Yesterday was Bruce's best day thus far, that I have seen. We were all up there for therapy yesterday and it was great to see my baby brother Jake helping his Dad. I watched Jake mature yesterday into a great young man. He really stepped up yesterday and faced his fears and put himself aside and be a strong man for his Father. I was very blessed to be a part of it. Mitch is coming up this afternoon to help with therapy, it will be great to see him be a part of the healing process as well!
Jake learned how to transfer Bru to and from the bed and walker. Bruce was especially talkative yesterday. The physical therapist came in and asked him how we was doing and he responded, "very well Sue, thanks." YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY! That was awesome. He was very animated and lots of Bruman facial expressions that I haven't seen in awhile. He said goodbye to us as well. Mitch is coming up to do therapy this afternoon, excited to see him grow as a person as well. They really are stepping up to the bat!
Had a special dinner with the boys at BW3's which was interesting. That's definitely a guy place. The waitress was pretty smitten on Jacob! He's such a good lookin' kid! I had a great time hangin' with my bros and Dan. Dan is really good with the boy and relates to teen boys much better than I do. Teenagers are bizarre as it is, but boys are really weird (I think they have cooties still) Laughed, loved and had a good pep talk! It's nice to be able to connect with the boys in a way that isn't Mitch and I at each other's throats (which is most of the time). Mitch and I had a great talk and it's special that he feels he can come to me for advice on what not to do in his teenage years (another aspect of our family, I have great advice on what NOT TO DO!) We have a common thread of survival that I have never shared with my brothers. It seems (if anyone knows are family well) that the rally cry has always been to get me through some travesty in life. Glad to be the one finally supporting everyone else!
I often wonder why things happen, learned in my many years of EMS service as a paramedic in Michigan, that we have no control over anything that happens. As Sugarland said, "S*&t Happens!" what can you do. We are defined by the paths that we endure in life, it's the journey that we come to cherish in life!
I am digging up some old pictures that should give us all a healthy dose of laughter to keep our spirits high. There is a family meeting today at 3:00, we should have a really good update for everyone by then. I did ask Bruce if I could post a picture of him on the blog and he said yes. So just waiting on Mom to send me the pic via text.
Jake and Mom are there for his morning session of therapy right now. Mom said she was going to take him outside to see the beautiful....yet incredibly cold....sunshine!
Keep the prayers coming! We love you Bruce, we are there and we will get through whatever this world has in store for us! That's what we do!
Follow the journey of the "Bru-Man Group" - Bruce - and all of us crazy people that love him as he endures the battle of brain cancer. Up-to-date information on Bruce and his battle will be posted here to help keep all of the Bru-Man Group completely informed. We would also love to have an outpouring of comments sending love and prayers to the family to continue support, that would be awesome.
Blog 101 - To those of you who are new to blogs and blogging, I wanted to give a brief overview of how to use this site. There are authors and followers. Authors are Val and Connie. Followers are all of our wonderful support system that continue to follow Bru's journey through this battle. Authors create posts, followers can read posts and comment on posts that have been created. As a follower you don't have to log in in with an account or sign in to comment. If there is a post that you are interested in commenting on, just click the comment icon below the post itself. Once you have typed your post, you must choose an account just below the text box, choose anonymous! If you are looking for all of the posts to the blog, scroll down the page and look to the right of the screen, every post is listed there by month and day. It's listed chronologically starting newest to oldest. If you want to add pictures, please email me at emtp1124@yahoo.com with a description of the picture and the caption you would like underneath it. Blogging is very similar to Facebook and other social sites, but it doesn't have the ability to post things to the blog like you do people's walls in facebook. If you are having problems viewing the blog, it may be because of settings that you have on your internet browser . You can type the URL into your smart phone browser as well and see the blog pretty well. If you want updates sent to you anytime things are updated, subscribe to the blog by email. This option is at the top of the page on the right hand side of your screen just above the picture of Bruce. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at emtp1124@yahoo.com.
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