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Devin was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins T- cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Stage III on September 19, 2003. He is currently on treatment protocol A5971, regimen B2. He is so strong and makes us proud everyday!
WE LOVE YOU DEVIN!!!
Devin with Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
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Devin holding Derek Parra's gold medal won in the 2002 Olympic Winter games. Oct. 2003 He helped Devin make a "wish box" in a program sponsored by Home Depot
DJ's Tommy and Joe from KBULL radio here in SLC raising money at a cancer telethon for The Huntsman Cancer Center.
DEVIN LIKES
TO READ !
AND
For the hospital celebration in honor of Dr. Seuss' 100th birthday in March, Devin wrote his own "Seussical" poem for the hospital
Cancer In Seussical Form By Devin Ross
I do not want it in here
Not here, not there, not anywhere.
Take this cancer
Take it all!!
Let chemo make it very small.
So small it does not exist,
Take it away, I insist !!
I’ve got things to do
Places to be.
My dream is to be cancer-free !
I’m only a kid,
Should I have to fight this fight?
I wish cancer was EXTINCT
With all of my might!!
LET'S HEAR IT FOR DEVIN HIP HIP HOORAY !!!
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DEVIN LIKES TO COOK !
Here he is with his sister Kara Hmmm, wondering what they are cooking up ??
He makes up recipes all the time and loves to watch Emeril has sent Emeril a letter... but is still waiting for a reply..
ONE OF DEVIN'S FAVORITES IS PEPPERONI PIZZA !
DEVIN LOVES AIRPLANES ! a recent trip to Hill AFB to see the planes
It was a busy weekend. We had loads of company and very little sleep. We all had a good time! We had visits from Randy's Aunt Anita and Uncle Bud from Seattle, as well as some of his 'old' friends from Idaho. It was a good weekend....
This morning didn't start off so well. I got a knock at the door pretty early from my neighbors. It was not good at all. She didn't know all of the details, but the people who had lived in our home before us had lost their eighteen year old son yesterday. Evidently he became sick while camping, was taken to a local ER, then died shortly thereafter of a blood clot. This is a complete shock.
As a parent, I think the worst thing you can think of is to lose a child. As a cancer parent somehow I never had death in the forefront of my mind, but felt I was probably closer to dealing with it...and perhaps even more prepared for anything than others? I don't even know if this makes sense. The suddeness of this death I would imagine would just be even harder to handle.
I told the kids. They had met Tyler a few times and thought he was really nice. He was always very kind to them in the brief encounters they had. Devin was very shaken by this. He has asked me numerous times if maybe he had had cancer and no one knew it? Every time I think he is not thinking about it he asks me some other question that I really dont' have an answer for... It has been a hard day in our neighborhood and I'm sure hell for Tyler's family. Please say an extra prayer or two for this family.
In lighter news, Devin did finally get in to see the gastro dr. on Friday. It was an experience to say the least. We finished up 5 vials of blood testing and 'samples' this morning. The dr. is thinking he is not absorbing vitamins and nutrients from his food. We shall see.
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