Subject: Brian is doing ok.

Wed. night 2/18
Dear Friends and Family,

Prayers were answered and Brian's blood pressure went up and he never had to
go into ICU.  The doctors are keeping him comfortable with morphine, benadryl
and adavan. His stomach pain is bad due to the CDEF infection as well as the
chemo.

He is in the recovery period now.  He has not had chemo since Feb. 8th.  He is
scheduled for another week of chemo to start on Monday, Feb. 23rd.   The Or is
scheduled for his LP ( Methyltrexate through his spine).  But before they do
the LP, they are going to put a scope in and check out his mucousitis.  If it
has not cleared up, they will delay the LP and start of the week of chemo
until he is healed.  The last round of chemo was started before the mucousitis
cleared up and he had a very hard time.

Brian is still uncomfortable and very sensitive to noise, but he is getting
sleep and all is going as smoothly as can be expected.  He has had a fever
everyday all day since last Sat.  He still has a number of infections.

Steven has a week school holiday this week.  He wants to be near Sara and
Brian, so he has stayed at the hospital while Stan goes to Santa Rosa to work.
He finished his big school book report project.  Sara took Steven to a magic
shop today to get a trick--Remember Brian wanted magic! 

Pray that Brian's mucousitis clears up.  Pray that the antibiotics start
working and his fevers stop.  Pray that Sara, Stan, and Steven have a good
week as a family at the hospital.  Pray for wisdom for all of Brian's doctors
and nurses.

Love,
Susan