“Glen has not been feeling well since early April, with various pains in the chest, back and stomach area, progressing to tingling and loss of sensation down the legs.  It came to a head on Sat June 1st, when he couldn’t walk.  A CT scan and MRI revealed a tumor on his spine, innumerable nodules on his lungs, and another mass on his rib.  They operated the next day and removed the tumor from the spine. 

Pathology has indicated it’s angiosarcoma.  This is a very rare and aggressive form of cancer.  The term angiosarcoma, when broken down is Angio (blood or lymph vessel) and Sarcoma (flesh, or connective tissue cancer). In other words, the lining of the blood vessels (endothelial cells) become malignant. In angiosarcoma, the endothelial cells grow uncontrollably and create more blood vessels until a tumor comprised of blood vessels has formed. This cancer is particularly aggressive because it has a high rate of metastasis.”

Glen has a beautiful family consisting of a lovely wife that I was fortunate enough to be drinking next to Glen when they met and three lovely little girls.  I would ask that you please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers as well as Jared who is in Houston starting his seven weeks of radiation.

Here is Glen’s site if you’d like to read about his story and follow his progress to beating this horrible disease.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/glendelrosario