Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:18 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Hey everyone~

We had a pretty good day today! Ethan & Joel went to Lori's for the morning, and I brought Bryce lunch. We went outside for recess and just walked around watching the children play. It was a beautiful day to spend with my son!!! I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!!!!!!! My friend, Julie H., came over and played with Joel while I cooked and Ethan napped. Joel didn't want to stay in and cook. He loved every minute of it! Bryce is feeling fine, no complaints. I made him more chex mix today, and I also made organic salsa...SPICY! Pastor Mike came over to visit for a little while after school. We talked about God and how He is with us. It was very nice to hear our boys get involved with their opinions of how God works with us. Supper was kind of a bummer because Bryce cannot eat meat, then. So, we have decided that our big meal will be at lunch which is why it is perfect timing that school is done at noon on Friday! Now, I just need to be creative for supper. The brothers are all jumping on board with the food change. Logan said tonight at supper, "Mom, I think we shouldn't have meat at supper." Seems very weird to me...no meat at supper time or just plain, no meat with a meal? We will adjust. I am very excited that we all got out to the garden to pull weeds (fun--it's the family time that matters) after an early supper, then showering them, and getting them to bed at a very decent time! It was a big relief at bedtime, for once. We had a very good night tonight...

We have decided to go and see Emeril Live on Monday in New York City! We have asked our very close friend's Lana and Garett to come with us. Lana is the person who chased down the tickets for us. Tim is not at all interested in going so he will stay with the brothers. We will leave Saturday morning and come home Monday night. We will be booking our flights and hotel tomorrow. We are very excited. And with that, I am signing off and going to bed. It's been a busy catch up night... Love you all!!!! Thanks for all of your guestbook entries!!! Whether we know you already or not, we truly LOVE EVERY entry!!!! God is sooooo good to bring all of you into our lives...

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:29 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Hey everyone~

I'm a tired girl tonight so this one's gonna be short. Today went fine. Bryce's counts are hemoglobin 9.4; white count 500; ANC 70; and platelets 10,000. I was happy that his platelets held like they did for 5 days. I was also happy to see that his hemoglobin is where it's at. His ANC is extremely low, though. Pray for NO FEVERS! (God already knows that we don't have time for a hospital stay, so we'll just trust in Him on this one.) We saw Dr. Kahn and told her we were not going to do the Vincristine chemo. She said, "Actually, I would do it if it was my child. It will keep the leukemic cells at bay for a little while." We felt that hopefully maintaining the cancer would be better until we get these organic food and supplements with essential oils in him more. So, we did give him the Vincristine today. We also started the Decadron steroid 5mg BID. It also helps fight off the cancer cells. We start the Zantac (antacid) with the Decadron because the steroid irritates his stomach. We discontinued the Prednisone steroid today--remember, this kind of information is for Tim & I in the future... We saw Cynthia, his Psychologist, this morning. Your prayers worked because he did great with her today. They played Batman Legos and just got to know each other. We went to the PITC for his platelet transfusion at 11:30. Dr. Kahn ordered the platelets to run through in a half-hour. That is fast. She knew Bryce did not want to go to the PITC today. He just wanted to go home. He & I went to 2 organic grocery stores, too. At first, he was excited about it but lost interest towards the end (3:30). I don't blame him, I have to read all of the labels! He is starting to do this himself. He can only have food: without sugar; only olive, coconut, or flax oil; organic chicken, fish, & buffalo; no dairy; no deep fried foods, no white potatoes; etc. This is only some of it. I hope I have not confused you. So, this diet change is not the easiest. But, again...if it helps him to full recovery and a cancer-free 8 year-old body, then that's all that matters!!!! It's worth a huge effort. We made organic chex mix and chicken stir fry tonight. He really enjoyed his supper because he didn't eat much at all during the day. He did his meds quickly tonight because he wanted to eat his spicy chex mix. That was a good thing...

Now, quickly with last nights entry: I forgot to mention that we went to an Indian pow-wow on Sunday. It was really great. The boys enjoyed watching and learning about the Indian history. History is so important to us! The boys love it! On a different note, I hope I didn't scare anyone with the numbers of "91 out of 100". That is regarding children who have relapsed with Leukemia like Bryce has. Forgive me. I know what it's like to get a scare like that!

Lastly, I ask you to continue your prayers for Bryce and his friends who are fighting their battles,...even if they are cancer-free. We love them all so much, and they mean the world to us!!! Bryce will go to school on Wed., Thurs., and 1/2 of Friday (early out). Then, he has appts. to check his counts on Friday afternoon and to, most likely, get a platelet transfusion. I am very excited for him to be back with his friends before school is out. He needs that! I just noticed that my entry is now LONG!!! Oops. Gotta go! THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US!!! Love to all...

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, May 29, 2006 11:23 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend. We had a great time at Grandpa & Grandma's!!! We went fishing and swimming (not Bryce, though, he can't be in a pool or lake for one year after transplant). Bryce did some major cooking with Grandpa Peter and had rave reviews!!! He was soooooo proud, and boy, did he ever chow down last night!! They got to stay up late, wake up early, and play with their cousins, aunts, and uncles. They ALWAYS love fishing with Uncle Brad. This morning, we went to a go-cart park. It was soooo much fun! The boys loved it! We're sending out a BIG THANKS to Grandpa & Grandma for such an awesome time! This is the boys' favorite place to go. We are trying for once a month this summer. It's a 5-6 hour drive. With a potty trained, "cry wolf" 2 year-old, it can get long...Bless his little heart. Also, a BIG THANKS to my sisters and brothers for such a great weekend with the boys', too! It's a lot of work... Auntie Pam was there when Bryce found the (broken) wishbone from the chicken on Saturday. I asked him if we should just pretend it wasn't broken. He said, yes. He got the big end and then, (don't tell anyone for fear the wish may not come true...) he told us he wished that he could be all better and his life could be back to normal. I know we all wish that so much!!! Another, BIG THANKS to our very close friend, Lana, for updating on Friday! Didn't she do an awesome job??? I LOVED the part where she asked all of you to pray for Tim & I. I forget to ask for that. And, we really, really need the prayers for our decisions, right now... Way to go, Lana-Banana!! We love and appreciate all of our "helpers" so much!

We started a new "starve the cancer cells" diet on Friday night. This is really hard because we feel like we are depriving him of all of his favorite foods--spicy doritos, Great Grandma Buck's chex mix, and occasionally, an orange pop. Then, we think, "Hasn't he had enough already?" But, we keep reminding him, and us, what if this could work?.... Some things, he is ok with. And some things, he just starts crying. The brothers all feel bad for him that he can't eat the "other stuff". It's so NOT easy. We are doing our best. That is all that I will say. I am hoping each day that it will get better. Dr. Neglia, from the U of M, told us we could start chemo rounds again. A couple at Mayo and a couple at the U. Then, if/when Bryce got into remission, the transplant team would step in and make some decisions. That would be 6 months out from his 1st transplant, so we could probably do another. He said that Mitchell's bone marrow would not be used again because his cells were too "accepted" in Bryce's body. Bryce could have an unrelated donor or a cord blood transplant or a double cord transplant. A double cord transplant is something they fell upon in the last two years. It has to cord blood donors and seems to work better for most adults, anyway. Tim is guessing he would also need more radiation, also. I DO NOT like the radiation!! He would be in and out of the hospital, again. Our family would be apart. And, there is no guarentee. He said that eventually the disease would take his life. I asked for numbers, of course. He said, "91 out of 100 patients will die from Leukemia." UGH!!!!! Do you feel our frustrations?... We are very hopeful that this new diet change and the nutritional supplements with oils will work... Please keep sending the prayers!!!! I just know that God is listening!!!!!

Tomorrow, we have early appts. We have the option of giving him more Vincristine chemo to hopefully knock out some of the bad cells. We are going to hold off and see if we may see some results in Bryce because of the other nutrients. I'm sure he will need a platelet transfusion, but I'm really, really hoping that his hemoglobin is good/holding. Besides seeing Dr. Kahn tomorrow, he will also see Cynthia, the Psychologist. Pray for that session... We are also planning on doing some organic grocery shopping afterwards. Bryce will like that. He loves to be a part of the decision making (especially with food and cooking)--and he should be a part of it whenever he can! Tim & I may drive seperately because there is a lot of work that needs to be done around home and the farm. Grandma Linda is coming over at 6:45am to get the rest of the Crew up and running. Carol T. is taking Ethan. Lucky kid. So, thanks in advance to all of our Tuesday helpers!

Please DO continue to pray for God's wisdom on the decisions we need to make for Bryce's fight. Forgive me for saying this but...it's not like we are working with a pet rat...sorry if I offended anyone--I think I'm TRYING to have humor. I never, NEVER wish this upon ANYONE!!! It is sooooooo difficult. And, of course (me being the emotional woman & mother), I want God to wake me up from a deep sleep to tell me what we should do. (Isn't that just like a woman?) I just want us to be so sure because I can hear the clock ticking... Please, please, please continue your HUGE & POWERFUL PRAYERS FOR OUR LITTLE BRYCER!!!!!!!! He is such an incredible kid!!! I just wish he could have his normal life, again and still be a little more of the kid he was before cancer. We must ask for TRIUMPH & VICTORY FOR BRYCER!!! Pray for his counts to increase, his health with no fevers, his brothers, his friends and family.... God wants us to lean on Him, and NOW IS THE TIME!!!!! As you can read, I need to get some rest. We love you all!

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Friday, May 26, 2006 8:39 PM CDT

Good evening everyone...

Hope everyone had a great day and was outside and able to enjoy this beautiful weather! You will notice this entry is a bit different, Susie called on her way to her Dad's (in Bemidji) to ask if I would update. So...I will take a stab at it.

