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Paul Greely, encouraged by his wife Liz, tries to lead a normal life despite his relapse in leukemia (photo courtesy of Methodist Hospital). on the inside... retention rate, page 4 racquetball champ, page 5 Moods, page 6 Vol. 54 No. 15 Bethel College St. Paul, MN. _ Feb. ruary 23, 1979 ZEE Greely living a day at a time by Joy Nannette Banta Most students anticipate a struggle while in college but never did Paul Greely anticipate a battle for life when he first came to Bethel. Four years ago doctors discovered Paul had acute lym-phocytic leukemia at age 20. The history of Paul's battle with leukemia is not unfamiliar to many at Bethel. Paul underwent extensive chemotherapy treatment soon after diagnosis. He had age on his side and went into remis-sion only to find himself relapsed and fighting again eight months later. During his hospitalization he met and fell in love with his primary nurse, Liz Stoner, who stayed with him throughout the coming ordeal. Liz vividly remembers the time and said, "I kept asking myself, `what am I doing?' I am falling in love with a man who is going to die." It was at this point that doctors recommended a bone marrow transplant—recently developed procedure for curing leukemia. Without it, doctors said, Paul's chances for remission were close to zero. Since the procedure was so new, Paul's chances were still low, but without it there was no hope at all. So Paul had the transplant at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research • Institute in Seattle, Wash. He came close to death but Someone had something in mind for him. The first 100 days after the transplant were the most crucial. Close to 60 percent of all patients reject the donor's bone marrow (in this case his father's) and die during this period. He didn't reject it and came home three months after the transplant. Doctors said that if the disease did not recur within two years a patient was usually cured of leukemia. And it did not reap-pear for many months. Paul a• nd Liz were married March 4, 1978. It was a very ex-citing day—neither of them had believed it possible for Paul to be alive. Obviously, "God had his hand in everything," they said. It was only one month later that their fragile world was shattered when test reports showed that the leukemia had returned. Paul calls this "the lowest point in this whole disease. If a patient makes if for a year he is standing a good chance of total cure. I was really flying high and then all of a sudden my feet were knocked out from under me. It was a long fall down," he said. Nobody thought he'd make it—including Liz. Being a nurse she knew all too well that a relapse after a transplant usually meant death. But they are still hanging on. It has been eleven months since the relapse and life goes on with Paul in stable remission. "Like I said, I don't believe that God is through with me yet. But if He is, I guess you could say I believe in tomorrow no matter what happens. I believe in tomor-row whether or not I'm alive on this earth or in heaven with the Lord." (Excerpt from a letter written by Paul to classmates at Bethel while in Seattle, Wash.) Paul has what he calls "a really neat job." He is the house orderly at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park. Having graduated from pre-med studies at Bethel in 1977 (only one year late), this is as close as he can get to his chosen profession without further studies. "I do all sorts of jobs all over the hospital from bed weights to CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscita-tion) for heart attack victims. It's a pretty diversified job," he said. When asked if they think about his disease all the time, Paul said, "No, we don't. It's too depressing and we don't want to get morbid. We (Lii and I) have resolved the problem—when the time comes, then we will talk about it. He added, "We look at life in a very positive light. I mean, why waste the good times? After all, I know He has a reason for all of this." The two of them have adjusted to their situation, well but admit that they aren't always happy. "I'm only human, I'm not always excited to be alive. I hate to get up in the morning sometimes too," said Paul. Paul sometimes faces the pro-blem of whether he should be idealistic or realistic. "I could go on believing that God's going to keep me alive, but theoretically it just isn't possible—I've got leukemia," he said. So they take one day at a time. Liz put it this way, "There are three ways for us to live. We can run for our lives, get depressed, or Plans to move into the newest dorm on new campus are being discussed between administrators and Bodien residents. Mack Nettleton, director of stu-dent affairs, and Marilyn Starr, director of housing, met with Bo-dien residences last Tuesday, Feb. 13, to discuss a move in March. Construction for the newest dorm is still underway, with the earliest possible date for a move being March 10. Starr and Net-tledown, however, are not op-timistic about this date. "It's hard to know the sense of urgency the construction workers feel," said Nettleton. He said that he and Starr are in an awkward position—trying to give the students realistic dates, yet at the same time never sure of the accuracy of dates the contrac-tor gives them. "The architect's date is March 15," Starr said. "That's the weekend of spring break." If the live a normal life. We're trying to live as normal a life as possible." The two of them have been do-ing a lot of outside speaking from religious to medical to social aspects. When it comes to their friends they say that the closest ones have remained close but others have moved away. "It hurts some of them so bad (to be around a dying friend) that they just can't stay close," said Liz. "But then again others are just threatened by Paul's disease," she said. Liz and Paul both work at Methodist Hospital. Liz works on the oncology floor (cancer ward). The hospital has been "really great" and gives them both the same work schedule, allowing them the most possible time together. Paul has chemotherapy treat-ment