Thanks to my coworkers at the Noble County Sheriff Department and my family at the Albion Fire Department, who had these flowers delivered after Emily and I finally stayed in one place long enough to receive them.


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Well done and lots of love to my older brother Jeff, who got through his first day of chemo for lung cancer today. Also to his wife Cathy, who's always there for him ... my prayers go to both of them as they start down a long, difficult road to wellness.

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So, kind of an up and down week last week, largely down. While I was getting interviewed Friday morning for the TV news, my brother Jeff was getting a lung biopsy. (Emily and I drove down just after the filming finished.) The results of the biopsy aren't in yet, and he's getting a brain scan Monday; but the doctors seem to think his cancer is back ( Read more... )

 My Uncle Paul Hunter passed away yesterday; he had been under treatment for cancer in the hospital at the University of Kentucky, which coincidentally is where he attended college. Prayers would be appreciated for my Aunt Jewell, their kids, and all the family ( Read more... )

People have been asking, and I'm overdue to give an update on my brother Jeff's status:

On Tuesday he had surgery to repair the leak that developed around his chest tube. The surgeon, Dr. Greenlee, says the surgery was a success, but he did find cancer and removed the upper lobe of Jeff's lung, along with some lymph nodes. More samples were taken, ( Read more... )

In all the fuss and various disasters that have made up this year so far, I didn’t get a chance to push the American Cancer Society Relay For Life as I’d planned to. That’s especially embarrassing because they’ve decided to rotate it around the county, and this year it’ll be on the Noble County Courthouse square, here in Albion ( Read more... )

Our dog Bae paid a visit to Izzy in Missouri several months ago … I think they had a good time together. Sadly, Izzy is once again battling cancer, but I hope and pray she’s got a lot more good times ahead.


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Prayers and good thoughts requested for my mom Linda Taylor, who’s doing rehab after knee replacement surgery. I’m sure she’d like visits and cards at North Ridge Village Nursing and Rehab in Albion, where she’ll be for the next couple of weeks getting her leg working again.

Of a more critical nature, our friend Izzy’s cancer is back; she and her ( Read more... )

Prayers and good thoughts requested for my sister Penny​, who's going to have a biopsy after getting her first mammogram. My biopsy (in a different place, of course) came back negative -- hers will too!