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Posted 2017-10-18T05:08:00Z

Welcome Home

Day 29, Jed’s approval to head home came. It may have been later then we hoped, but it did come. We were thrilled with the opportunity to surprise both kids by showing up at CJ’s last baseball game of the fall season. The joy of sitting outside in the fresh air and watching his son pitch for the first time was a treasured gift for Jed and CJ. Looking back, it was a year ago that Jed was struggling to finish the season coaching CJ’s baseball team in Arizona. During that time, he had to start using portable oxygen. The first time Jed wore his oxygen onto the field I asked CJ what he was thinking, wondering if he was embarrassed. His reply was, “Its ok. Dad looks like a dying superman.” Jed and I laughed. How refreshing and humorous are the truthful words of a child. To our children and me he was our superman, and ‘yes’ he was slowly dying, but he was not going down without a fight. It was at this stage we had made the decision to move back to Wisconsin to be close to family. We knew we would need their support for whatever laid ahead for us. The support of our families in this season of Jed’s health decline, waiting for transplant, and now recovery has been an incredible gift. [...]