Wayne Smith Update
by Thom Van Vleck
Wayne Smith, long time USAWA lifter and even longer time member of the Jackson Weightlifting Club was recently featured by me in two part website article. Wayne also attended the USAWA Nationals hosted by the JWC in Kirksville this year. Wayne has many friends in the lifting world and I thought maybe some of you would like to hear the latest.
A couple of weeks ago Wayne was rushed the hospital. He was having some problems and they were very concerning. I went several times to check up on him and left with more questions than answers. The doctors just didn’t know what was going on with him.
Well, I have good news. I visited with Wayne yesterday and he is doing much better and appears to be on his way to recovery and has moved from the hospital to a rehabilitation unit. He was his old self again and was enjoying visits from three JWC members in one day. Wayne Jackson had made a visit, and then Wayne Gardner, then myself.
It is nice to know that we take care of our own and the friendships made on the lifting platform are often life time ones. We hope that Wayne will be back home soon and if you have a message for him, just let me know at tvanvleck@yahoo.com and I will make sure he gets it! He tells me he is not going to let this keep him from making his comeback in lifting! You have to admire the dedication.