2009
3
Stoneking stays strong in the battle against cancer
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Every day many of us
take our health for granted;
never realizing that in one
moment that can all change.
On Sept. 7, after suffering
from headaches and
consulting doctors, Jake
Stoneking, freshman, was
diagnosed with high-risk
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he and Stoneking were
overwhelmed with the
diagnosis.
A website on Caring
Bridge was set up for
Stoneking and his mother,
Wendy, makes frequent
updates about his
condition. Many people
have written in the guest
book with entries from
he is doing, go
to the Caring
Bridge web
site at, www.
caringbridge.
org/visit/
jacobstoneking.
"I think we've
all been touched,
and feel a real
motivation to be
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the way,"
Kruger,
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for Stoneking, because he
couldn't.
"The power of your
support is uplifting,"
Wendy Stoneking said.