UPDATE MARCH 13 2009

Hi Family and Friends:

Hope all is well with everyone.

March 6 Fri - Dianne had a fever of 101.5 and her Dr prescribed her cipro to be taken for 7 days. She also began to have some swellling in her left ankle and left wrist and her Dr said it was just side effects from her chemo.

She appears to be losing a little weight and at 125 lbs she does not need to lose any weight. However, she tells me that she has lost no weight, but I will find out when she is weighed at her next treatment. Drinking liquids has been a real challenge for Dianne, and she eats watermelon, cantelope, tangelos, and icy pops in order to get down some fluids.

March 8 Sun - I took Dianne to downtown Greenville in order to get her out of the house because she enjoys some walking and especially enjoys the sun. It was St Patricks day and there were so many people, the weather was sunny and beautiful, music playing, and all sorts of festivities which livend her spirits.

March 11 Wed - Dianne is feeling better and she took Bella to Awana at Southside Fellowship which Bella enjoys so much. Dianne has such a good heart and wants children to be brought up in the church so that they will have the solid christian foundation that will be needed for the rest of their lives.

March 15 Sun - Dianne, Bella, and I went to Bella's cousin Caleb's birthday party at Tony and Allison's house from 1-3:00pm. Well, I had to sacrifice and miss the Duke - Fla State ACC Championship game, but fortunately when I got back I saw that Duke had won. Bella had a nice time with her brother Ian, and cousins Caitlyn and Chloe.

March 16 Mon - Our friends Wayne and Judy Eanes and Eddie Scott came from Fayetteville to see Dianne and we had a nice time together. Dianne was feeling good today and really enjoyed having friends in our home. Dianne fixed lasagna, spinach salad, and topped it off with coffee, cake, and strawberries. She loves to have friends in our home and to eat and socialize with each other. I found out that Dianne was in a majorette club in Martinsville Va where she was a majorette and Eddie played the drums. She had not seen Eddie for many years, and it was a pleasure to see him again. Wayne and Judy are dear christian friends and we appreciated so much that they drove so far to see Dianne and then had to drive back in the same day.

Dianne is scheduled to have #4 chemo treatment this Friday March 20th, and will have 2 more treatments after this one. I pray that all will go well and that her side effects will be as little as possible. It is so hard to see her just be completely wiped out after each chemo, especially since she always has so much energy. Well, I know God is in control and he will be with her all the way.

During these tough economic times where 600,000+ people per month are losing their jobs, stock market has dropped over 50%, retirement programs are down 50%+, we can be assured that all of this is no surprise to our Lord. As Christians, we have faith that God will provide for our needs as he promised, not our wants but our needs. How many of us have been without a meal? how many of us do not have a warm place to sleep? how many of us do not not have a car to get around? how many of us have no water to take a bath? and how many of us have our good health. During these tough times, let us be thankful for what we have and not what we do not have such as "things". God brought us into his world without one penny and we will not take one penny when we leave his world on earth.

We have been so blessed to be born in the best country on this planet earth, and so blessed with the freedoms that we have in being able be anything we want to be as long as we work hard enough for it. Thank you Lord. Let us never forget that everything we have is from above, including the air that we breathe.

Thanks so much to everyone for the continued prayers for Dianne that she will soon be restored to her full health. We proclaim her being cured and know that God will cure her fully from this disease.

God's richest blessings to each one of you......Bruce