ok, time to write about this....

(and, no this isn't his MRI but his looked similar to this image I found online, just on the wrong side)

Well most of you know what new and interesting craziness has taken hold of our home this spring season. I waited to post about it cause I just wasn't ready to discuss it openly. Now just for the official annual record that I order of my blog posts we can't leave this one out!! So here's the deal, Brian got diagnosed w/ an Acoustic Neuroma which is a benign tumor that grew behind his auditory nerve in the left side of his brain. We got tipped off after some bad persistent head aches since Christmas this year. A routine CT scan found the tumor in January and it's been a wild ride ever since then to determine treatment options. We are scheduled for surgery this Friday. My sweet mother and sister in law will be there for the event and some of his recovery. They anticipate a 5-7 day hospital stay and an additional 3-4 week recovery once he's home. I'm planning on posting blog updates on his status for a while while I have access to a laptop hopefully. Our spirits are up and we are ready to face this hurdle in our lives head on. God had been so good to us to turn this situation from scary to fixable and He's given us daily strength to handle this trial. We've had our ups and downs but all in all we are ready to get this over with and behind us. We appreciate all your prayers and thoughts as we head into this week. We love our church and our family and friends for all the support we've received. Thanks and we'll keep you posted on how it all goes.

"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40: 29-31