FRIDAY IS A BIG DAY...PLEASE PRAY!

Hello Friends and Family!

It has been awhile since our last post and we wanted to keep you up to date.

Bruce has a had a good month. It has been over 2 months since his last IL2 treatment and every day he feels stronger and less tired as this drug slowly leaves his body. He has enjoyed working in the yard, spending time with MB and the kids, having family down over Memorial Day Weekend, and even hitting some golf balls around. We just celebrated Pearce's 11th birthday today, (Isaac, Mikaela and MB's were in May), and we are so thankful that Bruce has been well enough to celebrate and participate actively in these events. To top it all off, we get to see our oldest son, Spencer, graduate from high school on June 11th. Yes, life has been busy, but FULFILLING and GOOD! Every day is a gift and to be cherished and we are realizing this more and more each day.

We go to Portland on Friday morning (June 8th) for Bruce's full body PET SCAN at 9AM. We then see Dr Curti at 3PM that same afternoon to get the test results and find out "where to from here"! We have had this appt scheduled since last month and have been eagerly awaiting it's arrival. We have had some new, unexpected appts this week and want to share them now briefly:

Bruce had a brain MRI on Tuesday, here in Corvallis. Bruce had a seizure in his right arm and hand over Memorial Day weekend. He was caught completely off guard by this and was careful the rest of the weekend. We watched, waited, called the Dr and nothing happened the rest of the week. Unfortunately, last Sat night he had another arm seizure and 2 more since then.....thus the MRI. The Dr started him on dilantin,(anti-seizure medicine), Tues evening and he has not had any more seizures since then...PRAISE GOD!

Based on this new development, we will also be seeing the neurosurgeon on Friday in between the 9AM PETSCAN and our 3PM appt with Dr Curti.....the day just didn't seem full enough, so why not? It will be a long day for us, but do-able, cuz we will be together. We are thankful that the waiting period is over and that we will get a complete picture of any cancer activity-not only in Bruce's chest and lungs but also his brain. We hope to get very thorough information from both tests that will help us with any future treatment decisions that we need to make.

As mentioned before, EVERY DAY IS A GIFT! We are so thankful for the support and love we get each and everyday. We couldn't do this without your prayers and committment to our family.
God's tells us: MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU.....MY LOVINGKINDESS IS NEW EVERY MORNING....DO NOT FEAR, FOR I AM WITH YOU....I AM YOUR GOD, I WILL UPHOLD YOU WITH MY RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND.....DO NOT FEAR, FOR I AM WITH YOU....BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS.....TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART....PEACE I GIVE YOU!!
We couldn't do this without our GOD!

We will post again as soon as we can.

Blessed and Encouraged,
Bruce (Superman), MB and the A TEAM!