Jan 29 10

As many of you know, brave Ethan Max Williams passed away last night at 7:45pm at the age of 9.  Ethan’s family generously provided that part of Ethan’s legacy would be that several children (and research) would benefit from the donation of Ethan’s organs.  May God bless the Williams family as they cope with the tragedy of losing Ethan from this world.

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Last night, I was privileged to attend “Hockey for a Cause”, a fundraising high school ice hockey game between Andrew’s school (Salesianum) and their arch-rival (St. Mark’s).  I had the honor of speaking with Andrew’s Salesian brothers in the locker room before the game.  Sometimes, the most emotional moments sneak up on you…and that’s what happened to me last night.  Thank you, St. Mark’s and Sallies for including The B+ Foundation in the big game.  (By the way, it was an outstanding, well-played game.  Sallies won 2-1 on a late 3rd period goal.)

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As you may know, 3 years ago right now, Chris and Andrew were heading over to A.I. duPont Hospital from the pediatrician’s office and I was heading over to meet them as well.  Little did we know that our horrific journey was about to start.  Perhaps Andrew knows that we need a little boost today as I just received a call from our bone marrow registry contact in NYC.  While I caution that this is preliminary, we MAY have a bone marrow donor match from the bone marrow registration drive that we ran at the Hockessin Athletic Club in Hockessin, DE.  Congratulations to Coo Murray and Carol Spiker, the organizers of this drive.  I will certainly keep you posted.  This could be really, really amazing!

Please keep all the families of children with cancer in your prayers.

God bless you and please MAKE it the best weekend you can.

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