Miraculously I began to become better after the thoughts and prayers of family and friends. It was a slow recovery initially as I became stronger each day and had to learn to sit, stand and walk again while the affects of a paralytic drug wore off. I left the hospital one month after the transplant and was bowling and swinging in batting cages two months later. I bowled the last month of the bowling season with my good friends Jim and Shirley Stahl and was fortunate enough to bowl my first 300 game on the last week. You're an avid bowler and you really enjoy it.
Bowlers are great people and it's a great way to get out and have fun.
As my health declined I became too sick, tired and weak to bowl. It really helped me appreciate life as well as the people and things we value in life. Bowling was something that I truly enjoyed doing. I enjoyed the competition, friendship with teammates and the challenge to improve. It served as a goal of mine to return to the sports I enjoyed as well as a normal life.