Danny falls ill

I took my pilgrim to her Emmaus Walk sendoff and heard some bad news: Danny, a member of the community who was under treatment for Hepatitis C, has fallen ill with a blood infection. I'm told it occurred while under interferon treatment and he has been hospitalized for the past week.

I learned of his HCV infection maybe a year and a half ago when I saw him on a men's Walk. He was unable to tell me exactly what treatment he was under at the time. Last night, I was told he contracted it during the Vietnam War. The person who told me that said it's been said many of our troops contracted HCV because it was in the soil and rice paddies they trudged through with open wounds as minor as blisters. I think I would like to check out the accuracy of that as that is new to me. It seems I had heard that about Hepatitis A and B, but not C.

Given my schedule, I'm not sure whether I will be able to travel to Morristown to see Danny.

I pray God's healing hand will touch him ...

Grace ... and peace.