A note from James Austin,

I want to let you know that I love you like a brother.  My heart and soul go out to you and your family at this time.  Please stay strong, you are a fighter, and are able to do anything you set your mind to.  I've always looked up to you and to the great man you are.  I know that you can beat this!  Im here any time you need to reach out.. would love to talk to you when your up to it.  Please let me know how I can help and keep up the fight!

Sincerely,

James

Sharing some bad news...

As many of you will know, we came to England to spend the holidays with Alison's family. Shortly after Blake arrived, he became unwell and presented himself to the ER with shortness of breath and some other symptoms. After spending an entire day and a half in the ER and 2 CT scans later, we were told the terrible news that Blake had a large fist sized mass in his chest behind his heart that was quite likely to be a lymphoma. He had a biopsy on Christmas Eve of the mass and straight after Christmas we were given the diagnosis of non Hodgkin's lymphoma.

He is currently in Bournemouth hospital which is near Alison's parents in Dorset and start chemotherapy next week. We are still unsure of many things, i.e. how long we are likely to be here, but we do know that he is likely to need chemo for the next 6 months. We have been told that whilst very serious, this type of cancer can respond very well to treatment.

Please keep us in your prayers and thoughts.

With much love
Blake and Ali