Steven Nielsen's Page

In loving memory of Steve Nielsen
March 13, 1987 - April 27, 2002

Hello everyone. This is my webpage. I will try and update it every day to let you know how I am doing. Thank you for caring so much.

The above message was written by our beloved 15 year old son, Steve, who entered his new life in heaven after a nine-month battle with Acute Mylogenous Leukemia.

Steve wanted to write his own journal entries, but he was often too sick to do so. We are continuing to write journal entries in memory of Steve and about our grief journey.

Journal

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:18 AM CDT

Waking up tired on a Sunday morning after being wakened during the night as thunderstorms rolled through. Immediately thinking about checking on Steve who has not been feeling well for a couple of days. The sore throat and fever must be strep--he should probably go to urgent care. He says he's feeling a little better, but something tells us that he should be checked out. Mike takes him to the clinic--he calls later in the morning. We need to take Steve to Children's Hospital. It's something serious, but how can it be? Wasn't he playing basketball and swimming with his friends just a few days ago? We go to the emergency room at Children's. They take a blood sample. The doctor walks in. He tells us that Steve has leukemia. We are in shock. Steve cries and asks if this means he might die. I tell him NO!!!! Our whole world changes within seconds. It's never the same again.

July 22, 2001--a day that not many people will remember as being different from any other day--but it's the day our world was turned upside down and has never uprighted itself again. Steve, the person who always hated to lose and wanted so badly to live, lost his battle with leukemia nine months later. Our hearts are forever broken.

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Hospital Information:

Children's Hospitals and Clinics

E-mail Author: ekimnielsen@msn.com

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