a picture of true friendship.

When Scotty Gatewood found out that Mike had to do a radiation treatment every day for six weeks, he decided he would do something he hated everyday for six weeks.  Scotty hates running.  But every single day since September 19th Scotty has run one mile "for Mike".  People who know Scott know what a big deal this is because he really hates to run.  Scotty even said that at the beginning he prayed that God would transfer Mike's pain to his calves, but it got so painful he had to quit praying that.  Smile. Scotty has taken Mike's weekend chores for him and been a super sweet support during this whole treatment period. And people who know Scott know this is a big deal too!

On Mike's last day of treatment they had their own little celebration.  Mike told me he was going to run Scotty's "last mile" with him - to which I said "no, you're not".  Duh.  But I did say he could ride his bike along side of Scotty while he ran which would fit the MikesLongRide theme and hopefully not deplete more energy than he had.

This little ceremony was what Mike looked forward to more than anything.