Dear Grassroots Nation, FB Family and friends. I thought long and hard about whether to announce this to the public or to keep it private. I decided to share this with all of you for a number of reasons. Many of you have been trying to reach me over the last month and I know I have not been easy to reach. Please accept my apologies. The last month has been very challenging for me physically. I have really not felt well at all. Very little energy, tired and listless everyday. I knew something was wrong. Some of you may know that I was diagnosed with Leukemia in 1987 during my soph year at MD. I went into remission and have remained in remission from 1987. I was never officially cleared of Leukemia. The biggest fear I have had for the last 27 years was that I would get the news that the disease was back. With that being said, I have been a terrible patient. I havent taken my medicine in a decade. I have allowed my weight to balloon out control and overall, I am just not healthy. Thank God my wife makes doctors appointments for me and makes me go. Unfortunately, I received that dreaded news on Friday. My white blood cell count has risen higher than they have ever been. A normal count is 10,000 and mi e is currently at 130,000. This spike indicates that I am no longer in remission and the disease is attempting to come back. In 87 my count was at 110,000 and indicated the blood cancer. For the last 27 years it has not gotten higher than 50,000. 130,000 is not good at all. We beat in in 87 and we have every intention of beating it again. I will need all the prayers and support possible. One of the reasons I decided to announce this to all of you is that in 87 I had thousands and thousands of prayer warriors praying for me and it worked. We didnt have FB back then but the Washington Post did a front page story on me and the prayers came from far and wide, even when I was NOT a believer. I believe in GOD so much now and I am convinced that God answers prayers and I will need as many of you as possible praying that we overcome this once again. My heart and soul is Grassroots and the babies. The Show Must and Will go on no matter what. I plan to be around for a long time but in the short term in am going to have a fight on my hands and need all the support I can get. I have a lot more to do before I leave this earth. There are thousands more kids that need us and I have a responsibility to complete this mission. Your prayers are needed and appreciated so much! Dont worry about me. I dont believe for a minute that God is ready to call me home any time soon. I need to take my medicine consistently, I need to treat my sleep apnea, get my blood pressure and lose this Damn weight! The next couple of months may be rough but I will persevere. I have an amazing wife and daughter to live for. I have hundreds of your sons that I need to see fulfill their dreams. I am a little scared but I am supremely confident that God has my back. HE HAS CERTAINLY GOTTEN MY ATTENTION. Time to go fight!!!!! Grassroots Fall Tackle and UA Fall Flag is right around the corner and we must be ready. God Bless you all.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 16:03:24 +0000
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