The appointment with Dr. Neglia went "fine". He is a very nice man. They spent about one hour with him. Dr. Neglia had previously told them 2 times that there was nothing he could do for them. However, that is when he was under the impression that they were going to be on a trip(for an extended time, Dr. Kahn had informed Dr. Neglia of the trip) After meeting Bryce Dr. Neglia offered to them they could start the chemo, try to get him into remission and then do another Bone Marrow Transplant. Some of the process could be done at Mayo and some would be done at the University Hospital. Again, he went over different chemo/medication options, he gave them some statistics if they were to do chemo & BMT. I will wait and have Susie update with the exact specifics. They will call him back next week and make a decision as to what plan they would like to take. They are still looking into Naturalpath options. They are not ruling this out either. She did ask Bryce today on the way home his thoughts of more chemo. No response. Then later at home she asked again and he said he really didn't want to do chemo again, but he really doesn't want to drink the "berry" juice(natural path) so often throughout the day and rub oils on his body. It sounded like he wasn't sure which way would be better either. Also, he is eating like crazy. His weight is up to 58.5#. Last time it was 55#. So moving in the right direction.


Susie said her head is spinning. They are probably more confused now. Do you go ahead with more chemo and watch your child with that whole process...or try alternative options that do not have as much clinical backing?

The Breuer's should be arriving in Bemidji at about 9:00(They probably just got there) Tackle boxes and fishing poles are packed. They are ready for a good family vacation.

Please pray for Tim and Susie during this difficult decision making process.

God Bless~Lana

Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:20 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

Sorry for the delay... I know many of you have been concerned but everything is fine. We are just caught up in the many things going on in our lives right now. It is so important to us to BE with our kids when we can, therefore the late updates, etc. We've been busy! We got back from St. Cloud last night at 8:30pm. We left the house at 7:30am and Bryce & I got home around 6:15pm. We are moving closer to a decision about our little Brycer but we want to hear Dr. Neglia's opinion tomorrow. We see him at 10am. Again, he's already said 2 times there is nothing more he could do with Bryce, but we are willing to go to him and ask. And, to be honest with you, we are becoming less and less interested into putting more toxins in his little body, again...

Everything went fine yesterday. We learned MANY new things! We are trying a few of his recommendations with Bryce. We are also looking into another company that has the natural type of solutions. It is a committment. So, that is hard for us because we are committing our 8 year old son. He knows about the committment. He knows we need to find something to work for him. He knows we don't really want to put more chemo into his body. He said, "We are praying for a miracle." I am telling you....he is so incredible and such a trooper!!! I wish you could all know him. (But, he does not like being in the spotlight, so we won't wish that one real hard). I wish he could just be a healthy 8 year old boy... I wish that one sooooooo badly!!! It just breaks our hearts that he has to continue to go through this. We would take it away from him and put it on to us in a heart beat. I know you would, too. You are all so great!!! What would we do without you?...

Today was fine. Mitch & Logan did talk to Cynthia the Psychologist. They seem to be coping well. Mitch is ready and willing to talk. We just don't bring it up sometimes because we don't want to make him think about it, in case he isn't... Bryce did not want to talk with her or be around her. She would just like to get to know him and play with him. We are going to try again with her on Tuesday for a bit. We go back for labwork and exam, also on Tuesday. Today Bryce's counts were hemoglobin 7.1; white count 400; ANC 170; and platelets 17,000. So, he received red cells and platelets at the PITC at St. Mary's. Hopefully, the red cells will give him a little energy for the weekend. We leave for Dad's tomorrow afternoon sometime. It just hit me that they don't have internet at home. Is that right, Cath? So, you may not hear from me as much. Trust me, if I can update each day, I WILL!!! Remember, this is YOUR main information center but also MY therapy!!!

Speaking of therapy, today I had the opportunity to have lunch with one of my favorite people in the whole world!!! Nyla, Ellen's Mommy, came to the PITC to visit and she bought us a very nummy lunch from Dos Amigos. Yes, Mexican again... It was very much needed time together!!! Thanks, Nyla. I miss you, and God knew I needed you... She really is one of my major hero's... I wish everyone could know Nyla. All of us Mom's out there would be stronger and appreciate everything in life. Ellen's webpage is www.caringbridge.com/visit/ellenkathleen. God also knew that I needed another very important person in my day today. He placed Kerri & Allie in the PITC at the same time as us today. I haven't seen Kerri since last October before they went to New York to get more specialized treatment for her daughter. She was the first 'Mom of a child with cancer' that I met when Bryce relapsed in September. I needed her so much, then. She is just amazing, also. And now, I need you all to send out some very HUGE & POWERFUL PRAYERS for her daughter, Allie, her family, and Kerri herself. Allie is not doing well at all. That is why they 'sent her home'. It breaks my heart so much. Kerri had called me about a month ago from N.Y. Our family's were doing great, at the time. They found out the next day that the cancer had come back in her brain and spine really bad. We also found out bad news the next day, that Bryce had relapsed once again. She hadn't called me because she didn't want to bring me down. I hadn't called her maybe for the same reason but also because I am terrible at calling people back!! (Which reminds me...sorry I haven't called some of you back...) We both carry each other's phone numbers around in our purses, though. Please pray for their strength and healing. Again, my heart is just broken for them... They don't have a webpage.

And now, I wanted to tell all of you about a really great day in July.... It is called the Carnival of Love. It is a benefit for our family & Jamie O'Reilly's family that was started by Tim's aunt, Sharon, who belongs to our church. Thrivent is matching the funds. The Carnival of Love will be held on Saturday, July 8th from 10am to 3pm in Goodhue at the Firehall. It sounds like it is going to be INCREDIBLE!!! I'm not asking questions but I am hearing how much fun everyone is having setting everything up! So, if there is anyone out there who would like to mark it on your calendars so you don't miss it, then do so. I didn't want to hear that someone was bummed because they didn't know about. That would make me feel really bad. We are very excited about this BIG day! It is going to be sooooo much fun!!

I know you are all wondering how we are doing. We are doing ok. Again, we have our up's and down's. We are worried about losing our little guy but we continue to keep the faith and the hope alive that there is a cure for Bryce. We just have to find it. We know that God is leading us. We can feel God surrounding us. Our God has blessed us beyond imagination!!! We just need to keep praying for MIRACLES FOR BRYCE!!!! Thank you for all of your POWERFUL PRAYERS!! God can hear our thunder, and I know He is listening. Pray for all of our boys, pray for Brycer's friends and family. Pray for our positive attitude, all of us. Pray for the leukemia to stop reproducing in his bone marrow! God is sooooo good, He is holding Brycer in His healing hands. Bryce has been having left shoulder pain for 3 days and a tummy ache today. Pray for his comfort, peace and healing.... We love you all.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:52 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

This is a good time for me to write tonight because I have hope and faith from hearing good news about a young Mom named Dani Johnson! She had her appts. yesterday and her doctors found NO signs of cancer!!! Praise God!!! I've asked you to pray for her in the past, so now if you would like to send her some well-wishes & congrats that would be great! She is at caringbridge.org/visit/danijohnson. She's not feeling so well from all of the chemo and radiation but what a trooper she is!!! Way to be such a fighter, Dani! A positive attitude is such a huge part of the healing process!

I am also feeling good because there HAS to be SOMETHING that can improve our little Brycer's condition! There just has to be! We will see the Natural Path tomorrow afternoon. It didn't work out this afternoon. But, we did go to my chiropractor this afternoon. Bryce learned a lot, and she worked on him a little after she readjusted my spine. He did very well. We will talk with Bryce about scheduling another appt. with her. We see Dr. Neglia on Friday. I am feeling a bit hesitant about that appt. just because he has already told Dr. Kahn that there is nothing more that they can do for Bryce. I know many of you have said he is a great doctor, and I'm sure he is. I just feel like he may have already made his decision. But, I am a person with a very open-mind so we will see what he says on Friday. Part of me also wishes we didn't have to put any more of these terrible medications into his little body anymore, either!! Enough already...

Bryce went to school for a couple of hours this morning. He says he gets pretty tired at school. Tomorrow he will stay another hour longer. I wonder if he wants to leave earlier because it bothers him to not be doing what he "should" be doing--normal kid stuff. He said that he gets bored at recess because he can't play ball anymore. I offered to come and hang with him at recess so that is in the future plans, I'll have lunch with him before recess, too. After I picked him up from school today, he told me that he was going to take a nap with Ethan today. He napped on the couch for about 40 minutes. I was glad he was listening to his body. His left shoulder was bothering him today. I'm not sure why, though. He said it felt a little better (didn't hurt as much) after Dr. Lois worked on it. He was in a pretty good mood today. He was very happy to be a part of planting the garden! In fact, he woke up after an hour of sleep tonight to tell me to flush his lines, and the first thing he asked was, "Did you finish planting the garden?" Funny.

We are doing ok. It's such a rollercoaster ride. But, tonight I've spoken, and had a great conservation, with 2 of my closest friends, Brenda & Lana. That helped soooo much! Everyone always knows just when to call...I always tell them "When God tells you to call, call." They help me remember that we have to believe in miracles and keep the faith. Bryce was a miracle last December when he finally went into remission. And now, Dani is a miracle showing no signs of cancer. Jamie is another miracle. She called today, and she is doing great! God is soooo incredible! I am so thankful for everything that He has blessed me with in my life!!! EVERYTHING!!!! I forgot to send a big THANK YOU out to Bethany for making the awesome John Deere cake for Bryce's family b-day party on Sunday!! It was so awesome!!! I've put a new photo of him with his awesome cake in the photo album! Everyone is sooooooo great!!! We love you all, and we love all you do!!! Rest well tonight, we'll talk to ya tomorrow.

