Livingston Family

How many people do you know who find their soul mate at the young age of 15 (2001) Jenn and Eric's love story began when they were Sophomore's at Timberline High school (Lacey, WA), they were inseparable. They welcomed their first child at the young age of 17.



In 2007, Jenn and Eric got married but that year of bliss would soon be overpowered. Eric had been getting migraines and after 3 weeks of them he decided it was time to go to the doctors. At the Age 22, Eric found out that he had a brain tumor a little bit bigger then the size of a golf ball. It was located in his frontal and right temporal lobe-which is where your long and short term memory are.

In 2008, Eric had 2 surgeries to remove the tumor, when they went in, they were able to remove 80% of the tumor. The other 20% was intertwined with his motor skills and they didn't want to have him come out a different person then when he went in so they decided to do the most aggressive treatment possible, which included chemo and 37 radiation treatments.

Since 2008, Eric and Jenn welcomed 2 more beautiful kids into the world. In 2012, he finally was able to get much needed medical, and went to his first MRI post surgery. Immediately the neurologist was able to see that his tumor had grown, and wanted to intervene and do another surgery. So on September 26th 2012 he underwent yet another brain surgery. Dr. Smitherman was happy after the surgery, 90%-95% of the remaining tumor had been removed. Eric continued to get MRIs every four months to make sure the tumor was not growing.

In July 2014, Eric was constantly having seizures, the doctors noticed a slight tumor growth and the talks of chemotherapy began. The doctor said it'd be in Eric's best health interest if Jen were to quit her job and stay home and take care of him. So Jenn quit her job and took care of Eric and the kids.

On March 13th 2015 they went for another MRI to see if the tumor was effected by the chemo. And that is when they noticed new growth on the operated tumor side in addition there was also more growth on the left side of his brain. Eric began chemo pills 5 days on, 23 days off for the next 5 months. During that time blood work and MRIs were done to monitor his progress.

In September 2015 the tumor was still growing so the doctors stopped the pill for chemo and moved him to IV treatments once every two weeks. The IV treatment was supposed to cut off blood supply to the tumor so it would stop growing.

Jenn started noticing in late December 2015 that Eric's behavior was changing, he was sleeping all the time (about 16-20 hours a day), he was easily agitated and was losing weight, was mumbling and not really making sense of what he was saying. He would forget things quickly and asked the same questions over and over even though Jenn had answered them. She knew something was not right and she needed to get him in for another MRI. On January 12th, 2016 Eric went in for an MRI and received the most awful news any person could get. The tumor had rapidly grown, and with the personality change, the doctor feared what was a stage 3 Astrocytoma, has probably progressed to a stage 4 gbm (glioblastoma multiforme). The doctors gave him s few weeks of life and offered hospice care in which Jenn accepted.

I, Jamie, have known Jenn since we were 9 years old. We all grew up together, and there is nothing more heart wrenching then hearing your best friend sob because she is loosing her husband. Eric has been such a fighter through all of this, his life has not always been an easy road but anyone who knows him will tell you that he is the most gracious, kind, incredibly hilarious and loving guy! My heart aches for Jenn, Eric and their 3 precious kids. The money raised from this account will go to helping Eric stay comfortable as well as living expenses for the rest of the Livingston family so they can continue to be by his side. Thank you so much for donating and we ask that you keep them in your prayers during this difficult time.


2 Corinthians 1:3-5“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.”