WADE S. AUST, JR.

from Myrna Odom...PLEASE PRAY for my daughter, Stephany and our family as her Dad, Wade Aust, Jr., lost his fight with Leukemia this afternoon. God Bless each of you for all of your prayers and thank you all for putting Stephany's pain and needs first in their life. In a tragedy like this you often find out who your true friends really are. Please continue to pray for her and her family. Praise God for his mercy and his love.

HITCHING POST

The Hitching Post brings the Firefighters running! 

Fire investigators get an overhead view of the charred remains of the Hitching Post Inn Thursday afternoon. Fire crews spent most of Thursday extinguishing hot spot and started investigating the cause of the fire. Fire investigators get an overhead view of the charred remains of the Hitching Post Inn Thursday afternoon. Fire crews spent most of Thursday extinguishing hot spot and started investigating the cause of the fire. http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2010/09/17/news/01top_09-17-10.txt

WADE AUST

Kind of reminds you of that first haircut in the Air Force, huh?

RIGHT PLACE....RIGHT TIME!

Diane Travis, clowning around!

Our good friend, Ron Travis just happened to be with his wife when she needed him the most. Diane wasn't feeling well and collapsed while at home. Ron says he just happened to be home at the time. He called 911 and they rushed to get her and take her to the hospital. They ran some tests and found her BP was 26...resulting from a bleeding ulcer. If he had not been home at that very moment, she wouldn't be with us today. She is doing great. God works miracles and she is living proof. Thank you God!

UPDATE #2

Hey - just wanted to bring you up to date on what is going on with Wade - Steph called me and spent 45 minutes trying to explain everything to me - First of all - Wade IS doing great currently, but the worst is yet to come.  As I understand it, they say he will "crash" (which means white cell count will go to zero) because of the intensive chemo last week (will be nauseated, diarrehea, weak, weak weak)  he will be back in the hospital when that happens - usually between 3-5 days after last chemo. Typically at about 12 days after transplant the the new bone marrow will start to produce new white blood cells.  The other danger over the next 12-30 days is rejection of the bone marrow  - then his organs would start to shut down - liver, kidneys etc.  I am having difficulty even typing these words - but I am to ask all of you to please continue to pray for Wade.  The next couple of weeks are going to be tough so PLEASE continue to pray for him and for God to give Gaye the comfort and strength to get through all of this - currently she is pretty whipped.   Stephany is going to try to put all of the info into an e-mail - because it is so lengthy and so many people have been praying for him and are so concerned.  Hopefully she will get this done tomorrow and then I will send it to you and you can pass it on so we all know what to expect.  If I have gotten some of the info wrong, please forgive me - Anyway, thanks to each and everyone of you for your continued prayers. 

Wase Aust Update 8/20/2010

Good morning - here is the update. Donor marrow arrived around 3 am by helicopter - he is doing good, however his numbers did not come up like they want them to, so they are giving him the other half as I am writing this.  They had hoped to be able to freeze them in the event he needed them within the next year, but hopefully he won't.  He had breakfast and a shower and says he feels good - so KEEP PRAYING - Steph, his daughter, said any complications don't necessarily show up right away - Wade's brother-in-law had this 5 years ago and they kept him in isolation for 20 days after transplant at MD Anderson.  BUT SO FAR - GOOD!  Please thank everyone for me for all of their thoughts and prayers. 

UPDATE ON WADE AUST

The donor bone marrow is coming out of Europe and the transplant is scheduled for 1:00-1:30 am, Friday - by 10:00 they should know how his body is tolerating the new and they will go from there.  They will only be using half at 1:30 and after 10:00 am tomorrow if he needs more they will use it then - the donor marrow can be frozen for up to 1 yr. Continue your prayers for Wade and his family.

WADE AUST

Wade Aust entered the Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas today. He will start intensive chemo, be kept in isolation and on the 19th he will undergo bone marrow transplant. Please keep in in your prayers.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY 2010

Happy Independence Day to all of you. Pray for our Troops. 

