[Cider Jim]

Alan Sweeton, who is a former student of mine & an LU alumnus, is undergoing brain surgery to remove a tumor this morning in Philadelphia at the University of Penn. hospital. Here's the email that I received from his dad today:

On Tuesday Alan was diagnosed with a large tumor in his right frontal lobe. At 8:30am Monday morning (about 8 hours from now) he will be operated on at Univ. of Penn Hospital to remove the tumor. Within a week the pathology of the tumor will be determined and we will know if he will need radiation or chemo. Dr’s expect a week in the hospital and then time in a Rehabilitation facility.

The old hags may know Alan by his nickname, "Bigs". He's a 6'6" & 300 lb. English major who threw the hammer his freshman year in college. Pray for Alan's surgery and for his complete recovery. There's a Facebook prayer group for him called "Pray for Biggs."

[Fumblerooskies]

Will do.

[Sly Fox]

Praying in Houston

[bigsmooth]

praying in the noke.

[adam42381]

Biggs is a good guy. I knew him from my 7-2 days. I joined the Facebook group. I hope all goes well. I guess he should be out of surgery by now depending how long it takes.

[Cider Jim]

I got this email from Alan's Dad at 2:35 Monday afternoon:

"The Dr. just called us in the waiting room. After 3 hours and 45 minutes they are now starting to close up. He believes they got all the tumor out but won't know for sure until another MRI. They left a ventricular drain in for now as the tumor reached into a space that normally has fluid and this will also allow them to easily monitor his pressure. He reiterated that Alan will likely have weakness on his left side that will hopefully be transitory. Hopefully within a few hours he will be in ICU and we will be able to see him."

from Andrew "Big Dog" Sweeton

[krh44]

praying as well

[Cider Jim]

Alan (Bigs) just got word that his brain tumor is classified as Oligodendroglioma. For those of you still praying, this is what WebMD says about Oligodendroglioma: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/brain-cance ... mas?page=3

[dcbailey]

I'm interceding in prayer for Alan, his Dad and family. Cider, please continue to carry our love to them.

[coolhandluke]

that doesnt sound good. praying in NC.