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Leukemia survivor returning to normalcy
12/31/2011 1 Comment Contact Our News Editors
by John Johnston
Joel Brown feels good and says he’s “thankful for getting back to a normal life.”
His mother, Laura Brown, says she’s “looking forward to 2012 being just a boring year.”
After all, the 17-year-old Mason High junior and his family have endured, no one can blame them for being OK with boredom. Joel was in the fight of his life after being diagnosed in June 2008 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer with a cure rate of about 80 percent. He underwent two years of treatments, only to have the leukemia return in fall 2010.
Doctors then said his best option was a bone-marrow transplant. His 19-year-old sister, Alli, now a freshman a Bowling Green State University, was the only family member who matched. The transplant was Feb. 1.
Throughout the ordeal, the family says they were bolstered by their faith and the knowledge that God was in control, no matter the outcome.
“A year ago, we were heading into some murky waters, not really sure what this year would bring,” Joel’s mother says. “Now, we’re very thankful everything was successful.”
Joel returned to school full time this year. He’s had some knee problems, a complication from the steroids he had to take after his relapse. But that pain has subsided, and at Thanksgiving, he played touch football with his uncles and cousins.
He has a checkup scheduled for February. “If it’s all good and the doctor gives me the OK, I’ll try to play volleyball (next spring),” he says, “and possibly football next season.”
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