Did someone know that Stevie's brother had cancer?

[gold-dusted]

Well,
I was at the Nicksfix few minutes ago and just read Lori's note to the fans...I didn't know that Stevie's brother, Christopher, had cancer and I can't remember that Stevie ever had posted a short note on her website about it.

I know that this is very private and I can understand when someone wants to keep this private. I'm currently dealing (again) with cancer in my family and I know how horrible this disease is....

...but wouldn't it have been nice when we would have known about it and could have gotten the chance to send messages to Christopher DURING his bad days??

Or did I miss something?