Steven Howard pryda

Steven was bigger then life...he had a big...kind heart he wore on his sleeve...he traveled with carnivals...he loved his job...he fought this disease since he was about 22 years old...he was clean for five years...going to meetings...speaking at meetings...he loved getting in front of people taking the stage...he had a real gift for making people feel comfortable...he ended up using again after five years clean...he had endocarditis from the heroin and ended up having open heart surgery replacing one of his valves with a metal one...that was in october of 2015...in December of 2016 he was in Miami and found out...on Christmas day...he would have to have another valve replaced from using again....on Jan 1 2017...he took his last hit of heroin...it was laced with fentanyl and carfentanyl...he was put on life support and on Jan 5...I had to make the worst decision of my life...I had to take my first born child and only son off of that damn machine that was breathing for him...he passed over...very peacefully at 5:31 am on Jan 6...Steven has two sisters...2 nephews and 2 nieces...I will miss him forever...