Darren Shanks (Part 2)

Following up on Darren, he has been undergoing extensive chemotherapy and will continue to undergo more therapy as the week goes on.

Coach Pankow was that latest to contact Darren's parents. Darren is having a hard time with the therapy and is solely thinking about getting back onto the football field!

Darren is unable to take visitors at this time. Get well cards are encouraged. I will be on campus again on Wednesday and if anybody wishes to send a get well card, turn them in to me before the start of 6th Period and I will see to it that they get to his parents and eventually to Darren.

I have already started on getting a poster of Darren and get that to the players to sign before I have it laminated. We will present that to him once he gets out of the Hospital and he can visitors.

On a final note. Coach Pankow relays to me that Darren had expressed some concern about losing his hair from the chemotherapy. My hair is getting a little on the long side and I need to get a haircut ro conform to Department Standards. So...

I plan on getting the electronic shears and cut all my hair off in support of Darren. That way, Darren is not alone. If any of our players talk to you parents about shearing all their hair off, you will know why.