Ohiophinphan
Practice Squad
As a two year member and now a premium member of this site I want to "claim" a moment of personal privelage.
For weeks now I have read comments about Ricky's retirement, the myriad injuries, the upcoming season, etc. I joined this site in late July of 2002 when my wife was diagnosed with Lung Cancer. Football, especially the Miami Dolphins, had become my escape from the rigors of being a caregiver and watching my wife of 31 years have one major health problem after another.
In the past couple of weeks as Ricky demanded the freedom to light up and we all screamed mightly about this injury or that, my 54 y.o. wife has slipped into a delirium where she now no longer recognizes either our daughter or myself. She has been transferred to the University of Michigan research hospital in Ann Arbor where Oncologists, Nueroligists and infectious disease specialists are struggling to discover the cause of this set-back and prayerfully reverse it. All the time we are still struggling with the underlying lung cancer and her childhood bout with polio which still looms in the picture.
Sure entertainment is important, I appreciate the release it brings better than most, but it is still on the game side of life.
Thank you for letting me vent. While I have never met any of you, in the two years here, I have gotten to "know" many of you and am frankly reaching out into ALL the arenas of my life for support and an oppurtunity for cathartic release.
As a Christian and more specifically a Lutheran Pastor, I do have a community of support which succors my family but I do feel the need to elicit your thoughts, prayers and well wishes for my wife and indeed us all.
Thanks a lot
For weeks now I have read comments about Ricky's retirement, the myriad injuries, the upcoming season, etc. I joined this site in late July of 2002 when my wife was diagnosed with Lung Cancer. Football, especially the Miami Dolphins, had become my escape from the rigors of being a caregiver and watching my wife of 31 years have one major health problem after another.
In the past couple of weeks as Ricky demanded the freedom to light up and we all screamed mightly about this injury or that, my 54 y.o. wife has slipped into a delirium where she now no longer recognizes either our daughter or myself. She has been transferred to the University of Michigan research hospital in Ann Arbor where Oncologists, Nueroligists and infectious disease specialists are struggling to discover the cause of this set-back and prayerfully reverse it. All the time we are still struggling with the underlying lung cancer and her childhood bout with polio which still looms in the picture.
Sure entertainment is important, I appreciate the release it brings better than most, but it is still on the game side of life.
Thank you for letting me vent. While I have never met any of you, in the two years here, I have gotten to "know" many of you and am frankly reaching out into ALL the arenas of my life for support and an oppurtunity for cathartic release.
As a Christian and more specifically a Lutheran Pastor, I do have a community of support which succors my family but I do feel the need to elicit your thoughts, prayers and well wishes for my wife and indeed us all.
Thanks a lot
