Honored Kid

Kevin Blechle

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Location

Imperial, MO, US

Diagnosis

Osteosarcoma

Date of Diagnosis

October 2013

Status

Passed away

Treated At

St. John's Mercy Medical Center

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My Story

Update 10.11.2021 He departed this life on August 22, 2021 at the age of 25. Prior Update: Kevin did not panic when he heard the diagnosis “cancer”. Every procedure of his journey he viewed as just one step closer to getting back to being a regular teenager and getting on with his life. Osteosarcoma is an aggressive bone cancer that most often affects teens going through growth spurts and many times is misdiagnosed as growing pains or sports injury. However, we were very fortunate that once we noticed the swelling in Kevin’s upper arm, the doctors ran a few tests and within the week we had been put in contact with an excellent team of pediatric oncologists. Since his diagnosis, in October 2012, Kevin went through 9 months of chemo treatments, had surgery to remove his cancerous humerus bone and replace it with a metal and composite prosthesis and had an emergency appendectomy. He endured sickness that few of us will ever experience, unending nausea, massive nose bleeds, open skin sores, constant mucositis, extreme weakness, and painful body swelling. We have learned many more medical terms and procedures than we ever wanted to know. Kevin handled all this with amazing strength and patience.

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