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It's Always Something
It’s always something, what a perfect name for my crazy story. My name is Kevin Titsworth, I’m 18 years old in my Senior Year of high school at T.F South in Lansing Il. I am currently staying at Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital in Oaklawn . On October 13, 2014 I went to Great America with my family for fright fest. I got sick with a really bad tooth ache, so I came back to the hotel. I told my parents what was wrong and they could see that my face was swollen, so they took me to see the dentist. The dentist told us my wisdom teeth were coming in wrong and they were impacted in my gums. They recommend surgery right away. After the x-rays where taken I was also told I had an infection that had spread throughout my mouth my gums and lungs on top of running a fever. They sent me home with medicine for 10 days and my parents where going to bring me back for surgery after the 10 days. On October 17, 2014 I got sick at school with a high fever and trouble breathing. The nurse called my mom. She picked me up and took me to Ingall's Urgent Aid. After they ran a lot of tests they told me that I had an upper respiratory infection and I needed to be hospitalized with a ENT specialist to treat me.
My mom didn’t know who to call at first. But then she called my cancer clinic since I had a strong relationship with them.They told my mom they had a doctor there who could treat me. They immediately sent the children’s transportation team to come pick me up. Since I had been in remission of Cancer for the past 9 years Hope Children's hospital recommend they run a blood culture on me. I remember sitting there waiting for what seemed like forever.When the doctor came back into the room he looked bothered. He told use my results came back showing that all my white blood cells where gone. Based on the test Hope Children’s Hospital told Ingall’s that it appeared that my cancer had came back. My first thoughts were “That’s not possible, God healed me from my Cancer”. Once I arrived at Hope hospital that night I was admitted and scheduled for surgery on the next day to find out what kind of Cancer I had. Two days later I was told that I now had the worst kind of Leukemia called AML and that it didn’t look to good for me. My life again was completely turned upside down. Could you believe it? God had healed me from Cancer, but this time I had another Cancer that came from the Chemo that saved my life 9 years ago.
I remember thinking why me? Not again! See I had already traveled this road once. When I was 9 years old I was diagnosed with a rare children’s bone cancer called Ewing Sarcoma. November 2005, I was in the basement playing with my only brother Myron who was 16. My mom yelled out dinner is ready. My dad told us to go wash our hands. I told my brother last one up the stairs is a rotten egg. Well of course I won, but my brother pulled me by the leg down the carpet stairs. I felt a ball moving in my stomach. I yelled ouch it feels like a ball is moving in my stomach. My dad said man up, you guys were just playing. I said I know dad, it doesn’t hurt it just feels funny. I remember saying I can't eat dinner. It was 2 nights before Thanksgiving. The very next morning my mom asked me how did my stomach feel. I told her the ball was gone and I felt great. She said that I didn't look great and took me to Ingall’s Urgent Aid, and that's how my journey began. When I arrived at Hope Children’s Hospital they told us I had a cancerous tumor in my belly the size of school clock. They told my parents I was at stage 4 and I would only live for 4 months. Even back then I didn’t fully understand what I was about to face. I just remember being taken from the same Urgent Aid in the same Children’s transportation truck and not going back home for a very very long time. I remember I missed Thanksgiving & Christmas. I remember my parents telling I was in a coma for 5 days. I remember feeling scared and sad. But this time it is different. I'm much older and I’ve been here before. Since I’ve been here the doctors told me in order for me to live my Leukemia must be in remission and I must find a donor to give me a new Bone Marrow. “WOW... What’s the chances of me beating this one?” I thought and why now. It’s my Senior year. The best year of my life, or so they say. I’m missing everything. All the football games and I was on the football team - all the parties and my friends.I really miss my family, teachers, my church family at Family Christian Center, my pastor Steve Munsey, Assistant pastor John A. Ponder & Pastor Karen my youth pastor. I miss playing the drums for my church . I had recently got a car and my license and a little bit of freedom and now that’s all gone because I'm stuck here fighting for my life
Since I have been here ( October 17th to December 16th) I had 3 operations. I have had over 30 blood transfusions, 40 rounds of Chemo, and a lot of other stuff done to me for the doctors to come back and say NOTHING IS WORKING - my Leukemia is to aggressive. Here’s goes nothing January 16, 2015, another surgery plus 10 more rounds of chemo. On February 4, 2015 they operated to see if I had any progress. This time I got a little bit of Good news. My Cancer went from 75% to 22%. Thanks God I needed that! Even with that good news the doctors said I’m not out of the danger zone. It’s now March and I have just finished my last 10 rounds of chemo. This chemo has been really hard on me. The side effects of this chemo is possible death. I lost 60 pounds since October. I can’t walk because of the nerve pain. I have wraps on both my feet & hands because of blistering. I look like a burn victim. My skin is peeling off and shedding like a snake. I have been running a very high fever daily on top of blood clotting nose bleeds. I also have a very bad cold and my doctors fear I may get pneumonia.
