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I just wanted to share a few things this week about what's going on at the Andrews' household. On Friday, we were in Hastings, MI for their annual Relay for Life event. It was a hot one and I think we were drenched about 2 minutes after getting out of the van! We had 10 walkers during this event with 5 of us staying the entire duration. Our walkers were awesome and dedicated. I don't think that we had more than a few minutes that someone was not walking the track. A few dedicated (crazy) walkers tracked over 20 miles. I think 28 miles was the top team member's achievement. Great job Martin!!!

The Survivor dinner was good and they had each Survivor give a sash to one Care Giver. The speech that was given before the walk is that the survivors could not do this alone. The music they played was "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler. It was powerful and I had to make a huge effort not to cry the whole lap. The event hit to home when one of our friends from another team came over to tell Tom that a fellow friend/fire fighter lost his life to cancer during the night. They had a silent lap in his honor & I don't think there was a dry eye at the park. At the end of the event they handed out the awards. Team Sleepwalkers received 2 awards: Third place for On Line Donations & Second place for highest overall donations for a first year team. Way to go team!

It took us the rest of the weekend to recover from this event. I could not walk up/down the stairs and putting on shoes was not an option until Monday when it was required. I was so proud of Tom for being there and participating the whole time. Tom walked 18 miles himself.

The good new is that as of this weekend, Tom is able to eat like normal. He even drank a pop this week! We believe this will be short lived as Tuesday he will head back to HFH to start treatment again at a lower dosage.

I just wanted to say "Thank You" to all who helped with our event in anyway.

THANK YOU :)