Dana is at home on hospice.  DeJay has motions scheduled for hearing in June in front of F A Gosset in Omaha.

1. There is a long history of Monson family medical woes.
2. DeEtte Monson (DeJays mother) was ill from DeJays birth and died when DeJay was 20 years old.
3. DeEttes illness caused Floyd to shoulder all child-rearing and farm tending responsibilities.  Her 20 years of constant illness that included proferia and seizure disorder along with 4 major surgerys the 2nd of which took her stomach and eventual mercifical death. The attendant medical bills drained the family finances, resulting in loss of the family farm property that Floyd Monson, DeJay's father struggled to keep afloat.
4. DeJay and his sister were involved in a school bus accident in 1984.  The sister suffered a ruptured spleen; DeJay a blow to the head from which followed headaches, which escalated into migraines and seizure activity.  DeJay had suffered numerous severe headaches and two strokes after the incident and while under the care of a general practitioner as well as a neurologist.
5. Over the course of the disease he has taken at least 19 different prescription drugs, none of which were completely helpful and many of which were utterly devastating, resulting in his total disability and in his needing to receive SSI payments.
6. In 2000, his neurologist suggested cannabis as a dosage to prolong his life and to alleviate some of his symptoms.  Since implementing her suggestion, he has remained virtually migraine and seizure free.
7. In 2007 (November) Dana, his wife, was told of a benign mass in her chest cavity and she researched a naturopathic approach to reduce the tumor.  She adhered to a protocol designed by------in Colorado springs that relied on detoxification through juice fasting and establishing a vegan diet.  She stayed with the plan from February 08 through July 08, but the next biopsy revealed a malignant mass and surgery was recommended because chemo and radiation were ruled out at that time.
8. Bill and Angie Compton, the Monsons closest friends, arrange for a benefit to be held in JULY??? for the Monsons, which took place in Euhler, Nebraska and included a spaghetti feed and silent auction.
9. In August 2008, Dana undergoes surgery.  18 pounds of tumor and fluids are removed from her chest cavity, taken from the front of the body and through a large incision.
10. The Monson family continues to suffer financially.  Dana and DeJay are partners in their small town salvage business and her cancer prevents her from working.  DeJay shoulders most of their shared responsibilities.
11. DeJay falls victim to a drug-dealing police informant, which leads to police discovering his pharmacy.  DeJays insistence on his medical necessity falls on deaf ears.
12. Police threaten DeJay and Dana with forceful removal of the children by the State, and with double prosecution.  During an all-night search process that failed to turn up substantial amounts of cash or other contraband and revealed the truth of DeJays medical claim, the police in fact, did cut down feral hemp growing on the Monson land to add to what DeJay had showed them.  The amount the police reported qualified the case for federal jurisdiction.
13. While in jail at the time of the arrest, DeJay experiences his first seizure since self-medicating.
14. Floyd Monson went to his bank to get money to bail his son out of jail.  The arresting officer, confiscated the money on the premise that it was drug-contaminated, delaying DeJays release and adding to his suffering.
15. As a condition of his release, DeJay is refrained from using his medicine and forced to resume pharmaceuticals.  He had to revert to receiving SSI payments, because of the debilitating affects of the prescribed drugs.  He is restricted from contact with his best friend, Bill Compton, who was in the Monson home at the time of the police raid.
16. Danas condition continues to plague her and disrupt child-rearing and home-schooling routines.  On December 10th a second surgery is performed, this time 8 pounds of tumor and fluids are removed from an incision on her back.
17. In early spring 2009, her doctors recommend a last ditch effort and begin chemotherapy and radiation treatments; again, to no avail.  Treatments suspended and Dana notices some improvement, which she attributes to stopping radiation treatment.
18. Dana is presently under Hospice care.
19. Dana spent Mothers Day with her children, husband and other family at their farmstead in Craig.  She was alert and in good spirits and insisted on the traditional breakfast-in-bed being served while she was seated and upright on the couch in the parlor.