Rain Delay

 

 

 

The ground crew has put the tarp on the infield, some players are taking cover in the locker room and others are using the tarp as a giant slip and slide while Larry is using this time to recover. To him it feels like the longest rain delay in the history of baseball!

 

Since his surgery on June 5th, Lar has put all of his energy into recovering from a brutal surgery. Recovery means he can start chemo. The major opponent keeping him from recovering has been infection. And with each new infection comes another hospital stay and another round of antibiotics. I am truly grateful that we have antibiotics to fend off these infections, don't get me wrong, however the side effects that they bring to a cancer patient are extremely frustrating. The biggest being appetite. It completely disappears. After having the HIPEC done during surgery, his appetite was already pretty non-existent, but then to add on heavy antibiotics, his appetite has been extinct! If a guy can't eat he does not have the strength to recover. And the vicious cycle continues....

This rain delay is taking place in a beautiful room with a view at Northwestern Hospital.

 



 

It looks like he will wake up to this view a couple more mornings, until all his tests results come back and the doctors feel confident they have the infection under control.

Larry was anxiously waiting to meet with Dr. Stein, the oncologist, on Friday to go over next steps with his treatment plan. Now that he is in the hospital, I am not sure this will happen. Just like any typical rain delay, the outcome is out of our control.

once the rain delay is over and we get word from the commish, I will update you all. In the meantime, please keep my brother in your thoughts and prayers (if that is your thing)....he is the strongest person I have ever met and it is so DAMN unfair that he has to go through this.

 

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 SAVE THE DATE....

GET YOUR REAR IN GEAR 2017

 

 If you haven't already please sign up for the Get Your Rear in Gear 5k on Saturday, September 23rd at 9:00am at Montrose Harbor. Here is the link to sign up: SIGN UP HERE 

We have a great time, celebrating Lar and his journey. It would mean a great deal to him, my mom and me to see you there.

 

Sox it to it Lar...