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Steven was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma Brain Cancer on 5/29/02 after weeks of persistent hiccoughs. His initial surgery was done at Children’s Hospital in Omaha. It was then decided that we would go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee to participate in a Phase II Clinical trial for the Radiation and Chemotherapy treatments. On June 28th, after a bout with meningitis, Steven underwent a second surgery to remove residual tumor tissue. Steven has completed 31 cranial-spinal radiation treatments and 4 courses of high dose chemotherapy with stem cell rescue. Steven was released on January 30th, 2003. After returning to St. Jude quarterly and then semi annually for checkups for 5 years. Steven then returned to St. Jude for follow-up and evaluation on a year by year basis. A routine followup visit on Sep. 16th 2008 revealed that Steven had relapsed. He is one of only 3 young adults who's tumor of this kind has returned on this protocol after being out of treatment for 5 years. We want to thank all of our friends, family and prayer partners around the world for your encouragement, concern, acts of kindness and especially for your prayers these past years and as we battle this horrible thing one more time. It is our hope that God will be Glorified as we report how HE has worked in our lives and in Steven's progress as we trust HIM for Steven's Healing.

Journal

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:21 PM CDT

Hello, hello, I hope everyone is doing well. We just returned from our check-up this morning. All scans were clear. Praise God. We praise him whether scans are clear or not, but to our joy we get to praise him for clear scans. Britney and I made a little vacation out of our trip to Memphis. We stopped in St. Louis and rode the little pods up to the top of the Gateway Arch it was neat, a cool view from 630 feet off the ground. In Memphis we enjoyed eating Corky's with Mikey, spending an evening with Andy & Ginny, and of course we visited our good friend Buck Gardner. On our way home we stayed the night with Eric & Bridget in Kansas. We got to bring Anja home with us. We really enjoyed getting to see Eric, Bridget, and Anja. Bringing Anja home with us was also a lot of fun. Britney and her played in the back of the car. Britney and I are going to work for Rader Detasseling this summer. She got her CDL, bus license, and will be driving kids to the field. I am going to be helping out in whatever way I can too, it will be a way for us to make a little extra money this summer. Well, that is about all that is going on right now. Oh year, it is hot in Nebraska now too, a little less hot than Memphis, but not much.

Hebrews 9:27-28
Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

We are Immortal beings in a Mortal world, where we spend eternity is our choice.

God Bless,
Steven

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Hospital Information:

Patient Room: Home in Nebraska - 511 W. South St., Clay Center, NE 68933
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
332 N. Lauderdale
Memphis TN 38105-2794
901-495-3300

Links:

http://www.stjude.org   St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
http://www.stjudeheroes.org/users/britneyv   Support St. Judes

E-mail Author: stevenv04@yahoo.com

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