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CoachUp Celebration: Coach David Beats Cancer!<\/strong><\/p>\n

You might remember the stirring blog post about Coach David<\/a><\/strong> we wrote back in December  — in it, we detailed his attempts to beat cancer, coaching on CoachUp, and staying strong. Today, we’re proud to announce that our friend is officially cancer-free and ready to go at life with a renewed sense of direction. If you haven’t read our first entry in this story, we would suggest checking it out — it’s a truly remarkable story. After Coach David<\/strong><\/a> offered the good news, CoachUp needed to get the full scoop so we chatted with him once again — read on if you feel like being inspired!<\/p>\n

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CU: First and foremost, congratulations! Holy cow, we are all so beyond happy to hear the news at CoachUp! Did you always think you’d beat cancer?<\/strong><\/p>\n

DK:<\/strong> Thank you, Ben! As you already know, I almost didn’t make it a few times this year. Up until a month and a half ago, I actually thought I wasn’t going to. So much blood — I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared. At one point, my hands and feet lost feeling. To answer your first question, I really wasn’t sure. I had a lot of support from my family, they helped make sure I kept eating and walking.<\/p>\n

CU: How did baseball and sports help you stay strong?<\/strong><\/p>\n

DK:<\/strong> Chemo takes your breath away and exercise is limited to just very minimal stuff, but my family was with me every walk I took. So what saved me was getting out of bed, at first with help, but the more you walk the stronger you get — and I slowly got stronger. Honestly, being in shape before I knew I had cancer probably saved my life. If I didn’t go play baseball that day with Josue, I wouldn’t be alive. So staying baseball allowed me to beat a 17% chance of survival.<\/p>\n

CU: Have you learned anything? How do you grow from an experience like this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

DK: <\/strong>You learn things about yourself that you would’ve never known otherwise. You learn that when you lay in a hospital bed and they have you sign your last will and testament, you realize that all your material possessions mean nothing — all you have are your memories and a blanket. Our time here is so short, so there’s no time to waste it on things you don’t love.<\/p>\n

CU: How do you plan on celebrating?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I plan on celebrating when I play my first game of baseball with Josue. Right now, I’m committed to working hard to get my body back by means of exercising and, in particular, baseball. I will play another game — that’s a wonderful feeling. It’s most likely I will have another surgery soon to fix what problems have been created by chemotherapy, but I’m alive. And I’m going to play baseball again — sometimes I can hardly believe that.<\/p>\n

Getting to coach really keeps me as close to the game as I can get for now. But that’s worth it because I love helping all my students — they really keep me going and learning. You would be surprised how much you learn about your own game by helping others figure their game out.<\/p>\n

At CoachUp, we want to give Coach David another warm congratulations for beating cancer, but celebrate his renewed life as well! <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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