Hi Kevin & family,

We are so excited to hear that you are headed over to Europe for a fun-filled summer! Take it all in and enjoy every moment. I can’t think of anyone that deserves this experience more!! We send blessings for safe travels and a wonderful experience. Nathan joins the ranks at the SJU next fall and is very excited about that. It truly is a remarkable place!

Blessings to all of you!!

Pam Walz
Cold Spring, MN

We’re glad to hear that all of your tests went well. Sounds like you have quite a fun rest of the year to look forward to! Take care.
Sincerely,
Jen & Mira

Yeaahhh! So glad to hear the good news! We were all rooting for you including Rootin’ Tootin’ Cowgirl Mira, and (just tootin’) Yoda Sid. What a great way to end our Halloween evening by hearing the wonderful news!
Take care Kevin, and hope to see you soon.
Much love and hugs from Jen and Mira :)

Hello Kevin & family,

Your news today is awesome!! We are so happy to hear that all the tests results came back great! Now you can get back to the important things like studying and having fun!!

Many blessings to all of you!
Pam Walz & family
www.caringbridge.org/visit/nathanwalz

Yay Kevin…I am so glad the results are good.What a relief for all of you.

connie d

Kev!!! It was great to see you last weekend. Sorry I left early, but I am sure I will visit again. I am really happy to hear the news! It was probably the highlight of my day, (way too much homework:). Hope you enjoy yourself this fine Halloween. I’m sure it won’t be as fun as when we went trick-or-treating together though;) That was a good time. Probably see ya at Thanksgiving, chow buddy.

We are so happy for you, Kevin (and all)!!! We breathe a huge sigh of relief…and hope we will hear similar news with our visit next week!

Take care! Love, The Roney’s

Kevin …I want to wish you luck with all your tests on Oct. 31st. I will be keeping you in my prayers.

connie d

Hey Kevin,
Just wanted to let you know that we are thinking of you. I hope that you will have some resolution soon of this terrible distraction in your young adult life. Much love from Mira and I. (and hugs too :)

Hello Kevin and family,

Doesn’t this rollercoaster ride called cancer get a little old. Your back to normal life and enjoying the experiences of college life. We want that to continue for you! We will keep you in our prayers as you discern what is the right course for you and we will offer extra prayers that all of this turns out to be nothing and you can continue enjoying life at SJU!! (Which of course includes homework, tests, and hopefully some extracurricular college activities like getting into a little trouble now and then!)

Sending lots of prayers and blessings of healing!!

www.caringbridge.org/visit/nathanwalz

Kev,

Hip problems? The thought is so unfitting as I thought that the only people who worried about their hips were old folks and heavy ladies and you are definitely not either!! Hey, may be they could throw some meat on your back end while they’re at it… I am also blessed with a nice not-so-dynamic Olmschenk caboose!

Sending lots of prayers!

Kevin good luck with making your decision this weekend. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers as always.

connie d

Hi Kevin and family,

Well tomorrow should be the big move in day at SJU!! We are very excited for you to be returning to ‘normal’ college life once again! We continue to hold you in our thoughts and prayers every day.

Blessings to all of you!!

www.caringbridge.org/visit/nathanwalz

Kevin, very glad to hear your tests went well and no cancer. We are equally happy for my Nic. School will be right around the corner and I am sure you are happy about that. Have a great time at camp this next week!!!

connie

Hi Kevin & family!!

I’m very happy to hear that all of your test results are looking good! That’s great news!! It’s also great to hear that your heading out to Montana soon. Nathan just returned from Camp Mak-A-Dream on Tuesday. He went to the teen session and had a fabulous time. He’s thinking about attending the YAC next year. I hope your time there is awesome and offers you time to have fun and reflect!! We will continue to hold you in our thoughts and prayers!!

Continued blessings!!
www.caringbridge.org/visit/nathanwalz

Just a quick “hi” as I am checking in on you and others on the Caring Bridge sites. I always check the updated journal pages.Your mom does a great job with your updates. Glad to hear things are getting somewhat back to normal for you. Have a great summer.

connie d

So glad to see that life is getting back to normal for all of you! We know how incredible that feeling is. You are such an inspiration to us all.

Much love from Iowa, JTNG

Hi! Kevin,

You don’t know me, but a group from our church have been praying for you regularly. Penny Goetz from Hope Covenant Church keeps us updated on the prayer chain of your need. She posted this website if we wanted to keep updated on your story. Well I just finished reading your journal and updates of your journey through this process of dealing with cancer.

