{"id":483,"date":"2007-11-14T11:55:23","date_gmt":"2007-11-14T11:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/2007\/11\/14\/got-a-call-yesterday\/"},"modified":"2007-11-14T11:55:23","modified_gmt":"2007-11-14T11:55:23","slug":"got-a-call-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2007\/11\/14\/got-a-call-yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"Got a call yesterday&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"89\" width=\"133\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/www2images\/acs.jpg\" \/>Some of you may recall Steve Charles, our exceptional magazine editor, &#8220;outed&#8221; my particular battle with prostate cancer a couple of magazines ago. Of course, in the process I have learned much, much more than I ever wanted to about cancer. Probably most alarming, believe it or not, is the fact that my little brother, age 50, just had his prostate removed. Not a good sign for my sons and grandsons.<\/p>\n<p>In the process, I have talked to many alumni and parents about the Big &#8220;C&#8221;. Just yesterday I heard from a good friend\/alumnus that his battle with cancer, which he and his doctors thought ended over three years ago, is back. I feel good that he&#8217;s a fit, otherwise healthy guy and, if anyone can whip it, he can. But I hate like the devil the fact that he is in, literally, the fight of his life.<\/p>\n<p>So &#8211; and this has nothing to do with Wabash &#8211; do me a small favor or two. Think about a gift to the American Cancer Society. You probably won&#8217;t fund a cure. But if you and I&#8230;and 100,000 others drop a few dollars their way, we might help. Also, say a prayer or two or three for your friends, and those you don&#8217;t know, who are in similar battles. Your choice of religion isn&#8217;t important &#8211; it&#8217;s the thought that counts. The Big Guy is listening.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks&#8230;and now back to Wabash College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you may recall Steve Charles, our exceptional magazine editor, &#8220;outed&#8221; my particular battle with prostate cancer a couple of magazines ago. Of course, in the process I have learned much, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"w_featured_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}