Curtis and Shannon Howard: So long my dear husband..

Saturday, June 2, 2012

So long my dear husband..

We said goodbye to my wonderful husband at 12:30 today. He had a long, rough road, but was very strong and encouraging. The funeral/viewing will be on Wednesday. The obituary should be in the Tribune Tuesday. He was a wonderful husband, son, uncle, brother and father and will be missed!

This picture was taken just before Curtis passed.. Thank you all for your love support and prayers.

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PaulsenJune 3, 2012 at 6:22 AM
Shannon so sorry to hear about Bryce, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family...may the lord bless you at this difficult time..
Love,
Paul and Pam Paulsen
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AnonymousJune 4, 2012 at 11:28 AM
He was one of my closest friends in jr.high. My heart is heavy. Miss you Curtis.
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AnonymousJune 7, 2012 at 12:20 PM
One of the strongest people I have ever met. Miss you man
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Curtis Bryce Howard

Curtis was diagnosed at the age of 31 with stage 4 colorectal cancer. He had an ileostomy December 2010, a port-a-cath placement January 2011. Started 7 weeks 5FU chemo and 7 weeks radiation February 2011. He was scheduled for a colon resection and a permanent colostomy in April 2011, but the surgery was cancelled. Some inguinal lymph nodes were swollen and we showed these to the surgeon. The lymph nodes were biopsied and they came back positive for cancer. A pet scan was done a few days later and the cancer had spread to his neck, lungs, 2 possible lesions on his liver and all over in his abdominal cavity. Curtis immediately started chemotherapy with Folfox6 and Avastin with a trial drug called Afinitor (RAD-001). Another pet scan was done in June and Curits is responding very well to treatment. The tumor in his neck is not on the scan, the multiple small tumors in his lungs are not showing anymore except for 2 very small ones. The metabolic activity of all the nodes and tumors is much lower than before. He is still doing treatment every 2 weeks and will have a pain pump on July 12th that will hopefully make his pain more stable and him more comfortable.

Curtis and Shannon Howard

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Saturday, June 2, 2012

So long my dear husband..

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