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.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

A great day with Bruce!

So, with brain injuries (which I'm becoming an expert at) there are good days and there are bad days! It's the luck of the draw! Either way we will take the good with the bad!

Today was a great day! The Bru-man said about 30 words at different times to me ad the kids today. I came with Kenzie and Corbin and spent the afternoon with him. The kids love playing with Brampa. I'm amazed at how much they enjoy how simple the relationship is. Playing catch, having him say the numbers on the UNO cards or cheering him on in the bike while he exercises! Well that is until Kenzie comes into the kitchen freaking out that he was tired! She freaked, Bru was fine, dripping with sweat! I have to tell ya though, 16 minutes on the bike was pretty awesome! He is walking well and he really spoke more than I have heard him since surgery. A great day for Bruce and a great day for me and the kids!

Every day is a new day! Keep the positive coming! What else can you do!
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  1. Sharon SweetDecember 29, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    Connie, I love your positive attitude, and I know your family appreciates all you're doing for your dad. I'm so glad Maddie and Kenzie are able to spend time with their grandpa. You are a great role model for them, knowing you're doing all you can to make this difficult time as happy as possible for Bruce. You'll be able to look back on this time and have no regrets. You turned out to be a wonderful daughter and mother -- who knew? LOL! Keep the blog posts coming, we love reading them. I love you all and am looking forward to my next visit with the Bru-Man.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 1, 2012 at 7:58 PM

    Happy New Year you guys and a belated Happy Birthday, Bruce. Get in real good shape with your bike and exercize equipment Bruce, and maybe you and I can go for a bike ride, or at least a brisk walk out there at Duck Lake. Hope to be able to visit you guys soon. Dave

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2012 at 10:35 AM

    HI Val and Bruce,
    Some friends were talking last night about a neighbor that had a gliobastoma and he went to a Dr Pawl in GR who sent him to Duke University Medical Center for a clinical trial that was testing an experimental vaccine. While undergoing treatments, he suffered virtually no side effects. He lived another 6 1/2 quality years! Cameron Mitchell was his name.
    Just wanted to make sure you had heard of this as maybe an option.
    (from Pete and Dawn Spiering (DeHaan cottage) on Duck Lake)
    You're in our prayers! Modern miracles still happen every day. Dad is a testimony to that!

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