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, May 22, 2006 10:26 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

It was a very nice evening out anniversary celebration for Tim & I. We went to Fiesta Mexicana to eat, then to Sargent's Nursery for seeds and plants for the garden, and then to Wal-Mart. Sounds romantic, doesn't it?! It was very nice and much needed time to ourselves. And now, I was just sitting on my husbands lap reading all of the guest book entries and well-wishes from today. THANKS TO AUNTIE PAMMY AND COUSINS TONY & KELLI FOR WATCHING THE BOYS FOR US! I asked Tony if he was crazy or what? But, he enjoys being with the boys so much! He leaves tomorrow for San Antonio. We are going to miss him so much until July! THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR BRYCE & OUR FAMILY, TONY!!! You are the BEST!!!! We love you sooooo much!!! And another big THANKS TO GRANDMA LINDA FOR BRINGING SUPPER TONIGHT! I hear it was very nummy!!! THANKS IN ADVANCE TO TERESA (a sister Director in Mary Kay) FOR SUPPER FOR TOMORROW NIGHT! You are all so wonderful, supportive, and helpful!!! You are carrying us through all of this! Last Friday night, Nikki from the Goodhue Grill called us to treat us to fish fry to-go. It was sooooooooo good! It SO hit the spot! THANK YOU, NIKKI AND EVERYONE INVOLVED!!!!

I went with Joel to the Como Zoo today, and what a beautiful day it was. We had such a nice time together talking and taking pictures of each other. We spent time with some of our closest friends, too. I think the best part for me was holding Joel's hand so much and snuggling him on the bus. He loves to 'test the waters' with others but is such a honey and such a good kid! Today meant so much to me! Now, I need to get some alone time in with Logan & Mitch.

Tim took Bryce to his appts., and Grandma Linda left work early to watch Ethan. THANKS AGAIN, GRANDMA!! Bryce's counts are lower, yet. Hemoglobin 7.4; white count 400; ANC too low to count; and platelets 15,000. So, he received platelets this afternoon at the PITC. He needed red cells too but the doctors decided to wait and watch until Thursday to see what his blood does on its own. If he gets headaches or is very tired, we need to go in for a red cell transfusion. Otherwise, there is not much new. Thursday we will all go in to see the Psychologist. Bryce will have labwork before to see if he needs a transfusion before our busy weekend. He will get more Vincristine sometime between Friday and Monday, when we get him there. We are looking into some other ways of helping Bryce. Tomorrow, we are going to the cities to see a Natural Path that Tim spoke with on the phone this morning. Friday, we have an appt. to see Dr. Neglia at the U of M. We have about 8 leads to look into, and we need to work quickly. We are doing the best we can without getting too overwhelmed. I know that God will guide us in the right direction. I do not have a doubt about that. As our very special friend, Nyla--mother of little Ellen, reminded me tonight...God is guiding us, and we are doing his work. All of us are! And, as the song says (that Nyla introduced us to--Praise You In This Storm), God is whispering to us in the wind, He hears our crys, He is next to us the entire way... It is most definitely not an easy time in our lives, but we must remind ourselves that our God is bigger than Leukemia and can move mountains! We must BELIEVE & HAVE FAITH, even in the trying times (so keep picking us up!)...we must PRAY FOR MIRACLES FOR OUR LITTLE BRYCER!!!!!! I am so grateful for this Caring Bridge Web Page....it is my THERAPY!!! Love to all of you!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:20 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

Another great day... We went to church and it was a full house! My step Mom, Cathy, and my sister, Mina, sang and played piano for all of us! They came all the way from Bemidji with my Dad & Mina's husband, Aaron, for the b-day party. My sister, Amanda, and her husband, John, also came for the party with their son, William. They came from Winona. It was so great to see them, again! Will is adorable! Cathy & Mina did 2 songs, and they were beautiful!!! I was so proud to have them there!!! Their first song was about trusting in God. God knew I needed that song, today. I was having a bit of a downer morning, and the song was just a reminder of our true faith in Him... Most of our family's were able to attend to hear them, too. Everyone started trickling in for Bryce's family b-day party around 1-2pm. It was a full house, and it was sooo nice to be with family, again. Bryce enjoyed it, though he was pretty quiet. He woke up itching on the palm of his left hand, and then itching on the soles of both of his feet. We tried the Hydrocortisone cream, and then he wanted to try soaking in the tub. The tub helped. So, back to the party... We ate lots of food, took a lot of pictures and videos, and had nummy cake and ice cream. Bryce's appetite is getting better every day but the moodiness is not so fun--remember, the steroid that causes these things. And, now he's on 2 steroids... Poor kid. Not so much fun. But, he was in the kitchen cooking with me almost the entire time! He is sooooooo particular, somedays it makes me a little crazy. A lot of things have to be just so, and he needs to do them himself. The great news is that he got a Chef hat and apron from Auntie Shelley & Carson. He will wear them out, I can tell ya that much!! He received many creative and very well thought out gifts! Very unique things for a unique kid... THANK YOU TO AUNTIE PAMMY FOR WASHING UP ALL THE DISHES, AND THE GRANDMA'S & SISTER'S FOR CLEANING UP THE MESS!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE COUSINS AND UNCLES FOR SPENDING SO MUCH TIME WITH THE BOYS OUTSIDE! They loved it!! WE LOVE YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH!!! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY!!!

Tomorrow, I will go to the Como Zoo with Joel's kindergarten class! We are so excited!! It's our 13th wedding anniversary tomorrow, so the groom will be taking the blushing bride out for a nice quiet meal. I'm not sure when we will be going because Tim is taking Bryce to his appts. at 10:30am, and he will need platelets after that. They may not be home until 5:30/6pm. We'll just play it by ear, like always. Auntie Pam will be watching the boys for our night out! Let's pray for a peaceful night for her! Auntie Julie stayed after tonight and cut my hair in our kitchen. Yeah!!! I needed it so bad and never had time. Before I forget again, I want to THANK MR. GREG NIXON for our awesome meal at Carlos O'Kelly's last Thursday when we went to eat with the boys for Bryce's birthday!!! Mr. Nixon slipped me some green when we had stopped at the post office before we left for Rochester. Everyone is so thoughtful!!! We appreciate all of you!!! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO FOR OUR BRYCER AND OUR FAMILY!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:49 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

You know what they say...Time flies when you're having fun!!! These last few days have been so great and so quick! Today was incredible!!! You should have heard Bryce laughing and giggling. His smile was so real and genuine. He didn't get real silly or super playful but he did enjoy the day soooo very much!!! At 8:45am, we took a school bus driven by the owner, Denny O'Reilly who volunteered his entire day to some really happy kids and excited parents. THANKS, DENNY!!! What a day you gave us to be together rather than in seperate vehicles. The kids had time to laugh and play, and the parents had time to visit and watch. What a gift you gave us! We walked alot, we ate pizza & cake, and we watched Bryce's face light up as he opened his gifts outside in the zoo park. What a beautiful day. He received many wonderful gifts from his friends, one being a Playstation 2! You should have seen his face. His friend, Casey, asked his Mom if they (other family's included) could give him that because Casey wanted to give Bryce 'his smile back'... Is that just precious or what??? Bryce loved it. But really, he was very excited about all of his gifts. They were all so well thought out and special. He even got a cook book, bread, and soup that he can use at home. Lana gave him a photo album of him and Garett, friends & family included, since they were babies. While I was looking through it tonight, I found myself praying to God, again, to please, please, please let him live!!!! All of the gifts were so special! THANK YOU, EVERYONE!!! Also, more HUGE THANKS TO TRIS, LANA, AMY, TONY, AND KELLIE FOR ASSISTING WITH OUR GROUP! We NEVER could have done it without you! MORE HUGE THANKS TO JODIE, SHEILA, TRIS, AMY, LANA, MELISSA (& WHOEVER I MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT) WHO HELPED BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE ZOO FEES, DOLPHIN-TIME FOR OUR FAMILY, PIZZA, CAKE, & GIFTS! I hope your children realize everything that you did today because it could be a very big influence on them as they get older to help others. THE MN ZOO ALSO GETS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE BECAUSE I HEARD ONLY TERRIFIC THINGS ABOUT THE STAFF AND THE GIVING! WOW!!!!! After the dolphin show, we waited around so Bryce could be surprised with some time with the dolphins!!!! Dad, Mom, Mitch, Logan, & Bryce (Joel & Ethan were at Grandma & Grandpa's) got to go into the "dolphin zone" to do tricks with the dolphins and then, feed the dolphins fish after they did their tricks!!!!!! Can you believe that?! We played with the dolphins and touched them a lot. The people who work with the dolphins were so nice! But, the best moment for Bryce was when he sent the dolphin, Seymour, over to his friends to get them all wet! And boy, did they get wet!!! It was sooooo funny! My best part was HEARING BRYCE GIGGLE THE ENTIRE TIME THAT HE WAS PLAYING WITH SEYMOUR, THE DOLPHIN!!!! What a most beautiful and precious sound... One that a mother lives for. He was soooooooo happy!! I can still see his face and his smile. I can still hear his giggle. I wish ALL OF YOU could have seen and heard it... We don't get enough of those beautiful sounds these days. He was tired on the bus ride home. The kids were still pretty excited. The adults.......were exhausted!!! I think we may have worn Tony out. Poor guy. I know he enjoyed seeing Bryce so happy.... What a great b-day party!!!! This one will be etched in the memory banks forever.

