Firefighters come to aid of colleague

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.pulsejournal.com/news/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/07/16/mon071708fireman.html

By Denise Wilson

Staff Writer

Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Monroe firefighters union is pulling together to help one of its own colleagues who is battling cancer.

Kenny Ellis, 52, an eight-year veteran with the Monroe Fire Department and president of the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Local 3824, was diagnosed in mid-April with a brain tumor, said Chris Conte vice president of the union.

The tumor — a malignant glioma — is the same one Sen. Edward Kennedy was recently diagnosed with that is considered incurable, he said.

Ellis of Liberty Twp. is undergoing chemotherapy and completed radiation treatments last week, Conte said.

"He's in good spirits and he's fighting through it. He's holding his own pretty good," he said.

Ellis said he's feeling very tired.

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