Prayer/good thought requests for a boy that goes to school with my boys. He's in the first grade (school just started yesterday), and he was taken to the local Children's Hospital and diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL). He will be in the hospital for 2 weeks undergoing treatment, and will be in and out of the hospital for the next 6 months...hopefully not longer. He and his older brother (4th grader) had been in and out of football practice since it started a couple weeks ago. The younger boy missed practice the last few days, and we were told he was sick, throwing up...one would assume the basic flu or something. Last night, around 9:30, his older brother called our house (not sure exactly why he felt the urge to call our house). My wife picked up the phone said, "hello," and without a greeting back the caller opens with, "you want to hear the bad news?" My wife was like, "what?" She knew it was a kid, but didn't know who since she didn't recognize the number on caller ID. Once she knew who it was, he started telling her about his brother and something about a blood transfusion. I was sitting on the couch puzzled, as I could tell my wife was puzzled/concerned by the call. She asked to speak to his dad, and he explained (obviously in tears) that his younger son was at Childrens for some tests. My wife offered to help in any way (they have 3 kids, 2 boys, about 9 and 6 years old, and a daughter about 2-3 years old), and she said she'd get the word out to other family members at school to pray for them. This morning my wife checked her email, and there was an email reply from the wife at 3:50 a.m. (she's at the hospital and understandably not sleeping) notifying the parents of the school football team that her son was diagnosed with ALL. No telling what the road is like ahead. Fortunately, they are at one the country's best Children's facilities so they will have a team of the best physicians available. And with prayers and support from their extended family at the school and those of you I'm putting this out to, hopefully the road will be relatively smooth and SHORT. He's a cute kid...a bit of a runt for his age (LOL), but a sweet kid that'll capture your heart with his smile, and he'll give all he's got on the football practice field playing on a team comprised 98.2% of 3rd and 4th graders.