Now, on to yesterdays appts. Long story, short. We are giving Bryce Vincristine & Decadron pulses. I don't know yet how often he gets the pulses. The Vincristine (given once via IV) is a chemo med, and the Decadron (oral for 5 days) is a steroid. This should "buy him some time" until we can get him in a Phase 1 study, they say. I also hate the sound of that phrase... I hope it works. Last September after he relapsed, they gave him Vincristine & Adriomycin and it didn't do a thing. So, this does concern me a bit. We are looking into taking our family to Hawaii to see my brother and his family soon. We may also have another huge moment for Bryce, if we can make it work... Bryce LOVES the Food Channel, as you all already know. Lana has gotten him tickets to the 'Emeril Live' Show in Manhatten, NY on June 5th!!! Bryce has said a few times, "I want to go to Emeril's show and watch him cook!" You should have seen his face when we told him about it and asked him if he would like to do it. Once again, PRICELESS! The part that makes me nervous is the amount of time before he is able to get going on this study. It could be mid to late June, and by then, the leukemia could be really bad. Dr. Kahn said we should definitely go on both trips! That really hit Tim hard. I believe most men are factual about information, and most women are emotional. They think about numbers and facts, and we think about fun and making people happy. Not always, but a lot of the time. It's my opinion anyway... Please pray for Tim's strength, all of our strength... But, most of all, PLEASE PRAY FOR A MIRACLE CURE FOR BRYCE!!! We have a few leads into other things: We have an appt. to see Dr. Neglia at the U of M next Friday, even though he said he could do nothing more with Bryce. Baylor University also said there was nothing more they could do. Dr. Kahn did find one leukemia Phase 1 study but it is not currently open. We are hoping by mid-June it is. We have Bryce taking his supplements/glyconutrients, again. We are also going to talk to a Natural Path in the cities. We must try very, very hard to find a cure for Bryce, once and for all!!!

Please pray for his health and healing and to be fever-free so he can stay out of the hospital. Pray that the leukemia slows down and stops producing more cells. We just can't imagine not having our little Brycer with us... He is so wonderful and precious. He's one-of-a-kind, just as your children are. They are all "precious in His sight". Pray for the medicine to work, for his positive attitude, and his faith & hope. We can soooo do this. Yes, we are very scared but we have to have hope and trust in God. It's a must. Our God is so good and full of MIRACLES! We've seen Him do it in the past with Bryce...let's pray He will do it, again now. We love you ALL!!! Good night.

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Friday, May 19, 2006 11:19 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

Another busy day has flown by!!! And, you'll never guess the energy level in Breuer Home at this very moment... There are 7 of my closest girl friends' here,...POWER CLEANING!!! Thank you, God!!!!!! He called in the troops! And, they are on a mission!!! There are decorations, orange balloons on the walls, the tub is being scrubbed plus the doors! I can't remember the last time the shower doors were clean... They are washing curtains and a table cloth and shaking rugs. How does that song by Martina McBride go? "I have been blessed"... Thanks goes out to Dawn, Camie, Carol, Deb, Barb, Lana, & Brenda!!! I know that there are some other "special ladies" who would have loved to have been here also. We know you were with us in mind. They also brought Tim & I an anniversary gift. Our 13 year anniversary is on Monday, the 22nd. They bought us a color 16x20 family photo from last September after Bryce relapsed. It was taken at the St. Mary's courtyard. It's my favorite picture, and I was going to get one someday but never got around to it. Now, I just need to look for a frame. How awesome is that?! The picture came from about 12 couples who are all close friends of our's. THANK YOU, EVERYONE!!! You show the true meaning of friendship, always. You are always lifting us up, showing us a good time, at times crying with us, and making us laugh, AND...loving us no matter what!!! But, most importantly, you ALL have the FAITH and TRUST IN GOD that we have, and that means so much, especially now. We love you all soooooo much!!! And, we miss you! So, this was a really nice treat to spend time with you tonight. Lana & I also believe it was good for Tim to hang with Dan the Man & Stevo, too. He soooo needed that!

Bryce's appts. went fine today. His hemoglobin is 8.2; white count 600; ANC 200; and platelets 6,000. So, he and his Dad stayed back to get platelets at the PITC. He also received a Vincristine push. Vicristine is a chemo medication. We will start the Decadron tomorrow. That one is a steroid. I went back to Red Wing to catch up with Mitch on his class field trip. I met up with him at 1pm. It was so nice to see him laughing with his friends and being a kid. I sometimes worry about him. He's a good kid. Don't get me wrong, he seems to be doing well. Bryce and the brothers have not asked any questions. We just take it day by day. We have information from Bryce's appts. today but I REALLY want to hang with my girls!!! So, after we are back from the MN Zoo tomorrow, I will update about that. The 2nd grade friends and parents have pulled out all the stops for the zoo trip, also! We have a school bus taking us, we have Pizza Hut pizza coming, we have all the supplies. Plus, I hear there is at least one special surprise for Bryce! I can't wait to fill you in tomorrow night.

By the way, today is the 3 year "anniversary" (again, I do not know why it is called an anniversary--it's not a celebration...) of when Bryce was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. That was a crazy, in-shock day. I still remember every minute of it... I'm sure Tim does, too. I am not dwelling on it, but I do think it is something to mention. Please send out HUGE PRAYERS for our little Brycer!!!! He is such an incredible little boy! He's had 3 years of this cancer stuff and needs to be finished, well & healthy! Pray for a MIRACLE FOR BRYCE!!! Thanks for checking on us. We love you all!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:33 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

A 'birth'day in the life of Bryce:
P.S. Birthday pictures have been added to the photo album!

6:50am Awake. Climbs into bed with Mom & Dad and is told about the day he was born. Loved every minute of it.

7am Gets Ethan from his room and brings him into Mom & Dad's room. Mom & Dad ask Ethan, "Is it Brycie's b-day today, Ethan?" Ethan responds, "Me eat candy!" Meaning, 'now that it's Bryce's b-day, I can eat the candy for the pinneata!' Go down stairs to open presents with the brothers.

7:15am Grandpa & Grandma stop by with gifts and hugs. Great Uncle Rick stops by bearing gifts, also. Eat!!! Take meds! 5 b-day phone calls!!

7:47am Misses the bus but handles it well. Another visitor, Jane, bringing gifts! Kisses Mom and he's off with his Dad to school! "No pictures, Dad!" Misses 4 more b-day phone calls!!

8:05am Desk is decorated beyond imagination!! Thanks to all of our gift giver's...Ethan Strenge, the Custodians, & Grandma. Missing 3 more b-day phone calls.

11am More balloons delivered by Carol & girls while eating lunch! HUGE smiles across his freckled face! Missing more phone calls--Mom stops counting. Many gifts delivered at home by this time...

2:50pm Mom & Dad arrive at Bryce's classroom with a surprise. ***I just have to back up the train here a second. On Monday night, I read a journal entry to him from his cousin, Tony who is in the Air Force in San Antonio, TX. They share the same b-day and try to always celebrate together. After reading Tony's entry of b-day reminders and wishes, Bryce turned to Auntie Pam (Tony's Mom) and said, "So, I guess Tony won't make it home for our b-day." She said, "Well, I don't know?.." She called Tony the next day and told him what Bryce said....He then booked his flight and arrived in MN at 10:15 this morning!!

2:51pm It's PRICELESS!!! Bryce's jaw drops as he sees Tony! He runs and jumps into Tony's arms, and they hug like they haven't seen each other in years!!! It's been since December. Tony spent a day with us in the hospital. By the way, Tony wore his Air Force uniform and answered questions for the 2nd Graders. What an INCREDIBLE young man! Calm down all of you young, single women, he's only 21 and his Mom's not ready for him to settle down, yet! AND, we sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BRYCE, TONY, AND TERESA who stopped by with her b-day treats, also. What a fun day and memory!! Yes, it's on camera and video...

3:20pm Leave school and stop at home for a bit. Pam, Tony, Kelli, & Grandma have to help bring in all the b-day balloons and gifts! Missed 3 b-day phone calls.

4:15pm Grab Dad & head for Carlos O'Kelly's mexican with the brothers!!!

4:55pm Arrive at CoK's and get priority service compliments of our friend, Brenda! The table has balloons, a card, and a sombrero (that he got to keep) plus chips and salsa!! What more can a hungry family ask for???

5:45pm After eating an extremely tasty mexican meal, we leave CoK's to find a Cadillac Escalade Limosine parked outside for the Breu Crew compliments of In Style Limosines and our friend, Jodi!!! Yes, this on camera and video, also...

5:46pm Another priceless moment and smile on the face of Mr. Bryce!!! Brenda was there catching it all on her digital camera, too. THANKS BRENDA, JODI, & IN STYLE LIMOSINES!! Bryce felt like a KING because of all of you!!! Cruised around Rochester in the limo foys. Missed 4 b-day phone calls.

7:35pm Arrive home to a kitchen floor full of BIG, ORANGE BALLOONS!!! Another priceless moment on the face of our Big Red. Thanks to Auntie Shelly & Cousin Carson for the fun! And, by the way, it was Dad's face that had a 'funny' look on it. His lips read,...we won't print that... Funny and very clever, Auntie!!!

8pm Getting the first 3 into bed. Bryce gets the meds and nutrients in. Not so fun any more...

8:36pm Prayers are said. He's kissed goodnight. Special b-day hugs, ONE MORE TIME!!!! Lots of "love you"'s...

10pm Still missed another b-day phone call from Uncle Chris & Auntie Gloria in Hawaii. Bummer--5 hour difference.

So, we have appts. tomorrow. We will drop Ethan & Joel off at Auntie Shelly's for the day. Bryce has lab work at 8:30 and sees Julia and Dr. Kahn at 9:45. We will discuss Phase 1 studies, etc. He will also need a platelet transfusion. He has more petichiae coming...Was that the correct spelling, Kari & Brenda? It's late...

THANK YOU FOR THE BAZILLION GUEST BOOK ENTRIES THAT YOU LEFT BRYCE TODAY AND FOR ALL THE GIFTS YOU SENT OR DROPPED OFF AT THE HOUSE!!!!!! Very clever and creative, Nikki & Karen...All ORANGE treats!!! Oh my goodness,... I almost forgot to tell you that I had to go and get the mail from the mailman today. He handed over 2 stacks and said to wait. He handed me a 3rd stack! I said, "Wow. We counted 27 yesterday." He said, "I think I counted 73 today!" The brothers thought that was so cool that the numbers equalled 100! Now, there are well over 100 b-day cards for Bryce! You should have seen his, once again, priceless expression when he saw that stack!!! I'm sorry but we didn't have time to get through them all! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING A LITTLE, 8-YEAR-OLD BOY FEEL LIKE HE IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD TODAY...nothing medical involved! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!! We love you all!!!! Thank you God for all of our awesome support system!!!! Please continue the huge, powerful prayers for our friends, big & small!