You’ve been through a whole lot these past few years for sure!!!! What a trooper you are!! We will continue to keep you in our prayers. You definitely need to get your taste buds back and put some weight on this summer, so you have energy to do some fun activities with your friends. You take care of yourself and blessings on all of your family. You all have been through alot and now need some normal FUN times together as you Heal.

In Christian Friendship,

Maggie

Kevin,

It was great to see you at Dugan’s gathering. Thanks for coming! I hope the rest of the summer goes well for you, and that things keep looking up for you.

Jo and Mike

Hey Kevin! I just wanted to let you know I was thinking about you and you are in my prayers. I read some of what your mom wrote on this website and what you´re going through is unreal. It takes someone pretty amazing to do what you´re doing. Anyway, I can´t wait to see your face around CSB/SJU again soon, I´m definitely looking forward to it, so hurry back… We all miss you!

Kev,

Good to see some picts of you out of the hospital bed… I hope you have an amazing summer enjoying the gift of life.

JoJo (Brittany) is in Ghana, Africa right now, so you can check out her blog at http://brittanywestafrica.blogspot.com/ since yours in coming to a close. She’s not in any physical danger, but the amazing things she’s seeing and experiencing (physically and spiritually) are exciting and enthralling.

Hope this finds you well and with some stubbles of hair on your head (or will it take a bit longer to start growing back?)

Have a GREAT summer!

WHOO HOO…seeya at my grad party next weekend i hope

Kevin, glad to know that this site will no longer need to be in service. You are recovering nicely. Happy to see that you are making plans for a “normal” and fun summer. Good Luck!!!

Connie Douvier

Hola! Thought I’d check in on you all. Hopefully life is getting back to normal for you. Nic leaves for Kid’s cancer Camp (cancer doesn’t deserve to be capitalized in MY book…) tomorrow. For a big send off he wants a big Mexican dinner tonight. Travis makes Nic’s favorite kind of tacos and I’m going to go make a big batch of salsa and my personal favorite Jamie concoction…”corn amazement”! Mmmmmmmmmm! I’d better get chopping while my littlest “assistant” is still napping!

Love from Iowa, JTNG

Hi! So glad to hear you are doing so well!!! Red Lobster tends to take care of what ails Nic and I, too! Travis, not so much but you can be sure as soon as Gracie can chew, well be giving her crab legs to enjoy! Keep going in the direction you are!

Love from Iowa! JTNG

Hi Kevin,

Here I am again with your hug and kiss.Not much going on here. Just daily living. Cooking, eating, doing dishes and a bit of shopping today. It is getting hotter by the day and by tomorrow it should be in the 90’s. Not enough rain yet. Some Saturday but is all dried up today. Take care and get well.

Love, Grandma

Hi Kevin,

Here’s Grandma again with your hug and kiss. Glad you could go out yesterday. Hope you didn’t get too tired. I went to the Doctor today for a blood pressure check. It was good. Right where it should be 124 over 70 with a pulse of 69. Pretty good for an old lady. Next week Aunt Alice and I are going to Missouri for the family reunion on Saturday. We are going to drive my car. I get better mileage than she does on her new PT cruiser Convertibel. We are going to stay at the Comfort Inn in Arnold, Mo. It’s a new motel and I’ve not stayed there before. Hope it is as nice as the Drury Inn and that we get as good service as Russ gives me at Drury. So much for tonight. I love you and have a good evening.

Love, Grandma

Happy belated b-day Kevin!!!! (I didn’t want to be like everyone else and greet you on the right day, this way, it lasts a bit longer—lame excuse, huh?) We hope it was, at the very least, a day in which you were feeling better and could enjoy it.

Love from Iowa, Jamie, Travis, Nic, & Gracie

gee willikers — it’s hard to believe its been 20 years since that little red, wrinkled thing decided to honor us with it’s presence (boy you sure know how to make a guy feel old) and what a journey it’s been. lots of good times and some bad (present status) but it’s going to get good again and i feel it’s going to stay that way. i don’t know when we’ll get to see you again, but i hope it’s soon. we all miss you down here (including the bear) and we’re sending you our prayers and the biggest most humongous out of this world BIRTHDAY WISHES you can possibly get. love dad and mary