every four months for four weeks'—those are his low periods. As for right now, he feels good. "I definitely realize I'm not and probably never will be as strong as I used to be," he said. But they keep living. For their first anniversary next month they are going to San Francisco for a week. "We're just going to have fun," they said. If the first year of marriage is supposed to be rough, then this couple has fulfilled all expecta-tions. But Liz and Paul don't believe it. They only said, simply, "It's been really beautiful." March 10 date is not feasible, the next possible date for a move would be March 31. Starr and Nettleton plan to take a student survey before the move, to find out how many students ac-tually want to move." "We're leaving it to the democratic vote of the students," said Starr. "But I wouldn't blame them if they didn't want to move Nettleton also said a move after March 10, would be a problem. "We have to ask if it makes sense to move with just seven weeks left in the school year. If we can move by March 10, I'll be all for it." Opinions of Bodien women dif-fer concerning the move. "I think it would be fun to be the first ones to live there," said Pam Freeman. "If the dorms are ready, I'd rather move than not." Becky Dye said that living on new campus would be much more convenient. She noted, however, that a move itself would incon-venience some girls, no matter when it would be. Some girls, she said, have some things packed and, since they are unsure of the moving date, have not unpacked them. Others have felt frustrated about changing dates and are not satisfied with their future housing arrangements. Shari Goddard will be staying at old campus, regardless of the decision to move. "I didn't decide to stay at old campus," Shari said. "My room-mate and I put two choices on our housing application, new campus and Hagstrom as our second choice." If a move occurs, she will move to Hagstrom. Some girls seemed to feel that anyone who put Hagstrom down as a second choice was automatically "stuck" at old cam-pus. Starr, however, denied this. "All housing is done on a lot-tery basis," she said. If someone were to put new campus as first and second choices on their applica-tions, it would not insure her placement there, she said. Last fall, about 50 men and women who requested . to live in the new dorms did not receive housing assignments. Most of the 50 were late applicants. Keri Christensen, one of these 50, became concerned about her future housing. She said that she thought she might have to look for her own housing. But Starr said that every one of those 50, who had • been on a waiting list, now had housing. "If there is anyone without housing," she said, "they should come see me. I called everyone on the waiting list." Lack of communication be-tween students and administra-tion, such as with housing cont. on page 7 Old Campus women's March 10 move unlikely
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Title | Clarion 1979-02-23 Vol 54 No 15 Page 1 |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 54 No. 15 |
Date Published | February 23 1979 |
Decade | 1970 |
Academic Year | 1978 - 1979 |
Digital Publisher | Bethel University |
Transcript | Paul Greely, encouraged by his wife Liz, tries to lead a normal life despite his relapse in leukemia (photo courtesy of Methodist Hospital). on the inside... retention rate, page 4 racquetball champ, page 5 Moods, page 6 Vol. 54 No. 15 Bethel College St. Paul, MN. _ Feb. ruary 23, 1979 ZEE Greely living a day at a time by Joy Nannette Banta Most students anticipate a struggle while in college but never did Paul Greely anticipate a battle for life when he first came to Bethel. Four years ago doctors discovered Paul had acute lym-phocytic leukemia at age 20. The history of Paul's battle with leukemia is not unfamiliar to many at Bethel. Paul underwent extensive chemotherapy treatment soon after diagnosis. He had age on his side and went into remis-sion only to find himself relapsed and fighting again eight months later. During his hospitalization he met and fell in love with his primary nurse, Liz Stoner, who stayed with him throughout the coming ordeal. Liz vividly remembers the time and said, "I kept asking myself, `what am I doing?' I am falling in love with a man who is going to die." It was at this point that doctors recommended a bone marrow transplant—recently developed procedure for curing leukemia. Without it, doctors said, Paul's chances for remission were close to zero. Since the procedure was so new, Paul's chances were still low, but without it there was no hope at all. So Paul had the transplant at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research • Institute in Seattle, Wash. He came close to death but Someone had something in mind for him. The first 100 days after the transplant were the most crucial. Close to 60 percent of all patients reject the donor's bone marrow (in this case his father's) and die during this period. He didn't reject it and came home three months after the transplant. Doctors said that if the disease did not recur within two years a patient was usually cured of leukemia. And it did not reap-pear for many months. Paul a• nd Liz were married March 4, 1978. It was a very ex-citing day—neither of them had believed it possible for Paul to be alive. Obviously, "God had his hand in everything," they said. It was only one month later that their fragile world was shattered when test reports showed that the leukemia had returned. Paul calls this "the lowest point in this whole disease. If a patient makes if for a year he is standing a good chance of total cure. I was really flying high and then all of a sudden my feet were knocked out from under me. It was a long fall down," he said. Nobody thought he'd make it—including Liz. Being a nurse she knew all too well that a relapse after a transplant usually meant death. But they are still hanging on. It has been eleven months since the relapse and life goes on with Paul in stable remission. "Like I said, I don't believe that God is through with me yet. But if He is, I guess you could say I