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & EthanSO MUCH FOR MAKING A LITTLE, 8-YEAR-OLD BOY FEEL LIKE HE IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD TODAY...nothing medical involved! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!! We love you all!!!! Thank you God for all of our awesome support system!!!! Please continue the huge, powerful prayers for our friends, big & small!

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:26 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

Bryce had another good day at school. He is pooped out but very glad to be there. I had fun running like a mad woman today to plan for the b-day party's and special surprises!! What an adrenaline-filled day!!! It really kept my mind off of things. The phone rang a bunch of times, again today! Thank you again for all your phone calls and words of inpsiration in the guest book!!! I dropped Ethan & Joel off at Lori's around 11ish and headed to Wal-Mart. I got the b-day supplies for the parties. We are having Bryce's friends b-day party on Saturday. We are taking a bunch of his friends to the MN Zoo by school bus. Thanks to Denny O'Reilly donating the bus and driver, and Lana for lining it up! Thanks, Carol B., for your extra ka-ching sent specifically for this trip!! We will be sure to use it! I also found some special gifts for the special boy. Then, I went out to Sargeant's Nursery and found some outdoor plants...lots of them! Now, I need to get them into pots & fresh soil. I am very excited because I actually had a great idea while looking for plants. ORANGE!!! I bought all orange plants in honor of our little Brycer. I led him out to the garage tonight, eyes shut tight, to show him. He was very pleased with my purchases! He loved the idea. That made it even more worth while. I'm sure he'll be getting his hands dirty with the rest of us in the next few days!

He seems to be ok. His tummy has been hurting today, he said. He has 4 BM's so I'm not sure what is going on in there. His tummy feels and looks distended to Dad & I. I will try to feel his liver in the morning. He didn't want me to tonight. His liver has been very enlarged for a few weeks, now. He has been eating a little more everyday so that is good. We are talking to him about drinking more water and some juice rather than milk ALL day long. He did get his supplements in this morning and tonight. They just taste so yucky to him. He uses applesauce but that just doesn't do the trick. Any ideas? We're gonna try salsa tomorrow. He loves spicy salsa! Another thing I am wondering about is if there is anyone out there who knows someone who has traveled down the same or similar road we are taking who has tried Phase 1 Study's with their child (hopefully around the same age as Bryce) and family's who have not tried Phase 1 Study's with their child. We would like to hear their stories, experiences, and opinions. When the doctors looked into a Phase 1 Study on Monday, there were not any open at the time. They say spaces open up every few days. Bryce is on the list. It goes across the whole country. Each medical facility has access to it. Please pray for God's guidance on our decision on whether or not to try these studies. We are leaning more towards trying them, but we want to hear what other's have experienced with them. We will see Julia and Dr. Kahn on Friday morning to hear what they have found out from the other medical facilities.

I want to thank all of our visitor's today, again. Lana, Becky, Jamie, and Auntie Julie--THANK YOU for the strength you shared with me today. Everyone's phone calls gave me even more strength! Julie picked the boys up from school again today--yesterday too. They loved it! Bryce loves her silliness!! He shakes his head at her a lot. It's very cute. The adrenaline rushes came from a couple of very close friends and family who have some big surprises planned for the next 4 days!!!! All that I am going to say is WOW.... You people are absolutely INCREDIBLE!!!!! You pull out ALL the stops. You go above and beyond. There is no limit or boundary. You have kept me going all day long. You have kept my mind so busy! You've kept a smile on my face...And for that, I thank you. Bryce is going to be smiling ear to ear. And, I can't wait to see that million dollar smile. I am telling you all, there are so many people doing so many things that I need to write them down so I don't let anyone get by without a thank you in the next few days. Ok, I'm back. I just made my list! Plus, you should guess how many b-day cards he received today in the mail!!! Just guess.... Are you ready? Ok, what was your number? Did anyone guess 26? Close! It was 27!!!!! You are all sooooooooo great for an 8 year old boy who soooooooo needs your pick-me-ups!!! Thank you a million times over! We are forever grateful to you! Tomorrow, we will eat where ever Bryce (b-day person in our family picks the restaurant) wants to. We'll be leaving home around 4pm for our evening out as a family! I am soooooo looking forward to it! It's a very special thing that we always do on our b-days.

I know that you are all wondering how we are doing...I'm not sure what to really say. The boys 'seem' ok. They are going to have so much fun in the next few days, and they deserve it sooooo very much! Tim & I...We're up with hope and praying for a miracle. We're loving the b-day excitement! My mind was so busy today, Tim's was spraying crops. He is the organizer, stabilizer, stratigizer. I am the happy, nurturer, keep everyone content person. Our minds our busy getting supper in, homework done, meds in, showers done, teeth brushed, tucked in, prayers said, and then, it's quiet. And then, we feel Bryce's tummy tonight, and we are scared and down. Reality hits, and we remember that there is a huge chance we may lose our precious son. Our hearts continue to break. Our minds continue to wonder. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves to give it to God because we can't handle any more... We are so fearful of losing our baby. We are so scared of what are boys' may go through. The really good thing is that we are in total and complete comfort with knowing that God is by our side every second of every day. He is sooooo good. What would life be like without our God? I couldn't even imagine!!! God has given us all of our blessings, big and small. He leads us, He guides us, He gives us peace, strength, courage, hope and faith, unconditional love, forgiveness, and MIRACLES!!! I know He could give us a MIRACLE. We need to continue to pray for our MIRACLE FOR BRYCE!!! We need to pray for his strength, his body to heal, his positive, healing attitude, his faith & hope, and his love for life!!! Please continue to pick us up. We need you more than ever at this point in our life. We need to continue to give it to God.... Keep us going. We love you all!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 10:31 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

The little dude is almost 8! And from what I remember...It's great to be 8!!!
Thursday, May 18th is the BIG day!

Thank you for your phone calls and messages today in the guestbook. You are most definitely picking us up and brushing our knees off. We soooooooo need that!!! Two very positive people told me today that we don't know that a new medication may not work. And, that's true. We don't know. Bryce may be the "break through" patient. We haven't made any decisions, yet. We want to talk with Bryce a little about it. We are also waiting for a few phone calls from some family's who have traveled this road with a child Bryce's age. We want to hear their opinion.

I did tell Mitch & Logan this morning. I just told them that there is more cancer cells in his bone marrow, and we are looking into other things we could try. Logan asked how much was in his bone marrow, and Mitchell just quietly wiped tears away. I told them that we need to keep praying and to pray for miracles. They know that they can talk to us at anytime. I told them if God was leading them to talk to someone else, they should do that. I told them it was ok to cry, because crying is a natural emotion that God gave us. It helps us to deal with things. I also told Mitchell that he did EVERYTHING right. His cells were definitely helping but the cancer is so agressive. He is one of our hero's... Logan is still quiet, he will talk when he is ready. Mitch too. He did say he was ok but scared, tonight. We told them if they were having a rough day at school, we would come and get them at any time. Bryce had a good day at school. It was good for him to be back in the swing of things. He moves slowly and is very tired but needs that time away from the medical world. He had diarrhea 3x today. I'm not sure if it's the antibiotic causing it or something else.

Great Grandma Buck brought supper over tonight, so we told her she needed to eat with us. I had the "gentleman" talk with Bryce because he sometimes doesn't want to talk or hug those family members who help us out. Wow, did it work. He hugged and thanked Great Grandma, and he gave her one of his "million dollar smiles"! She loved every minute of it!!! It was so great to see her so happy and to spend good, quality time with her. My and Tim sister's, our Mom's, and Tim's Dad have been here off and on over the past 24 hours. It's nice to spend time with them. My heart breaks for them. They hate to see Bryce going through all of this. But, we are trying to remember to be positive and believe in miracles for Bryce! Tonight, he actually said he would do the supplements, again. So, we started them, and then he did not want to finish. But, he did. What a trooper. I think this shows me that he does want to fight, still. He doesn't want to give up. We want so badly to have him here with us always!!! Julia called and has made an appt. for us to see a very good Psychiatrist next week, as a family. I would also like to call our Pastor for some time with him. We are going to Bemidji to see Grandpa & Grandma over Memorial weekend for some pontoon rides and fishing with family. The boys will be in their glory!

Pray for no fevers, counts to rise, and energy for Bryce. Pray for God to completely heal him and free him from leukemia, once and for all. Pray for our family's strength and comfort. I find so much comfort in the Lord.... I also find comfort in not thinking about "it", if I can. It's called LaLa Land... Tim is busy getting the spray coop ready to spray crops tomorrow. His mind is going a mile-a-minute on curing Bryce forever. Please hug your children more and appreciate everything that God has given us. Life is good. Someone always has it worse. Yes, we are sad and broken-hearted but we still have HOPE & FAITH. We love you all.

Bryce will be celebrating his 8th birthday on Thursday, May 18th. He has been very excited for his big day. If anyone wants to send him a birthday message by mail his address is:

Bryce Breuer
39303 215th Ave.
Goodhue, MN 55027

Thanks in advance! I know he will love it.

PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR MIRACLE PRAYERS FOR OUR LITTLE BRYCER!!!!!!! Please don't give up, even though I know we lose a little more hope each time we hear news like this. We are soooo very blessed with 5 boys, and we want to always have our 5 boys alive and healthy by our side.... It breaks my heart that our young boys, especially Bryce because of everything it has done to his body and mind, have to go through this. It breaks my heart that Bryce's young friends have to go through this. It breaks my heart, that Bryce's grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins have to go through this. Please pray for them, also. You all mean the world to us!!!! We love you sooooo very much!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, May 15, 2006 10:22 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

Bryce will be celebrating his 8th birthday on Thursday, May 18th. He has been very excited for his big day. He received about 8 cards in the mail today, most of them were from our new friend's, Rick & Penny, from Georgia and their family members. We met Rick & Penny at the Nicole Nordeman & Casting Crowns concert on April 29th. Thanks for lifting Bryce's spirits, Rick & Penny & family! You should have seen his face when I kept handing him the cards one by one. It was precious. If anyone wants to send him a birthday message via mail his address is:

Bryce Breuer
39303 215th Ave.
Goodhue, MN 55027

Thanks in advance! I know he will love it. We are having his family b-day party on Sunday. He already has the meal all planned out thanks to steroids. Now I wish we could get him to eat more than 2 bites. We can see that he is getting thinner. He's still down 5 pounds. We're working on it but you see, it's not easy trying to get him to eat. He's almost 8, and it's just not that simple. His counts are hemoglobin 9.1; white count 600; ANC 310; and platelets 7,000. So, after appts. we went to St. Mary's PITC for a much needed platelet transfusion. We will go back to see Julia & Dr. Kahn on Friday for labs and another transfusion. We stopped by Miss Ella's room for a quick visit. Bless her heart, she just kept watching Bryce like she always does. He loves that! They have that true BMT connection!! I wish they could have known each other on a different note...

We saw Julia at 1:15. Bryce's spinal fluid is clear. Dr. Kahn came in after a couple of minutes and asked Bryce & Joel if they wanted to go watch TV... We hate it when Bryce is asked if he wants to leave,...we know it's gonna be bad. You see, when a person relapses within the first 3 months after transplant, it's not good. And, we knew this but we hoped for the best... Bryce's bone marrow is showing 25 percent blast cells. Blast cells are the cancer cells. The chimerism is his peripheral blood (blood outside of the bone marrow) and that 100 percent is good but these blast cells will eventually creep into his peripheral blood, also. A transplant is the biggest, most invasive treatment they can do for a person in Bryce's condition. He cannot have another one because he would not survive the chemo and radiation with his body so weak from his bone marrow transplant in December. His body is not responding to the Donor Lymphocyte Infusion enough because the bone marrow is already showing 25 percent blast cells. If they did another DLI, he would just get more GVHD which he has already had enough of. We are looking into Phase 1 Studies which mean "new medicines with questionable dosages because they are so new". We have the doctors calling the U of MN and Baylor University to get their opinion. St. Jude's has already responded to Dr. Kahn and said, "There is nothing more that we could do for him." So, with that, they want us to consider his 'quality of life'. I hate even typing that... Trust me...WE ARE CHECKING INTO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE!!! I have the doctors lining up an appt. for all of us, especially the boys, to see a Psychiatrist/Psychologist on Peds. We will find out more on that this week. We need to get that ball rolling very soon...

So, of course, Tim & I are extremely upset (without letting Bryce see it so much). Bryce is quiet about it. He knows that the cancer is back and that we are looking into what we should do next. He has cried 3 times since his transfusion today, that's way more than usual. He didn't ask any questions tonight. He wants to be free of this nasty disease. He doesn't want to take any more pills. We were trying to get him to take the supplements again tonight. That made him very upset. He was so sad to know that the Robin's egg we found would not hatch. He didn't want the baby bird to die. He wished he hadn't even known about that. I think he has so much going on in his head, it just kills me and Tim!!! And, Tim. His heart is so broken, too. I love him so much!! We are not giving up. The doctors know that we are desperate but they reminded us that we don't want him to suffer, either. It kills me to be typing ANY of this. Cancer is so ugly and so wicked. GOD IS SOOOOO BIG, and that still gives me a little hope. I am not angry with God. HE is what gives me peace. He never wants us to suffer or hurt. He only wants the best for us. He will get us through this. I don't know what else to say. We need some time.

PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR MIRACLE PRAYERS FOR OUR LITTLE BRYCER!!!!!!! Please don't give up, even though I know we lose a little more hope each time we hear news like this. We are soooo very blessed with 5 boys, and we want to always have our 5 boys alive and healthy by our side.... It breaks my heart that our boys, especially Bryce because of everything it has done to his body and mind, have to go through this. It breaks my heart that Bryce's friends have to go through this. It breaks my heart, that Bryce's grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins have to go through this. Please pray for them, also. You all mean the world to us!!!! We love you sooooo very much!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, May 14, 2006 10:16 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

Just a quick one tonight...Don't act so surprised! Today was great! My boys gave me roses, the Casting Crowns CD, and the most beautiful cards I've EVER received in my life!!! Both, from my husband and boys!! What are the chances of that?? The boys card was one that they needed to fill in the blanks. It was from their hearts!! And, it was sooooo cute and funny!! Brycer slept in until 7:30am. Yesterday, he woke up early. In the hospital, he was sleeping until 8am everyday. We went to Sunday School and Church. It was really nice. The kids sang. Bryce received a cross for Sunday School attendence. He tried so hard not to smile while he was standing up front. You could tell he didn't know why he was there. He sat down and asked me, "What was that for?" I said, "That was for Sunday School attendence. Everyone who was up there came to every S.S. this year or missed one. They gave you your pin because they knew if you hadn't relapsed, you would have attended every one of the Sunday's." He was very proud!! Thanks, Dawn & Sarah! What a thoughtful gesture that Bryce loved! After church, we came home and relaxed. In fact, I took a quick nap. It felt wonderful!! Then, the boys played outside, and we went to Great Grandma Buck's and Great Grandma Anna Marie's. We picked up pizza on the way home. We ate the pizza while watching the video of the boys spring concert on Friday, and we watched the Nicole Nordeman & Casting Crowns concert. Bryce smiled and sang away!! I do believe that the concert at the Xcel with Nicole and C.C. was one of his happiest moments EVER!!! It is so nice to see him really, really smile...

Bryce has decided he will not go to school tomorrow. I know he listens to his body, and I am thinking he doesn't have enough energy for it, yet. We like to let him make his own decisions when he can. I know he'd love to see his friends but we need to leave for Roch. at 11am anyway. We have labs at noon and see Julia at 1:45. Then, we will head over to St. Mary's to see Miss Ella for a bit. We'll see if he may need a platelet transfusion, also. Hopefully, his counts are starting to recover on their own. So, I will fill you in tomorrow night. I'm guessing we will get the spinal fluid results tomorrow. We're sooooo excited and greatful to God for the AWESOME chimerism results we received yesterday!!! Thank you, God!!! Sleep well, everyone! We love you all!!!

So, now I will add a few more friends' to our HUGE & POWERFUL PRAYER LIST... There is an awesome, sincere, couragous nurse in the PICU who has a son with hydrocephalis--water on the brain. Her name is Angie, and her son is Teagon. What an adorable little 2-year-old boy! He has a very long road ahead of him, and his parents are so inspirational... Please add him to your prayer list for healing and improvement in his brain. Angie and I talked for a while the other night, and she just inspires me to no end. His webpage is www.caringbridge.org/visit/teagonheinrich. And, I am almost sure you have heard or seen the Carlsen twins on WCCO. They are conjoined twins from Fargo, ND. They had their miracle surgery today, and it went very well. I saw Jesse & Amy last night on 3F. Jesse asked about Bryce and told me he'd be praying for him. Amy looked strong, yet emotional...like any normal Mom would be. They are such nice, faith-filled people! Each time I've seen them, including the girls, they are smiling and happy. They give me hope and strength to be a better Mom. Their webpage is www.caringbridge.org/visit/abbybelle. I know any one of our friends' would appreciate a note from you! And, if that means one less note for us, then so be it!! Lift them up and hold them tight. Just as Jesus wants us to... Thank you to EVERYONE for EVERYTHING that you do for us,...especially all of your POWERFUL PRAYERS!!! I know God is listening. Love to all of you!

I've added a new friend to our HUGE prayer list...Her name is McKenna. She is fighting a huge fight against Alpers Disease. Her brother, Drew, is an Angel in Heaven because of Alpers Disease. Please send out some HUGE & POWERFUL prayers for McKenna & her family. They need all the strength and faith we can send them!!! God is watching over McKenna and holding her. We need to prayer for MIRACLES for her. Stop by her webpage and reassure her family that we are all there for them. It is www.caringbridge.org/mn/drewolson. Thank you so much!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Saturday, May 13, 2006 9:19 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

I can safely say things are getting back to normal. Bedtime is crazy and late, and the boys are tired. The house is a mess, and we're not sure where to start cleaning. And, most of all, we are all happy to be home TOGETHER!!! Life is good. Bryce has had a great day! He is slowly moving around and asking about food. He's still eating the same,...after a couple of bites, he's done. Dad took the 3 older boys to Red Wing late this afternoon to do some shopping. Ethan is now in the big boy bed for the first night. He did really well, but I think our friend and daycare provider, Lori, helped with that one. Thanks, Lor! Tomorrow is the last day of Sunday School, and the boys sing at church. It should be a full House!

Now, for the big stuff...Dr. Imran called late this morning to check on Bryce. He told us that Bryce's chimerism was back and it was 100 percent donor cells!!!!!!

PRAISE GOD, ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!! HE IS SOOOOOO GOOD!!!!

We are so grateful to God and give Him all the glory for these glorious results!! Now, we will continue to wait patiently on the bone marrow and spinal fluid results. The spinal fluid results will come back on Monday, and the bone marrow (where the blood is produced) results will probably be back by Thursday, that's only my guess, though.

I want to send a big, huge hug to all of our family's out there who were also dealt a difficult health situation with their child or themselves, no matter what the situation may be. We have been brought to this life changing moment for some reason. I'm not sure why but we are here, and it is not up to me to question God, although, in all honesty, I have twice in the past. We have been brought together, and we lean on each other. We feed off of each other's strength, courage, hope, and faith. And, that's a very good thing. We watch each other deal with these difficult times. We watch the sickness, the sadness, and the healing. We cry together, we talk about our fears, we hug, and we praise God! These friends' of our's are a HUGE part of the healing process!! So, I just want you all to know how special you are to us. We appreciate you all sooooo very much!!!

