A bittersweet afternoon in Morgantown at WVU's Cancer Institute, as the greater community gathered to honor a woman fighting stage 4 colorectal cancer.

Lacie Wallace has always loved art, and Friday was a chance for people to come take a look at her pieces, and to learn a little more about her inspirational fight.

Recently, her care team was planning an art show, featuring her work, for some time in October.

"Certain things happened, and it needed to happen sooner," said Dr. Inderjit Mehmi. "Yesterday and the day before yesterday we thought about how soon can we put this together."

Once she was brought in to take a look at her work posted around the hospital, she spoke about how much she appreciated everyone coming. Her doctor briefly spoke about how inspirational her fight has been.

"She's been a strong person, willing to fight the fight, going through treatments that have been offered to her, and dealing with all the side effects that come along with it, with a strong will, continuing to believe that she's going to get better," Dr. Mehmi said.

Whit Arnold has volunteered his time with Lacie.

"I knew that I would not miss this event," Arnold said.

Over time, he has built a close friendship. That led him to tell his WVU students that he'd be going to that show, and he encouraged them to do the same.

"Not only is her artwork beautiful and moving, Lacie is really just an incredible person to get to talk to. She has so much energy and so much passion, and she's had a positive impact on my life."

Several of his students were there, including one who retweeted the e-mail from Arnold, with the quote 'This is why I love WVU."

"She obviously appreciates this so much, she says she just makes her artwork for everybody else and their happiness," said Kelsi Camp. "I think that's amazing. And how much her staff cares about her and that they're a family."