I have some unexplainable kind of respect and amazement towards people who stay human, honest, communicative and talkative like that, despite (or perhaps because of) knowing that their time is about to run out. They avoid dying before their physical death. They seem not to submit to despair.
Mihai was an amazing person to work with. Super sharp, positive and productive. His whole life was an example of how someone can live and make the most of their situation despite being given challenges that most of us don't face.
I just thought I'd mention that because what you see of him from the end of his life seemed to me to always be present (I worked with him for a couple of years at Mozilla).
Not to mock those with terminal illness, but everyone's time is running out and nobody knows how long they have left. If only we could all be more aware of that.