Today March 2, my parents were called to Lurie Children’s Hospital for a meeting. They were told I have a match for my new bone marrow. He’s a 40 year European male who lives in Europe. But it’s a strong possibility that after my transplant which is scheduled for May 22, 2015, which is the day after my High school graduation. I must be hospitalized for a 100 days of recovery with little to no visitors and I still may not survive. The doctors say I have only a 30 percent chance of making through the transplant and if I don't do the transplant I will die in about 3 to 6 months. Well my family and I are not buying that. Our faith is in the Lord we are gonna believe the report of the Lord. All odds have been against me I'm still here thanks to the Lord. My face book page says “HEAL CANCER FOR NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD MY INSTANT GRAM SAYS SMILE EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE FACING MANY OBSTACLES”. God is doing everything my parents and I have asked. Which is heal me of Leukemia, let me go to prom, let me graduate, find me a bone marrow donor, let me have a successful bone marrow transplant and live a long healthy life.
My mom dedicated a sign to me & it’s hanging in my hospital room and the others on our front porch. “KEVIN GOD CHOOSES HIS STRONGEST SOLDIERS TO FIGHT HIS TOUGHEST BATTLES. NO WEAPONS FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER BY HIS STRIPES YOU ARE HEALED. THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR COMPLETE MIRACLE HEALING. KEVIN HOLD ON TO YOUR FAITH THE HEALING MIRACLES IS ALREADY DONE, LOVE YOUR FAMILY. Thank you Lord for your miracle healing power. It’s always something.... all I want to do is get out this hospital, Go to prom, get fly and have a ball with my friends. Walk across the stage with my diploma, and I’m going to let God handle the rest. This is Kevin story!
It’s always something, what a perfect name for my crazy story. My name is Kevin Titsworth, I’m 18 years old in my Senior Year of high school at T.F South in Lansing Il. I am currently staying at Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital in Oaklawn . On October 13, 2014 I went to Great America with my family for fright fest. I got sick with a really bad tooth ache, so I came back to the hotel. I told my parents what was wrong and they could see that my face was swollen, so they took me to see the dentist. The dentist told us my wisdom teeth were coming in wrong and they were impacted in my gums. They recommend surgery right away. After the x-rays where taken I was also told I had an infection that had spread throughout my mouth my gums and lungs on top of running a fever. They sent me home with medicine for 10 days and my parents where going to bring me back for surgery after the 10 days. On October 17, 2014 I got sick at school with a high fever and trouble breathing. The nurse called my mom. She picked me up and took me to Ingall's Urgent Aid. After they ran a lot of tests they told me that I had an upper respiratory infection and I needed to be hospitalized with a ENT specialist to treat me.
My mom didn’t know who to call at first. But then she called my cancer clinic since I had a strong relationship with them.They told my mom they had a doctor there who could treat me. They immediately sent the children’s transportation team to come pick me up. Since I had been in remission of Cancer for the past 9 years Hope Children's hospital recommend they run a blood culture on me. I remember sitting there waiting for what seemed like forever.When the doctor came back into the room he looked bothered. He told use my results came back showing that all my white blood cells where gone. Based on the test Hope Children’s Hospital told Ingall’s that it appeared that my cancer had came back. My first thoughts were “That’s not possible, God healed me from my Cancer”. Once I arrived at Hope hospital that night I was admitted and scheduled for surgery on the next day to find out what kind of Cancer I had. Two days later I was told that I now had the worst kind of Leukemia called AML and that it didn’t look to good for me. My life again was completely turned upside down. Could you believe it? God had healed me from Cancer, but this time I had another Cancer that came from the Chemo that saved my life 9 years ago.
