UPDATE

Bruce has been having lower back pain for a couple weeks. Dr Neville increased his pain meds and started him on a new one last week. They haven't helped much with the pain but have made him drowsy enough to help him sleep....which has been good...even if for short periods of time. His pain increased enough to go in to see Dr Neville, his oncologist, on Tuesday. X-Rays did not reveal anything, so an MRI was ordered. The MRI would show us if the cancer was causing the pain or not and help determine if radiation would be an option for an effective form of pain management. Bruce went in this afternoon to have his MRI, but was unable to complete the scan due to the excruciating pain involved in laying still and flat. There is talk of possibly being admitted to the hospital, getting IV pain meds for quicker pain relief so he can get comfortable enough to complete a scan. While talking to hospice and hospital admitting, Dr Neville called to say that radiology had just called and they had enough imaging to show that, indeed, there is evidence of cancer in the bones in the pelvic area. Dr Neville wants to start radiation as soon as possible to give Bruce the needed pain relief and we should hopefully hear from the radiation dept on Thurs to get things rolling. ..... Well, I just hung up from the radiation center and Bruce is scheduled for radiation at 9:30am tomorrow. Talk about amazing personal medical care!! Literally, all this unfolded while I was typing this post....I started this post after Bruce's MRI attempt to ask for prayer.....and every time I started typing, I would get a call, change the sentence, get another call, change the sentence, and so on....I'm not expecting any more phone calls, so this is where we stand right now: we will keep Bruce as comfortable as possible here at home and start radiation tomorrow at 9:30.

Please pray that Bruce would get some pain relief, have a decent night's sleep (me too) and that our kids would once again be prepared to handle this news and have what they need to work through it. Bruce and I are doing well. We are not surprised by the news, just saddened by the reality of cancer and the impact it is having on Bruce's body and our family.
Thank you for your prayers.

In His Care,
Bruce and MBA