I wish for a safe and peaceful Holiday for you all....

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

CHEYENNE REUNION WEATHER

CHANGE OF PLAN

Due to the lack of participation, we've been moved to the SINCLAIR room instead of the larger CHEYENNE room. The menu will remain the same.

REUNION

CASUAL....no suits & ties or fancy dresses. SUMMER CASUAL! I don't care if you wear cut-offs and T-shirts!

Speaking of "Short-Timers".....

 The days are slipping away fast. We'll all be together at least once more in our lifetime on June 26th. I just want to thank all of you that made the time, put forth the effort and expense to make this happen. I'm looking forward to some great "War Stories"....and maybe some "Fairy Tales"...! One thing's for sure....When you leave there, you'll all be singing, "Thanks for the memories!" 

Thanks again and I'll see all of you soon!  Jerry

FIGMO

Those were the days....!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

I hope everyone has enjoyed this Memorial Day weekend. For those of you that traveled, I hope you had a safe trip. On this day, remember all of those who have served our great country. Bless our troops abroad and God Bless America!

A MESSAGE FROM WADE AUST:

Hi! Everyone! I'm home, and feel like I was hit in the chest with a sledge hammer, but I'm just fine. I appreciate all your thoughts and prayers and have survived another phase of this process. My discharge papers stated, "Don't get on the tractor!" Ha! That was the first thing I asked the doctor! He is really a neat guy, and is on a deer lease close to Karnes City. I'll know more towards the end of next week with the results from the lymph node they removed. I can't drive for 6 months for being diagnosed with seizures. I love you all! Wade!   p.s. Jim Robertson (High school buddy) came by to see me yesterday in the hospital and brought some pictures from the '70s Ha! check it out! If you remember the '70s you weren't there!

OKLAHOMA TORNADO

This is what's left of Ralph Cade's home in Choctaw, OK.  

Here's what his wife, Sheila, had to say on Facebook:

The closet we hid in is still intact. It is in the center of the house. The pressure builds up in your ears just like when flying. Ralph held on to the door handle as it was pulling. I clung to him with great granddaughter 18 months between us. I covered her with my body which she did not like. Scared her. Poor Abby our dog was next to me. I saw holes in the ceiling popping up with drywall falling in. It passed so quick when we opened the door, daylight. Our bedroom was gone! We are alive. Lost most everything, but we are alive.

You can email Ralph & Sheila at sheilae@theshop.net

55 DAYS

Fifty-five days from now, we will all be together again. Who knows, this may be the only time we ever see each other as a group. There are still a few rooms blocked out for us at a discounted rate, so make those reservations.
"Guest rooms will be reserved until the cut off date of May 31, 2010. If your rooming list or individual reservations have not been received by this date, the remaining rooms will be released. Any reservations accepted after this date will be on a space availability basis and will not be guaranteed the group rate. Rooming lists should be directed to my attention, DeeDee Smidt in
the Sales Department. For your convenience, our fax number is 307-775-8444 or e-mail address is dsmidt@cheyenne.littleamerica.com. Individual reservations can be made directly with our Reservation Department. For your
convenience we have established an 800 number for your guest reservations, which is RESERVATIONS 1-800 -445-6945."

Photos by Ron Travis

Over to the left side at the top 

of the page is a link to some 

photos taken by Travis while 

stationed at FE Warren. Click on
Travis Photos. Best viewed in 
the Slideshow mode.

PRAYERS ARE NEEDED!

Email from Wade Aust:

Jerry, all the testing I've been having, finally determined I have Leukemia, So I start treatments next week. This requires 6 days in a row per month at the hospital in San Antonio, for 4 months. So as you can see, I won't be making the reunion. Oh! Well, maybe next time, if all goes well! Wade!

Please start saying prayers, for our friend Wade to beat this illness.
Email Wade at countrylivin@karnesec.net