Wake Forest Rugby Team-
I am writing this email to let you know about my recent progress and also to thank you for everything you have done. As of yesterday, I have been sent home from the hospital, where I will continue to do physical and occupational therapy and will be an outpatient for chemo and radiation treatment. That’s awesome news because living in a hospital is pretty awful. There is still a really long way to go in terms of getting better, my balance is very poor and I need a cane or walker to get around (a hell of a lot better than not being able to move at all last week), plus we still need to fight the cancer, but all that can be overcome. My first goal (becoming an outpatient) has been reached, the pain is very manageable now, and things are really looking up.
It is very important to me that this team understands the role you are playing in my recovery. The jersey and cards you sent came at an extremely important time, when I was realizing that the only way out of that hospital was through really hard work, medicine can’t just make you any better. They hung on the wall and made me push myself as hard as I could to get out (which I did a full week faster than they though I would). I was in the hospital 2 days shy of a month and every single day I had cards, visitors, and gifts- most people who were in there got none of those things. It blows my mind that some of you even took the time to see me while I was in the hospital and I can't thank you all enough. I am very, very sure that the amount of support, thoughts, and prayers I received have been making a huge difference in my recovery and have kept my spirits high. I couldn't be more proud to be associated with Wake rugby- you guys are literally saving my life.
Enough thanking- I also follow how you do pretty closely. Turn some heads and beat the sh*t out of Clemson on Friday.
-Big Dave
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