AOL Homepage and Asylum.com coverage

We couldn't be happier to wake the day after we buried Officer Ludwig to see his face on the front of the AOL homepage on August 17th, 2010. The boys and I just laughed in joy together. God bless you all! Check this link out if you haven't already.

http://www.asylum.com/2010/08/16/13-year-old-logan-ludwig-creates-facebook-page-officer-paul-ludwig/

Paul F. Ludwig III - February 1,1949 - August 10,2010

As many of you know, Officer Ludwig passed away last night. He was surrounded by his family. He was in no pain and peacefully drifted off to sleep. All of his afflictions and ailments are no more, and he is with God. God bless you all!.

WMATA Responds to Overwhelming Support for Dad by "Blocking and Deleting"

Well Monday was a good day.

Many, many supporters of Dad's posted, emailed, called, and generally caused a busy day for WMATA.

In true WMATA fashion (should we be surprised) they decided the best way to deal with us was to block us on Facebook, and then delete ALL of their posts and our comments with them.

So AGAIN their tactic is to ignore and push aside.

Well that didn't stop Dad's supporters from finding other ways to get through. We saw that many of you commented on the Metro comments page, many contacted local news agencies, and others made numerous phone calls to all over WMATA.

We are so very grateful! We are still in awe of everything that is happening. To read all of your posts and to see what you, total strangers, are doing for my Dad is incredible!

You have all touched my heart so much. Thank you, thank you for your efforts!

God is with us, and tomorrow is another day!!!

Dad Getting Good Sleep and Lots of Visitors

Dad has been sleeping well the past few nights (thank God). There have been so many visitors and even though he is very tired after all of the conversations, he is very touched by all the love he is feeling.

Pray that Dad has a good day today, let's see how things go this week.

And thanks to all of your support, we have over 16000 people reading about Dad's story and sending prayers and well wishes. Truly this is the greatest blessing, having so many people lifting Dad up to God and asking for his healing and peace.

Thank you all so much! God bless!

Officer Ludwig Page on Facebook

Hello Family and Friends,

Eric has set up a Facebook page for Dad, we are getting the word out even more about Dad's story and all of the outpouring has been incredible!

Keep sending this link out, and make sure that you select "Like" on the Facebook page. The more people we have becoming Dad's friends, the farther this story will reach and there will be no way to avoid him!

Search for "Officer Ludwig" on Facebook, or try this URL:
http://www.facebook.com/officerludwig

Let people know and tell your friends!!

Dad Home from Mary Washington

Thanks to all of your thoughts and prayers, Dad has come home from Mary Washington. While there, once again he received excellent care and the family would like to express our gratitude for caring for him.

He is resting today and needs to catch up on some sleep, but he has been very happy hearing from all of you. Dad is on Hospice care now and they will be helping the family with day to day things and helping Mom out with the evenings.

Hospice will be coming in a couple of times a week to test his vitals and he has all of the equipment he needs to be comfortable.

Thanks again for all of the support!

Dad Finishes First Week of Treatments, Has to Go Back to Mary Washington

Dad and Mom were down in North Carolina this past week starting his first "official" alternative treatments. He had nutritional supplements as well as massage and some other treatments done while he was there.

Unfortunately, he was not feeling well throughout the week - feeling weak, nauseous, and just generally not good. Tuesday morning he blacked out and fell off the bed at the hotel and hit his face on the floor, causing a black eye above his right eye. Mom and Terry were helping him and just generally scared since this hadn't happened for a few weeks.

On Thursday night (early Friday morning) Dad again blacked out. He had 4 "spells" during the night, each time he would begin to cough or clear his throat and then he would go out.

Paulie had gone down there originally to stay a few days, and then drive back home with Terry. After he saw Dad and was there for him blacking out, he decided that Dad needed to go back to Mary Washington Hospital. They packed Dad up and left Saturday and took him straight to the hospital.

Because of new medications Dad has been on for his heart his legs have begun swelling again, getting swollen to the point that they looked very similar to when he was retaining water in the hospital back in June.

Since being at the hospital, multiple tests have been done to see if there has been any additional spread or advancement with the cancer. His brain is clear, his legs are clear, and there is no additional fluid collecting around his heart.

The doctors think that the blacking out is being caused by the cancer. Dad's liver enzyme levels are elevated and his potassium and sodium levels are very low. He continues to lose muscle mass and he generally feels weak and tired.

I may be traveling down to Virginia today to be with the family and support them however I can. As I learn more I will post here. Thanks to everyone for prayer and support.

God bless.