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Fred’s Army

Columbia City, IN

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As some are aware Fred (Matt’s father) was diagnosed with Prostate cancer about 1.5yrs ago and unfortunately the cancer spread into his bones. Since May, Fred has been dealing with serve back pain which has required us to make several trips to the ER for so he could have relief. After the last visit to the ER we decided the best course of treatment was to have Fred admitted into the hospital for test to determine the cause of the pain. We discovered a tumor was growing on Fred’s spinal cord pinching a nerve. What we didn’t know is that the tumor would soon cause Fred to become paralyzed from his waist down forcing Fred to have emergency surgery on spine to hopefully remove the tumor and release the pressure on his nerve. Fred was released into an inpatient rehabilitation facility to help Fred to gain his independence back. We aren’t entirely sure of the damage done to his nerve or if the tumor was completely removed but Fred is making tremendous progress in rehab. He’s expecting to be home around July 23rd but we are stilling looking for help once Fred returns and continues to get stronger.

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