“Yeah, I'm really proud of him,” he said, after a moment of pause. “He fought so hard. In fact, he became my inspiration for when things got rough. I dedicated every one of my games to him while he was in the hospital with chemo and radiation.”
“Wow,” she said. That part always impressed the ladies. She smiled at him and adjusted the knob on the machine again. “I'm sure that was a tough time.”
“It was hard,” Ollie admitted, shaking his head. “Michael was so sick. There were complications with everything. The chemo made his hair fall out and the radiation made him puke. He was almost sicker because of the treatments than he was with the cancer.”
He paused. This part of the story was hard.
“It was the beginning of the end for Michael's chance at a career in sports. The chemo affected his