And, now I want all of our supporter's to know how special you are to us... On the most difficult days, you lift us up with your words of inspiration and encouragement. You listen to us, you hug us, you cry with us, you praise God with us, you bring us food and gifts, you take excellent care of our children! I'm not sure where we would be without you... I pray for your family's to have strength, faith, and great health. I pray for less and less children, and adults, to have to deal with situations like these. I'm not having a pitty party here, I'm having a praise-you party here!!!! You all deserve such praise and recognition for all that you do for all of us!!! Your guestbook entries, cards, gifts, PRAYERS, love, and hugs are greatly appreciated, more than you could ever imagine!!! YOU are the BEST!!!!!!! I thank God everyday for YOU being placed in our lives!! I know all of the other Caring Bridge family's feel the same as we do.

So, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all of the OUTSTANDING MOMMY'S in our lives!!! I know that you care about Bryce, and all of the other children--with or without a battle, like you care for your own. I know that Bryce's story and the other children's stories touch home to you even more because you have children of your own. I've been there...I cried for 2 weeks when I found out my sister's friend's daughter was diagnosed with leukemia a year before Bryce! We are sooooo blessed!!! God places these special little people in our lives at His perfect timing. What a special gift... I want to wish all the Mommy's and Mommy-wanna-be's or Mommy-soon-to-be's a very special day tomorrow. We have the BEST "job" of all!!! Don't we??!! I hope you get spoiled rotten!!! Love to all!!!

So, now I will add a few more friends' to our HUGE & POWERFUL PRAYER LIST... There is an awesome, sincere, couragous nurse in the PICU who has a son with hydrocephalis--water on the brain. Her name is Angie, and her son is Teagon. What an adorable little 2-year-old boy! He has a very long road ahead of him, and his parents are so inspirational... Please add him to your prayer list for healing and improvement in his brain. Angie and I talked for a while the other night, and she just inspires me to no end. His webpage is www.caringbridge.org/visit/teagonheinrich. And, I am almost sure you have heard or seen the Carlsen twins on WCCO. They are conjoined twins from Fargo, ND. They had their miracle surgery today, and it went very well. I saw Jesse & Amy last night on 3F. Jesse asked about Bryce and told me he'd be praying for him. Amy looked strong, yet emotional...like any normal Mom would be. They are such nice, faith-filled people! Each time I've seen them, including the girls, they are smiling and happy. They give me hope and strength to be a better Mom. Their webpage is www.caringbridge.org/visit/abbybelle. I know any one of our friends' would appreciate a note from you! And, if that means one less note for us, then so be it!! Lift them up and hold them tight. Just as Jesus wants us to... Thank you to EVERYONE for EVERYTHING that you do for us,...especially all of your POWERFUL PRAYERS!!! I know God is listening. Love to all of you!

I've added a new friend to our HUGE prayer list...Her name is McKenna. She is fighting a huge fight against Alpers Disease. Her brother, Drew, is an Angel in Heaven because of Alpers Disease. Please send out some HUGE & POWERFUL prayers for McKenna & her family. They need all the strength and faith we can send them!!! God is watching over McKenna and holding her. We need to prayer for MIRACLES for her. Stop by her webpage and reassure her family that we are all there for them. It is www.caringbridge.org/mn/drewolson. Thank you so much!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Friday, May 12, 2006 10:56 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

I am not sure where to start, now that I have "cooled" down.... I updated at 3:08pm today before we went home and was very satisfied with the entry!! It didn't save, obviously... Now, I am back. Long story-short, we are home because Bryce has not fevered since Monday and I believe, the doctors think he needs to go home and be happy. The steroids are really taking their toll. He was less ornery today because of the discharge news, though. Yeah for that! They transfused platelets last night and checked his blood afterwards. His platelets were 47,000; hemoglobin 8.1; and white count 600. This morning his counts were platelets 39,000; hemoglobin 8.7; white count 600; and ANC 300. They are waiting to transfuse again because they want to see what his blood will do on it's own. His ANC was not where they wanted it but, again, I think they knew it was best to send Bryce home. He will see Julia Monday afternoon. As always, we are on "fever patrol" meaning, if he gets a fever of 101, we are back in to the unit. He went down for his bone marrow biopsy and lumbar puncture (they added that today since he would be asleep already) around 11:15am. He was back after 2pm. He turned on the Food Channel immediately and started listing off the things he wants to eat. Fried chicken, soft shell tacos, and Carlos O'Kelly's mexican food. So, we waited for Dad and the brothers' to come and pick us up and guess where we had supper? You got it, Carlos O'Kelly's. Those steroids are a joy....haha. No really, it is good to see him interested in food, again. It's just that he wants things soooooo bad and then, he takes one bite and doesn't eat any more of it. AND, you have to get everything just (exactly) right!!! The steroids are in charge of healing but also mood swings, insomnia, and cravings/food. The steroids are a rollercoaster ride, in itself.. Still, no results from the chimerism. I'm not going to even go there. One word,...patience. For some reason, God wanted us to have a weekend without the results--and I'm not saying that that is a bad sign. I just know that we don't know for some reason... And, I'm ok with that. Yes, our minds are a little busy right now but we are not going to let them get out of control. That would be the work of the enemy and again, I'm not gonna go there. We are tired and ready to climb into bed. Life is good, gang. We are so grateful to our incredible God for EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE we have in our lives... I mean that from the bottom of my heart. We are so incredibly blessed beyond all measure with our boys and our marriage, our family and friends', our friends' in YOU, and our fabulous medical staff!! We were so sad to say goodbye to our newest friends, Miss Ella and her parents... Before we left, Bryce whispered something in my ear and then, he went back to his room. He came back with his big, huge flower balloon from Nicole and gave it to Krista for Ella!!! He wanted her to have it, and he was so (quietly)proud of his gesture. I am telling you,...they are such an inspiration to all of us!! To watch them with their 7 month old baby girl. They are so calm. Their trust in God is contagious. They gave us strength, and trust me, we leaned on them... They remind us of many of our friends' we have found at St. Mary's--Bob & Tawnia, Eric & Brenda, Wes, Nyla & Ellen, Shannon, Lori, Adam & Jess, Mark & Kristi, Jamie & Zach, Karen & Nikki,....I could go on and on. The list is endless so please forgive me if your name is not here, it most definitely is in my heart!!!! We love you all!!!! We are happy to soon be seeing our family & friends around home, again. We miss all of them so much, too! We are very ready for life to be the normal-chaotic home-life, once again.

So, now I will add a few more friends' to our HUGE & POWERFUL PRAYER LIST... There is an awesome, sincere, couragous nurse in the PICU who has a son with hydrocephalis--water on the brain. Her name is Angie, and her son is Teagon. What an adorable little 2-year-old boy! He has a very long road ahead of him, and his parents are so inspirational... Please add him to your prayer list for healing and improvement in his brain. Angie and I talked for a while the other night, and she just inspires me to no end. His webpage is www.caringbridge.org/visit/teagonheinrich. And, I am almost sure you have heard or seen the Carlsen twins on WCCO. They are conjoined twins from Fargo, ND. They had their miracle surgery today, and it went very well. I saw Jesse & Amy last night on 3F. Jesse asked about Bryce and told me he'd be praying for him. Amy looked strong, yet emotional...like any normal Mom would be. They are such nice, faith-filled people! Each time I've seen them, including the girls, they are smiling and happy. They give me hope and strength to be a better Mom. Their webpage is www.caringbridge.org/visit/abbybelle. I know any one of our friends' would appreciate a note from you! And, if that means one less note for us, then so be it!! Lift them up and hold them tight. Just as Jesus wants us to... Thank you to EVERYONE for EVERYTHING that you do for us,...especially all of your POWERFUL PRAYERS!!! I know God is listening. Love to all of you!

I've added a new friend to our HUGE prayer list...Her name is McKenna. She is fighting a huge fight against Alpers Disease. Her brother, Drew, is an Angel in Heaven because of Alpers Disease. Please send out some HUGE & POWERFUL prayers for McKenna & her family. They need all the strength and faith we can send them!!! God is watching over McKenna and holding her. We need to prayer for MIRACLES for her. Stop by her webpage and reassure her family that we are all there for them. It is www.caringbridge.org/mn/drewolson. Thank you so much!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:32 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Afternoon~

I'm updating early because we have a busy next 4 hours that we are excited about! First of all, Bryce's CBC was forgotten by the lab guy this morning so it was drawn at 10:30am, then they wondered if they had the wrong results but to make a long story short, Bryce's counts are getting lower. His hemoglobin is 9.2; white count is 500; ANC is ?--too low to count? ; and platelets are 13,000. He had a transfusion yesterday which should have made his platelets jump but they went way down. I have to admit that this scares me. But, I do have my faith and trust in God! We still don't have any results from the chimerism. He will get platelets tonight because believe it or not, there is a shortage of platelets today. CALLING OUT ALL PLATELET DONOR'S!!!! We need more platelets here, gang! Do what you can. I am a platelet donor and I know that they want you to be a blood donor for a while first. At rounds, the doctors told us that if Bryce was still here (he would have gone home if his ANC was 500 or more), he would have his bone marrow biopsy tomorrow. So, that is the plan. NPO after midnight--no food or drink. Hopefully, they will take him down around 8am, who knows. It's always a waiting game. But remember, if we've learned anything these past 9 months, it is patience and trust in God. Both are the BEST to have...

So, I have been feeling the fear and doubt and my friends have pulled me through, again. I am hoping that Dad is coming down tonight at some time. Lana and Garrett are on their way! We are very excited about that!!! We painted windows this morning in the unit. Bryce wanted the window by the nurses station to have a rainbow with flowers, rain drops and lightening bolts. At the top, he had me write "Praise You In This Storm". It turned out awesome!!! I am so proud of him for the faithfilled idea!! Then, we went to our friend, Ella's room and painted her window with her name and little baby footprints. It's really cute. Bryce was very tired out after that so we went back to the room. He ate a little and then took a 45 minute nap. His eating still isn't huge but he's eating a little. His weight is down 5 pounds, now. We are very excited because Ella's parents have invited us over for a pizza party tonight! Bryce loves pizza. You should have seen his huge smile when Clint asked him...Priceless. We love you all! We miss you all. We pray for you, too. Hug each other tonight and know that that hug was from the Breu Crew...

