Alan’s Army

A quick update in-between conference calls.

We saw the medical oncologist in Philly on Monday.  He is pleased with Alan’s progress and said his blood labs look great.

As of this morning, Alan is 2/3 of the way (22 of 33) through his radiation treatments – the radiation oncologist is also very happy with his progress.

As of this morning, Alan and Andrew are on Day 2 of our get-up-early-and-take-a-walk-in-the-morning program.  Alan has been doing a lot of sitting around since early May so we need to get him up and moving and build-up some stamina.  His goal is to attend the United States Disc Golf Championships in Rock Hill, SC on October 1-4 and caddy for buddy Kyle Enman.  Today it was about a 45 minute walk.  Each day we will go a little further and in a week or so we’ll carry a pack as well.  As long as I stay 2-6 paces ahead of Alan he can see the motion of me moving and follow me.  We have enough housing developments with side walks around that we can be fairly safe.  The trees that overhang the sidewalks are the most dangerous item and I’m constantly gauging if they are to low and if I need to tell Alan to stay right or left (he can feel the grass on each side of the sidewalk) or to duck.  So far he’s only run me over a few times when I’ve stopped to look at something and forgotten to tell him that I’ve stopped.

We are two days away from the Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction at Montgomery Evangelical Free Church on Thursday from 4-9pm.  For directions to the church, go to www.mefc.org and click on the ‘Directions” link on the left-hand side.

Thank you all for your support.

God Bless,

Andrew

Prayer Requests:

Please pray for our friend Caleb’s girlfriend who was struck by a pickup truck at Yellowstone National Park.
Please pray for our friend Bob who has already lost the sight in his left eye, and is very concerned about the prognosis for his right eye