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.
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 [...]
Local high school swimmer Grace Waller recently had a cancerous tumor removed from her femur. Despite temporarily loosing the use of her right leg, she still tries to fit in a few swim practices between chemo sessions.
Along with my project to follow Kevin Ballantine as he battles Leukemia, I spent two days making pictures about [...]
Long term projects have been keeping me pretty busy recently. The biggest one is my continuation of my prior story about Kevin Ballantine, a local Northern Illinois University student battling cancer. I thought I would post a pair of recent images I made while hanging out with Kevin and his family last weekend.
Kevin is currently [...]
Kevin Ballantine had to stay on as a full time undergrad at Northern Illinois University for his student insurance to cover his treatments in his battle against Leukemia. This rule has since changed, but that doesn’t take back the homework and classes he has to pass while he is in and out of the hospital.
Kevin’s [...]
