The University of Alabama's 73-year-old athletic director Bill Battle will take a short medical leave of absence as heundergoestreatment for multiple Edmundo Sosa Jersey myeloma, a form of cancer.According to,Battle has undergone three rounds of chemotherapy in the past year and is in good spirits as he heads toEmory University in Atlanta beginning Wednesday forstem Ken Boyer Jersey cell replacement.MORE: | The Battle was originally diagnosed in March 2014 after a radiologist discovered a small tumor on a vertebra during a regular physical examination.Doctors sayBattle's stage-1 diagnosis is non-life-threatening, although he has lost nearly 20 pounds and will have to deal Adam Wainwright Jersey with the lo s of his hair.Battle will stay atEmory for approximately two weeks, but plans to remain in contact with theAlabama athletic department."That doesn't mean Carlos Martinez Jersey I will stop working," Battle told the News. "I will be in touch by e-mail every day. I will be in direct contact with our senior administrators on a daily basis, and I expect to be back in the office later this summer. My doctors say that I will be able to keep working for years, for as long as I want to."Battle was appointed Alabama's AD in 2013 andwas the head football coach at theUniversity of Tenne see Nolan Arenado Jersey for seven seasons during the 1970s.