Alan’s Army

Hi all,

Sorry this didn’t get out sooner but I’ve attached photos from our disc golf outing on Saturday.

So far, no change in Alan’s sight.  The steroids are giving him the hiccups and some unpleasant heartburn though.  The next CT is scheduled for 11:45 Wednesday morning and we will see the neuron-ophthalmologist sometime Thursday.

We had a great weekend with our friends from Maine.  Bob and Kyle arrived Friday night and left this morning.  Many thanks to Mait and Bernice for providing them with beds!

On Saturday we met up with John McGinley and BOB Graham and played Disc Golf at Harry Dunham Park in Liberty Corner, NJ.  We picked Harry Dunham because it is a short course in a very pretty, mostly flat grassy park.  It’s a perfect low-key course for beginners, families, and disc golfers who need help getting around.  We led Alan around, set him up on the tees, described the shots to him, and jingled the chains so he could putt by sound.  He couldn’t see a whole lot, but he had a blast and said it felt wonderful to get out and throw again.  We played best disc triples and Alan’s team used his drive on eight of the eighteen holes!  We played the short tees, had lunch, then went back and played the long tees.  What a great day!  We were all so thrilled to see Alan enjoying himself out on the course!

What a wonderful blessing it was to be out with great friends enjoying disc golf together and together enjoying Alan enjoying disc golf again.  It was truly magical — Bob, Kyle, John, and BOB –- thank you so much for making it happen.

It was quite a lot of activity for Alan, so Sunday was a low-key sit-around-and-talk day.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Love,

Big Dog