Steve Payne

Steve and family at a family wedding.

Journal

Saturday, May 16, 2009 10:10 PM CDT

Steven has begun this Proton Therapy. After a lot of emails, phone calls, faxes, and trips down to Bloomington, Indiana Steve is 1 week into his treatments. He is living with 3 other guys who are in summer school down at Indiana University. Steve will be down their until the end of June. He goes for proton therapy everyday,Monday through Friday. He is enjoying the life of a college student without actually going to classes. It doesn't get any better than that. He seems to be enjoying himself and has had no side effects from the therapy. Some of the side effects that Steve will expect to feel are fatigue and acid reflux type symptoms because the esophagus is being slightly radiated. Since these will accumulate over time, he can expect to feel them in June. I get out of school in early June, so I can go down there if needed.

Once again God has answered prayer. Through a series of seemingly unrelated emails, a woman contacted us asking if she could help with our insurance issue. Our insurance company had refused to pay for this treatment and denied us on appeal. We were ready to pay out of pocket. Within a week, we got the unbelievable news that our insurance company had reversed its decision. Praise God.

Steve is getting the treatment he needs and he is having a great time doing it. Life is good! Thanks to all of you who have prayed for Steve. God Bless.

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