believe in tomorrow no matter what happens. I believe in tomor-row whether or not I'm alive on this earth or in heaven with the Lord." (Excerpt from a letter written by Paul to classmates at Bethel while in Seattle, Wash.) Paul has what he calls "a really neat job." He is the house orderly at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park. Having graduated from pre-med studies at Bethel in 1977 (only one year late), this is as close as he can get to his chosen profession without further studies. "I do all sorts of jobs all over the hospital from bed weights to CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscita-tion) for heart attack victims. It's a pretty diversified job," he said. When asked if they think about his disease all the time, Paul said, "No, we don't. It's too depressing and we don't want to get morbid. We (Lii and I) have resolved the problem—when the time comes, then we will talk about it. He added, "We look at life in a very positive light. I mean, why waste the good times? After all, I know He has a reason for all of this." The two of them have adjusted to their situation, well but admit that they aren't always happy. "I'm only human, I'm not always excited to be alive. I hate to get up in the morning sometimes too," said Paul. Paul sometimes faces the pro-blem of whether he should be idealistic or realistic. "I could go on believing that God's going to keep me alive, but theoretically it just isn't possible—I've got leukemia," he said. So they take one day at a time. Liz put it this way, "There are three ways for us to live. We can run for our lives, get depressed, or Plans to move into the newest dorm on new campus are being discussed between administrators and Bodien residents. Mack Nettleton, director of stu-dent affairs, and Marilyn Starr, director of housing, met with Bo-dien residences last Tuesday, Feb. 13, to discuss a move in March. Construction for the newest dorm is still underway, with the earliest possible date for a move being March 10. Starr and Net-tledown, however, are not op-timistic about this date. "It's hard to know the sense of urgency the construction workers feel," said Nettleton. He said that he and Starr are in an awkward position—trying to give the students realistic dates, yet at the same time never sure of the accuracy of dates the contrac-tor gives them. "The architect's date is March 15," Starr said. "That's the weekend of spring break." If the live a normal life. We're trying to live as normal a life as possible." The two of them have been do-ing a lot of outside speaking from religious to medical to social aspects. When it comes to their friends they say that the closest ones have remained close but others have moved away. "It hurts some of them so bad (to be around a dying friend) that they just can't stay close," said Liz. "But then again others are just threatened by Paul's disease," she said. Liz and Paul both work at Methodist Hospital. Liz works on the oncology floor (cancer ward). The hospital has been "really great" and gives them both the same work schedule, allowing them the most possible time together. Paul has chemotherapy treat-ment every four months for four weeks'—those are his low periods. As for right now, he feels good. "I definitely realize I'm not and probably never will be as strong as I used to be," he said. But they keep living. For their first anniversary next month they are going to San Francisco for a week. "We're just going to have fun," they said. If the first year of marriage is supposed to be rough, then this couple has fulfilled all expecta-tions. But Liz and Paul don't believe it. They only said, simply, "It's been really beautiful." March 10 date is not feasible, the next possible date for a move would be March 31. Starr and Nettleton plan to take a student survey before the move, to find out how many students ac-tually want to move." "We're leaving it to the democratic vote of the students," said Starr. "But I wouldn't blame them if they didn't want to move Nettleton also said a move after March 10, would be a problem. "We have to ask if it makes sense to move with just seven weeks left in the school year. If we can move by March 10, I'll be all for it." Opinions of Bodien women dif-fer concerning the move. "I think it would be fun to be the first ones to live there," said Pam Freeman. "If the dorms are ready, I'd rather move than not." Becky Dye said that living on new campus would be much more convenient. She noted, however, that a move itself would incon-venience some girls, no matter when it would be. Some girls, she said, have some things packed and, since they are unsure of the moving date, have not unpacked them. Others have felt frustrated about changing dates and are not satisfied with their future housing arrangements. Shari Goddard will be staying at old campus, regardless of the decision to move. "I didn't decide to stay at old campus," Shari said. "My room-mate and I put two choices on our housing application, new campus and Hagstrom as our second choice." If a move occurs, she will move to Hagstrom. Some girls seemed to feel that anyone who put Hagstrom down as a second choice was automatically "stuck" at old cam-pus. Starr, however, denied this. "All housing is done on a lot-tery basis," she said. If someone were to put new campus as first and second choices on their applica-tions, it would not insure her placement there, she said. Last fall, about 50 men and women who requested . to live in the new dorms did not receive housing assignments. Most of the 50 were late applicants. Keri Christensen, one of these 50, became concerned about her future housing. She said that she thought she might have to look for her own housing. But Starr said that every one of those 50, who had • been on a waiting list, now had housing. "If there is anyone without housing," she said, "they should come see me. I called everyone on the waiting list." Lack of communication be-tween students and administra-tion, such as with housing cont. on page 7 Old Campus women's March 10 move unlikely |
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