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 [...]
If you’ve followed this blog for a while then you know that for the past 10 months I have been following Kevin Ballantine, a local college student with Leukemia. Last week the story had a happy ending: a healthy Kevin left for school at Cornell University in New York.
It’s been a long process, but I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