I remember thinking why me? Not again! See I had already traveled this road once. When I was 9 years old I was diagnosed with a rare children’s bone cancer called Ewing Sarcoma. November 2005, I was in the basement playing with my only brother Myron who was 16. My mom yelled out dinner is ready. My dad told us to go wash our hands. I told my brother last one up the stairs is a rotten egg. Well of course I won, but my brother pulled me by the leg down the carpet stairs. I felt a ball moving in my stomach. I yelled ouch it feels like a ball is moving in my stomach. My dad said man up, you guys were just playing. I said I know dad, it doesn’t hurt it just feels funny. I remember saying I can't eat dinner. It was 2 nights before Thanksgiving. The very next morning my mom asked me how did my stomach feel. I told her the ball was gone and I felt great. She said that I didn't look great and took me to Ingall’s Urgent Aid, and that's how my journey began. When I arrived at Hope Children’s Hospital they told us I had a cancerous tumor in my belly the size of school clock. They told my parents I was at stage 4 and I would only live for 4 months. Even back then I didn’t fully understand what I was about to face. I just remember being taken from the same Urgent Aid in the same Children’s transportation truck and not going back home for a very very long time. I remember I missed Thanksgiving & Christmas. I remember my parents telling I was in a coma for 5 days. I remember feeling scared and sad. But this time it is different. I'm much older and I’ve been here before. Since I’ve been here the doctors told me in order for me to live my Leukemia must be in remission and I must find a donor to give me a new Bone Marrow. “WOW... What’s the chances of me beating this one?” I thought and why now. It’s my Senior year. The best year of my life, or so they say. I’m missing everything. All the football games and I was on the football team - all the parties and my friends.I really miss my family, teachers, my church family at Family Christian Center, my pastor Steve Munsey, Assistant pastor John A. Ponder & Pastor Karen my youth pastor. I miss playing the drums for my church . I had recently got a car and my license and a little bit of freedom and now that’s all gone because I'm stuck here fighting for my life
Since I have been here ( October 17th to December 16th) I had 3 operations. I have had over 30 blood transfusions, 40 rounds of Chemo, and a lot of other stuff done to me for the doctors to come back and say NOTHING IS WORKING - my Leukemia is to aggressive. Here’s goes nothing January 16, 2015, another surgery plus 10 more rounds of chemo. On February 4, 2015 they operated to see if I had any progress. This time I got a little bit of Good news. My Cancer went from 75% to 22%. Thanks God I needed that! Even with that good news the doctors said I’m not out of the danger zone. It’s now March and I have just finished my last 10 rounds of chemo. This chemo has been really hard on me. The side effects of this chemo is possible death. I lost 60 pounds since October. I can’t walk because of the nerve pain. I have wraps on both my feet & hands because of blistering. I look like a burn victim. My skin is peeling off and shedding like a snake. I have been running a very high fever daily on top of blood clotting nose bleeds. I also have a very bad cold and my doctors fear I may get pneumonia.
Today March 2, my parents were called to Lurie Children’s Hospital for a meeting. They were told I have a match for my new bone marrow. He’s a 40 year European male who lives in Europe. But it’s a strong possibility that after my transplant which is scheduled for May 22, 2015, which is the day after my High school graduation. I must be hospitalized for a 100 days of recovery with little to no visitors and I still may not survive. The doctors say I have only a 30 percent chance of making through the transplant and if I don't do the transplant I will die in about 3 to 6 months. Well my family and I are not buying that. Our faith is in the Lord we are gonna believe the report of the Lord. All odds have been against me I'm still here thanks to the Lord. My face book page says “HEAL CANCER FOR NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD MY INSTANT GRAM SAYS SMILE EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE FACING MANY OBSTACLES”. God is doing everything my parents and I have asked. Which is heal me of Leukemia, let me go to prom, let me graduate, find me a bone marrow donor, let me have a successful bone marrow transplant and live a long healthy life.
My mom dedicated a sign to me & it’s hanging in my hospital room and the others on our front porch. “KEVIN GOD CHOOSES HIS STRONGEST SOLDIERS TO FIGHT HIS TOUGHEST BATTLES. NO WEAPONS FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER BY HIS STRIPES YOU ARE HEALED. THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR COMPLETE MIRACLE HEALING. KEVIN HOLD ON TO YOUR FAITH THE HEALING MIRACLES IS ALREADY DONE, LOVE YOUR FAMILY. Thank you Lord for your miracle healing power. It’s always something.... all I want to do is get out this hospital, Go to prom, get fly and have a ball with my friends. Walk across the stage with my diploma, and I’m going to let God handle the rest. This is Kevin story!
Organizer
Regina Davis Titsworth
Organizer
Lansing, IL
