Update: April 19th, 2025

Well, things are moving along now. I am feeling a little better each day.

I am back out in the irrigation field trying to get caught up with my "wonderful friends with irrigation needs" . 😊

My insurance denied my latest petscan, even after my doctor called them.  It was supposed to be on last Tuesday. Instead, I now have a ct scan scheduled for late afternoon this Friday.  I will not know results until after the upcoming weekend. 

I have basically been living from petscan to petscan and trying to get back to a somewhat "normal" life. It is still tough sometimes, because my energy levels are not the same after all the chemo and radiation. 

My taste buds remain at about 60%.  Food is not as exciting anymore, now that my taste is not the same.  I can't complain though, because I can eat and I'm alive on this beautiful day. God has a reason to keep me around and I will always do my best to seek out that reason.

I am back to racing foot races, though I am a lot slower than I was before this darkness. I have raced 28 races in the past year and ran 503 foot miles.

I have had 32 radiations,  7 chemo sessions consisting of 6 hour treatments in the first phase of this funk. 

After the first attack, we thought we had it, but three pet scans later it had moved to my lung and was growing. I had to have it removed with pieces of my left lung.

After the lung surgery, I had (6) three week chemo sessions in which I wore a chemo pump injecting me for 96 hours at a time. Oh, how that tore my mouth and my body up so badly. All I could do was pray and beg for another chance. 

You never realize how special the life and the body we are given really is.... until you think you're going to lose them. I thought for sure my light was shutting down. I am convinced God heard me and all of you that prayed for me. I am convinced he stepped in and put a hold on things for a little while. Only he knows how long my time has been delayed.  I will not waste one second of the time I have left. Life is so precious and beautiful. 🙏🙏🙏

I know there are many people out there that are in a rut, fighting demons or fighting just to live. My heart aches for those people. All I can say is pray to your God fiercely and fight like you are that third monkey on the ramp of Noah's Ark.... and it's starting to rain! 🙏😊

I fought as hard as I could, but I still ran when I could. 28 races and 503 total miles of running during this fight in the last year. It really helped me fight the devil with more power. It gave me extra arrows in my quiver to keep shooting. I am convinced as well, that running when I did not feel good, the strapping on the chemo pump just to run a few miles, the attitude to never ever waive the white flag.....all of these things helped me..... but God himself gave me everything to keep fighting. He gets all the Glory, as I am just a mere human that just wants to keep living here a little longer. 

As of now, I am doing ok. I will hold my breath every time the results come in from a scan. I live knowing my number can come back up anytime and I need to be right with God before that happens.  I really am trying to do that. 

I again want to thank all of you for all the support you beautiful people have showed me from day one of this dark journey. The mental and financial support has been what helped me make it this far. I am in debt to all of you! 🙏🙏🙏

As far as Irrigation, I promise to pick up the pace a little more each day and get everybody's issues resolved as soon as possible. This heat and extreme dryness is making it even tougher. I will never forget what you have done for me and I want all your yards to be lush green!! 😊

Anyhoo, I love you all and hopefully I can stick around and pester you all a little longer. 

May God Bless us all! 

Jonny, the extreme lover of life 🙏🙏🙏😊❤️