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Welcome to Matthew's Story 
Hope and the Dragon
By Matthew Epp
Aaspirations Publishing
www.aaspirationspublishing.com
What happens when an inspiring boy uses the four powerful values of Hope, Faith, Courage and Love to overcome adversity? First-time young author Matthew Epp is all too familiar with this. Since the age of 2, the boy from Fiske, Saskatchewan has successfully combated a rare form of cancer. But now, the 15-year-old is fighting the cancer relapse of his life. His book Hope and the Dragon is finally providing young cancer patients with something they’ve never had: a powerful story written by one of their peers, offering the strength to beat the illness. The story tells how a boy undergoing surgery to remove a tumor dreams of a magical land. While a dragon becomes the metaphor for the cancer, the boy receives four special powers to slay the demon. Beautifully illustrated by Maris Chisholm, Hope and the Dragon explores a personal life story – from surviving a major illness to embracing the support of loved ones. “I have Hope, Faith and Courage on my side and Love standing guard at my back. No Dragon in the world is a match for all that,” says the boy in the book, based on Epp’s own courageous journey. Hope and the Dragon will certainly fill anyone with inspiration and tell them what it takes to survive a major challenge.
The link to order your copy of "Hope and the Dragon" is at the bottom of this page!
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Matthew was diagnosed with Wilm's tumor,
cancer of the kidney, focal anaplastic, unfavorable histology in October 1994.
He was just about 2 years old.
He underwent 16 months of chemotherapy
and one week of radiation.
In August 1998, his cancer relapsed in his right lung.
He had 2 years of chemotherapy and 10 days of radiation. They stopped his chemo early because the cure
became worse than the disease.
In December 2002, his cancer relapsed
once again in his right lung.
He had 6 months of chemotherapy
and 3 weeks of radiation treatments.
Matthew's doctor stopped his chemotherapy
early again, because, once again,
the cure became worse than the disease.
Matthew relapsed once again in July 2004. We are doing no further medical treatments.
Matthew is now 15 years old.
He lives in Fiske, Saskatchewan
with mom (Nicole), dad (Dwayne),
his brother, Christian, who is 8 years old and his sister, Emmanuelle, who is 6 years old
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>THANK YOU FOR VISITING MATTHEW !
COME BACK SOON !
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Journal
Monday, December 1, 2008 2:12 PM CST Matthew had a really nice weekend. We had the big family party on Saturday, and I think everyone enjoyed visiting. My family is so amazing, we are so lucky! Everyone really pitched in to make things a little easier for me (well, actually pretty well did everything for me.!)On Sunday, some of his friends came over with cake, pizza, homemade pumpkin pie and a beautiful gift. They are amazing kids!!! Matthew was very touched!
Matthew had an extra rough day on Sunday because of pain. He needed alot of extra pain medication, and he was just feeling terrible overall. He hid it all quite well when everyone was over, but he had quite a bad day and night.
Today seems to be a bit better though.
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Links: http://www.aaspirationspublishing.com The link to order Matthew's book
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/807318/click_for_cancer_hope_and_the_dragon/ Click for Cancer
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