stuff and then, here she comes and she shows you something
different every time. She shows you fun. I think it's everything that we all need. We all know that we're supposed to do it. But, we all need that. We all need to savor everything. Every little moment. The food, the people around you. That's what she does best. She enjoys everything. ♪ I know, I know ♪ ♪ That you will always haunt me ♪ ♪ I know, I know ♪ ♪ That I will always want you ♪ ♪ No ♪ ♪ I won't carry this weight no more ♪ ♪ No ♪ ♪ I won't carry this weight no more ♪ - I'm proud of my sister. She's the spotlight. Like I prefer everything good
to be happening to my sister. And, I'm okay. Like, I'm gonna be okay if she's happy. - I woke this morning and I told my mom about my surprise yesterday. She was still half asleep
and I'm just kissing her and I'm like excited to have her wake up. I was like, "Oh, and by
the way, we're gonna go "have breakfast there this morning." And she's like, "What?" - [Kat] And, there's no parking. - She's never said that before to me. Good morning! - How are you? - I'm great. Hi! - [Natalie] Hi, pumpkin. - How are you? - Good, how are you? - I'm great. - [Natalie] It's nice to see you. - It's good to see you again. - Is this your family? - This is my mother. - Hi, mom. Let me give you a hug. - This is my niece. - Hi.
- Say hi. - Can I have a squeeze? - Hug her.
- Thank you, oh. - And this is Emelda. - Hi, nice to meet you. - It's nice to meet you as well. You guys wanna eat? - Yes.
- Yeah, we're ready. - We're hungry. - [Waitress] Hi guys. - [Kat] Hi, how are you? - Good, how are you guys? - [Kat] We're great, thank you. - So welcome to Eat. Go ahead and take a look at the menu. We've made a couple changes, and uh, enjoy your meal. - Thank you. Come on. Alright. Mom. Le Kat. - Le Kat. Order of Le Kat. - Whoa. That is, that's insane. - [Natalie] It'll be there forever. It'll stay there forever. - Mommy. - [Kat] This is amazing. - [Natalie] You like it? Yeah, she likes it. - [Kat] This stuff is so good. - [Natalie] Oh yeah,
you gotta get into that. - Mmm. Have a seat, right here. - Don't be shy. There you go. Oh yeah. Hey, I eat Cholula on
everything and I'm not Mexican. - [Emelda] Well this is, this is uh, not spicy. - It's not too much right? - But, uh, it's something. - I like this too. - [Emelda] I don't like Tabasco. - You don't like it? Too much vinegar? - [Emelda] It's too much vinegar, yeah. - You alright? A little too much? - It's hot. It's hot in here. - [Natalie] What's the air on? - [Man] 74. Is that too low? - [Woman] Help her up. Hold her up. Can you hold her? - [Justin] I got her head. - [Natalie] Uh oh, she's out. - [Emelda] Just put her to
the side, she'll be fine. - [Emelda] She's fine now. She wakes a little bit different. - [Justin] Kat, I'm gonna
put this on your head okay? - Now that she faints or, like those bad effects happen to her, I kinda know how to treat it now. I'm not saying that I'm prepared
for her to go away, but, I know she's strong and
she's always gonna be coming back to life. She's always fighting for it. She wants to be alive. - I'm okay, I'm okay. I'm okay. We're good. - [Natalie] You scared me. - We don't get scared. We're fighters. - [Natalie] Okay. - Oh no, and my giraffe. Mommy? - [Natalie] We got this, mom. - That's Team Kat. Team Le Kat. I'm not religious. Not one bit. But, I was at church with my mom, and I'm walking down the aisle, and I just see this most beautiful little boy. His bald little head. And, I hugged him and I told him, that I was a cancer patient too. And watching his eyes
light up and be happy to see someone else that had cancer. Juan is 10 years old, and
he's fighting leukemia. Why, or who, put him in front of me? Who knows. But I will do anything I can to make sure that he has a happy life, no matter how long it is for. Losing my hair was so tough for me
because my hair was a part of who I was. In my talk, in my walk, in my dance, and I didn't think I was beautiful. And I didn't understand why. Now for me it's, I have the
power to choose what I want. To choose if I want it on my head or not. And, I chose I didn't want it no more. I want to be bald. But it's my choice, and I can do it. Then I meet this amazing
little boy whose bald head is way more gorgeous than mine, and, when I asked him to do me the honor to shave my head, he said yes, and I'm taking that. And I'm gonna do it. And that's gonna be even
more significant to me than if I would have just done it. This is more powerful. More powerful. - [Juan] How are you? - Hi, Juan. - [Juan] Hi. - I got you a gift. - [Juan] Thank you. - [Paulina] Oh, thank you. - [Juan] Thank you for everything. - You like it? Can we go inside? Maybe look at the gifts?
- Yeah. - Yeah? - [Paulina] Gracias, thank you. - [Kat] Life is beautiful. Life is so beautiful. We have a gift. We have a chance to do something. We have one chance to
do something amazing, and make a mark and leave your little seed in people. - But the point is to find out if when you
go, you're ready to go. Because we're all leaving. But it's not about when
or what time you leave. It's about what you do when you're here. ♪ I was calling ♪ ♪ For the last time ♪ ♪ We'd been here before ♪ ♪ They found pictures in the snow ♪ ♪ I could tell your eyes ♪ ♪ Looked beneath the blue ♪ ♪ I walk underneath the trees ♪ ♪ For the first time ♪
