Bad News

Molly and I were called into Froedtert today to talk a transplant doctor. Unfortunately, because my lungs are in such bad shape, they cannot do the transplant on the 6th. I go in on Thursday for a lung biopsy/surgery Friday. Depending on the results of the tests, they will then reschedule the transplant. Bone marrow transplant is still the plan, but it will be delayed. The doctor indicated he doesn't feel that the delay will be more than a couple of weeks and he doesn't feel his hospital stay for the surgery will be longer than a couple of days.

Wow, January to August!

So,
I have cancer. Yes, crazy but true. March 16th before I got out of school, I got a phone call letting me know that I had Leukemia. It is such a long story, with many twists and turns, that rather than blog all about it, I am posting the Caring Bridge site that has followed the journey.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tonynavarre

GO 1st place Milwaukee Brewers and I am looking forward to watching the defending Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers. Homestead boys soccer got started, they have some talent and with hard work can make a great season out of things. The new ice rink is looking good and the HHS Boys Hockey team looks like they can come back from a winning season and move far in the playoffs. All things I will be keeping a close eye on as I battle Leukemia. Picture below from June 12...only 132 pounds at the time.

At this time, I am getting ready to get a bone marrow transplant at Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin. Now, heading to Froedtert at 175 pounds and ready to get a transplant! I head in on the 29th of this month. I am going to use this blog to stay in touch and let people know how things are going.

Been Going Well

Hockey:
Took a tough loss to our Rivals Cedarburg. Lost 1-0 in a shoot-out. Final score was 5-4.
We went on to win our next two games, 6-3 over Kenosha at the Bradley Center and 7-2 over WNS.
The boys have been doing pretty well, but still need to work on playing a complete three period game. At times, we lack a bit of intensity and that can get us in a rough spot. Looking forward to some good games the next two weeks. We have Waupan, WNS, Germantown, and Cedarburg over the next couple of weeks. 3 conference games.

Family:
Christmas and New Years was great. Had a great Christmas with Mols family and Adeline racked in lots of presents with Navarre Christmas still to come this weekend. Looking forward to traveling a bit when I head over to MN for theUS Pond Hockey Championships and get a chance to hang out with some high school and college buddies!

GO HHS Hockey

17th, 18th, 19th

Well, It was a very nice weekend. Let me start with Friday.

FRIDAY:
I lost my wallet and phone on Thursday and found them both ...thanks Molly. School went well. At times, there are classes that get under my skin and I do not want to go. The students are difficult and I end up with little patience. The academics went well. I appreciate all of the students, players, friends, and family who gave me birthday wishes. Very nice! Then we went into Waukesha and played a heck of a hockey game. http://www.wisconsinprephockey.net/game/show/1048876 and also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaTM6YOvL6M&feature=player_embedded

SATURDAY:
My parents arrived Friday night. We were able to hang out in the morning. My dad and I went to get a snowblower and then we went to BD's Mongolian BBQ for my mother's and my birthday lunch. It was great. My mom stayed with Adeline while Molly, Bill (dad) went to my (coaching) hockey game against Grafton, Port, Ozaukee GPO. The boys, again, put on a nice show winning 7-2 and playing very well. CM started his first varsity game and did a heck of a job. LL had his first varsity goal as a senior which was great to see.

SUNDAY:
Molly took me out for a birthday breakfast and the rest of the day can't get any better. Love you Mols!

Thanksgiving Week

What a great Thanksgiving. We were able to go to Eau Claire and hang out with the extended Navarre family. 14 people for dinner and Ad in her Pack & Play. Food was great, the ladies went shopping early on Black Friday and we got some toys for Adie, a great Ottoman set, and a DVD.

Homestead Hockey is playing well. 3-0-0 right now with wins over Greendale, Manitowoc, and Oshkosh. Huge test for the boys this week as we play Arrowhead at The Mullet and home against KMM (Kettle Moraine-Mukwonago).

Wisconsin Badgers putting another stomping in the Big Ten hammering Northwester 70-23. Wisconsin should be smelling roses. Maybe TCU, maybe Stanford? Whoever the Badgers play, assuming the Badgers play like they have the past three weeks, they better bring their A-game. The Sconnies look TOUGH!

GO HHS HOCKEY, GO TEAM BADGERS!!!

He shoots...He scores

Things have been well.

HUGE win for the Homestead Hockey team. We had a great crowd at the game on the boys played great. Schmitzy and ACon had nice games with 4 points each. Our Captain and team leader Treb had 9 hits and was plus 5 in the big 6-1 victory over Greendale. Game on Friday and Saturday of next week will be huge in how the season will shape up!

I am rooting like beans tomorrow that Da' Pack win at Minnesota. They will be tied with the Bears, they will have the edge in the conference, they will have beaten Favre in MN which for any Pack fan is huge, and, it will make my Monday that much better. The Pack need to make it four in a row.

In other news, Lambeau Field Navarre had a hair cut. Now this wouldn't regularly be news except that Lamb was going to grow his hair out. It was all going well until the shedding and snarling and overall smelliness. I am not sure why, but every once and a while, Lambeau smells like fish. Not my former hockey player Fischer, but like a dead sea dweller. Horrid! Why. Someone help me here. He doesn't eat fish. He doesn't roll in dead fish like my old dog Jackson used to do. I don't rub fish on him. Eww, man it is bad. So, deciding to cut the hair was a good idea, but because I had let it go for so long, it took about 2 hours to get him back to presentable. Good news is, he doesn't smell like fish, bad news is, there is a lot of hair and I need to brush him more. On the family front, Adeline is doing fantastic. She is rolling all over the place and is a real champion. i feel bad for her right now because she has been teething and she is obviously uncomfortable.
She has been "whining" a lot and it has been hard to make her feel comfortable. Just too bad. However, things are moving well, like I wrote earlier, she has been rolling, chatty (with baby words) smiley, and growy. (Growy means she has been getting bigger). Moldy is doing well. Our new favorite thing (aside from baby) is to head to the bowling alley and hit up some Buzztime trivia. Love the trivia.

I hope everyone who reads this is doing well, and as for tomorrow

GO PACK GO or GO TEAM PACKERS!!!

Really?

Here we are in November and I am asking myself this question, which group of guys is more ridiculous, the soccer guys or the hockey guys. It has been 3 days total with the hockey players and they may have already taken the prize. The questions they ask and the things they do is beyond me. At least they are good people and good guys, otherwise I may go insane.

The Penguins are having some serious goalie issues, they sit Fluery only to have Johnson give up 7 goals. The Brewers have a new manager, Roenicke, from the LA Angels of Aneheim.

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/11/brewers-introduce-new-manager.html

The Pack may indeed be back. Clay Matthews is a monster and Rodgers has finally put a game together, as well as special teams. Watch Matthews mic'ed up here!

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/09000d5d81c05b38/Sound-FX-Clay-being-Clay

Had a great time at the Packer game where they thumped the Cowboys. America's team....don't think so. Unless you think America is a bunch of giver uppers.

GO TEAM AMERICA!