Hi everyone,

Just wanted to give you all on update on Drew and send some more thanks for the prayers and moral support. I have some pics too, so here goes.

Here's Drew, the Friday before surgery posing with his first steelhead hooked and landed by himself. I took him out fishing with my buddy Sean to get his mind off the upcoming big day, it seemed to work.


This is his second fish of the day.........back when he was respectable in his clothing choice. ;-)



The next pic is from the day after surgery in ICU. Dude wouldn't let us take a pic when he was all hooked up to the machines, but we snuck this one in when he was all doped up on morphine.


Here he is on Friday when we got home from the hospital........three days after surgery. WSU sports bottle in hand, in command of the TV room.



Last Friday, we went in for his one-week post-op checkup. They said he looked fine, with just a little fluid left in his lungs. Check out the chest film......titanium wire holding him together.



He's now climbing the walls because he can't go out yet, so all the books and toys people have sent (lots of Coug fans) have been really great for keeping him busy. I may have to stop talking smack about Coug fans.

Yesterday, he got something in the mail from the University of Texas. He opened it up, and in it was a signed photo of Mack Brown, UT's head coach, and a poster of the Longhorn team signed by all the players. They heard about the whole deal from the Coug fans. Drew thought that was really cool and says he wants to watch UT play on TV this fall. Obviously a classy bunch down there at UT to take the time to brighten a kid's day like that.

So thanks again everybody. You've all been great through this whole ordeal. It looks like Drew is going to pull through just fine. Thanks a lot from my whole family.

Hey Mooch..........if you read this, how about leading us in a little prayer for all the other kids at Children's? I saw some kids there that could use a little help, and you have a way with words that I just don't. Thanks.

Dan