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Kevin is back in the hospital

In January, I wrapped up a long term story about Kevin Ballantine, a Northern Illinois University student battling Leukemia.
Unfortunately, the narrative is not over for Kevin. A year later, he is back in the hospital.

Posted 25 July 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Cat licks dog

Henry loves Gracie.

Posted 22 July 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § Personal ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Kevin’s big adventure – Part 2

Like I said in Part 1, there is a happy ending to this story. Kevin’s Leukemia is in remission. But the absence of the symptoms is only the primer for many resulting positive actions.
Before he became ill, Kevin returned to his hometown of DeKalb mid-way through his education at Cornell University in New York. Kevin was unsure of his [...]

Posted 01 February 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , ,

My favorite photos from 2009

Nearly every image in this post had made its way onto this blog throughout the year. But now I post them here together as my favorite newspaper images I took in 2009 (in no particular order).
1) First day of kindergarten in Kirkland, Ill.

Posted 30 December 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § Feature § News § Sports § portrait ‡ Comments (8) ° Tagged: , ,

Kevin update

While hanging out with Kevin over the weekend I got some really great news. Kevin’s most recent bone marrow biopsy came back completely negative of any traces of the leukemia. He is also all set up to go back to school in New York in mid-January. Meanwhile, he is building a dresser in his parent’s [...]

Posted 21 December 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,