I've added a new friend to our HUGE prayer list...Her name is McKenna. She is fighting a huge fight against Alpers Disease. Her brother, Drew, is an Angel in Heaven because of Alpers Disease. Please send out some HUGE & POWERFUL prayers for McKenna & her family. They need all the strength and faith we can send them!!! God is watching over McKenna and holding her. We need to prayer for MIRACLES for her. Stop by her webpage and reassure her family that we are all there for them. It is www.caringbridge.org/mn/drewolson. Thank you so much!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Teagon, Abbigail & Isabelle, McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Michelle's family, Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:32 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Afternoon~

I'm updating early because we have a busy next 4 hours that we are excited about! First of all, Bryce's CBC was forgotten by the lab guy this morning so it was drawn at 10:30am, then they wondered if they had the wrong results but to make a long story short, Bryce's counts are getting lower. His hemoglobin is 9.2; white count is 500; ANC is ?--too low to count? ; and platelets are 13,000. He had a transfusion yesterday which should have made his platelets jump but they went way down. I have to admit that this scares me. But, I do have my faith and trust in God! We still don't have any results from the chimerism. He will get platelets tonight because believe it or not, there is a shortage of platelets today. CALLING OUT ALL PLATELET DONOR'S!!!! We need more platelets here, gang! Do what you can. I am a platelet donor and I know that they want you to be a blood donor for a while first. At rounds, the doctors told us that if Bryce was still here (he would have gone home if his ANC was 500 or more), he would have his bone marrow biopsy tomorrow. So, that is the plan. NPO after midnight--no food or drink. Hopefully, they will take him down around 8am, who knows. It's always a waiting game. But remember, if we've learned anything these past 9 months, it is patience and trust in God. Both are the BEST to have...

So, I have been feeling the fear and doubt and my friends have pulled me through, again. I am hoping that Dad is coming down tonight at some time. Lana and Garrett are on their way! We are very excited about that!!! We painted windows this morning in the unit. Bryce wanted the window by the nurses station to have a rainbow with flowers, rain drops and lightening bolts. At the top, he had me write "Praise You In This Storm". It turned out awesome!!! I am so proud of him for the faithfilled idea!! Then, we went to our friend, Ella's room and painted her window with her name and little baby footprints. It's really cute. Bryce was very tired out after that so we went back to the room. He ate a little and then took a 45 minute nap. His eating still isn't huge but he's eating a little. His weight is down 5 pounds, now. We are very excited because Ella's parents have invited us over for a pizza party tonight! Bryce loves pizza. You should have seen his huge smile when Clint asked him...Priceless. We love you all! We miss you all. We pray for you, too. Hug each other tonight and know that that hug was from the Breu Crew...

I've added a new friend to our HUGE prayer list...Her name is McKenna. She is fighting a huge fight against Alpers Disease. Her brother, Drew, is an Angel in Heaven because of Alpers Disease. Please send out some HUGE & POWERFUL prayers for McKenna & her family. They need all the strength and faith we can send them!!! God is watching over McKenna and holding her. We need to prayer for MIRACLES for her. Stop by her webpage and reassure her family that we are all there for them. It is www.caringbridge.org/mn/drewolson. Thank you so much!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:55 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

We've had a pretty good day here at the hospital. No fevers, no diarrhea, and just a bit of itching in the morning, again. We've had lots of visitors today. Auntie Julie, Jordan, Jon, Julie H., JoHanna, Brenda and Dad, Joel, & Mitch. Mitchell stayed all day with Bryce while Dad and Joel left around lunch time so Dad could go plant beans, again. Dad is hoping to finish up planting tomorrow. Our friend, Brenda, picked Mitch up after work and brought him home. Thanks, Brenda! At doctors rounds, I again asked about the bone marrow biopsy and they told me they are just waiting for the chimerism results before they start talking bone marrow biopsy. They all told us that they do feel he has had GVHD of the liver and gut (intestines). His liver enzymes are going down and the diarrhea is gone--just loose stools, now. So, we are seeing improvement. It must be the IV steroids kicking in. Maybe that is part of the grumpiness, too.... The steroids have always been known as the "mood swing, insomnia, hungry" medicine. Not always so fun. But, they are all for healing and repair so we sure do appreciate that!!! His counts are hemoglobin 9.7; white count 800; ANC 330; and platelets 19,000. As you can see, the platelets took a drop so they gave him a transfusion today. We are still waiting for the ANC to rise above 500 so we can go home since he is not fevering. I told Bryce that TOMORROW WILL BE A 500 DAY!!! He said, "Na huh." We need to think positive! We are planning to get the chimerism results tomorrow and we are thinking positive for them, also! PLEASE SEND OUT HUGE PRAYERS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW FOR 100 PERCENT DONOR CELLS, once again!!!! Bless his heart,...Bryce needs another break! God is holding him, rocking him, and blessing him every single day. He just wants to be healthy and home. Please speak loud and clear to God tonight and tomorrow for great health and healing for our Brycer! We love you all!!! Thanks for every one of your prayers and well-wishes! You keep our heads above water and brush our knees off. We appreciate you all soooo much!!! God bless...

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like McKenna, Ella, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:55 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

We've had a pretty good day here at the hospital. No fevers, no diarrhea, and just a bit of itching in the morning, again. We've had lots of visitors today. Auntie Julie, Jordan, Jon, Julie H., JoHanna, Brenda and Dad, Joel, & Mitch. Mitchell stayed all day with Bryce while Dad and Joel left around lunch time so Dad could go plant beans, again. Dad is hoping to finish up planting tomorrow. Our friend, Brenda, picked Mitch up after work and brought him home. Thanks, Brenda! At doctors rounds, I again asked about the bone marrow biopsy and they told me they are just waiting for the chimerism results before they start talking bone marrow biopsy. They all told us that they do feel he has had GVHD of the liver and gut (intestines). His liver enzymes are going down and the diarrhea is gone--just loose stools, now. So, we are seeing improvement. It must be the IV steroids kicking in. Maybe that is part of the grumpiness, too.... The steroids have always been known as the "mood swing, insomnia, hungry" medicine. Not always so fun. But, they are all for healing and repair so we sure do appreciate that!!! His counts are hemoglobin 9.7; white count 800; ANC 330; and platelets 19,000. As you can see, the platelets took a drop so they gave him a transfusion today. We are still waiting for the ANC to rise above 500 so we can go home since he is not fevering. I told Bryce that TOMORROW WILL BE A 500 DAY!!! He said, "Na huh." We need to think positive! We are planning to get the chimerism results tomorrow and we are thinking positive for them, also! PLEASE SEND OUT HUGE PRAYERS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW FOR 100 PERCENT DONOR CELLS, once again!!!! Bless his heart,...Bryce needs another break! God is holding him, rocking him, and blessing him every single day. He just wants to be healthy and home. Please speak loud and clear to God tonight and tomorrow for great health and healing for our Brycer! We love you all!!! Thanks for every one of your prayers and well-wishes! You keep our heads above water and brush our knees off. We appreciate you all soooo much!!! God bless...

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 8:23 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

Bryce has had a pretty good day! He has not had a fever since yesterday!! He has not had any diarrhea since last night! Whatever is going on inside his body to slow these things down is a good thing! He has been more ornery today, though... That's not always a good thing. He did say once today that he didn't feel well, so I am sure the GVHD is still making him uncomfortable. The GVHD on his legs and arms did flare up today. He was very itchy again this morning. So, we brought some Benedryl on-board. That seemed to help. We can also do a 'wrap' with the cream we apply three times a day, but we'll do that when he is very itchy again. That was advice from the Derm. team. On his doctors rounds, they told us they ordered a chimerism blood draw for today. Lab came up at about 4:30pm for that. His counts are hemoglobin 9.9; white count 900; ANC 340; and platelets 42,000. He's holding his own... They will check his liver function tests tomorrow. I asked when he will be able to go home and when we will do the bone marrow biopsy. They said, he will go home when he hasn't fevered for a couple of days and his ANC is above 500. His bone marrow biopsy date has not been set, yet. They are still waiting for his body to recover a bit from the GVHD. They feel good about starting the steroids yesterday. But, they won't kick in for a few days. He is finished with the Flagyl but still on the Cephipime and Ambisome. He continues with the Triamcinolone cream and the Atarax three times a day for itching. He ate Great Grandma Buck's chex mix (Thanks Grandma!!) today and some left over chicken quesidilla's. He likes spicy foods! He slept well last night only getting up around 3am to use the bathroom. I guess the lightening woke him once also. I never would have known. I was one tired girl!

Other than that, I don't know much else. I got to visit with Tracy Idler today who is someone who "showed me the ropes" when Bryce was first diagnosed. So, that was much needed. Dad came down around 9:30am and left around 4:15pm. Our friend, Becky, watched Ethan today. I can't wait to hear the stories about the day. Our friend and daycare provider, Lori, will have him tomorrow and Thursday. Thanks for helping us out with Ethan, everyone!! He's a busy one but so much fun! Hopefully, we will be home soon!! The boys have a concert on Friday afternoon. I haven't even reminded Bryce, yet. I don't want him to be disappointed. I have a feeling that his orneriness is due to not feeling well but also missing school, his friends, and brothers/home. The rest of The Crew is doing well. We are just waiting patiently to be together, again. Our friend, Ethan, went home today! We're so happy for him!! As Dorothy would say, "There's no place like home"... Again, I am so happy that things are looking up for us and for our Brycer!! Thank you for all of your help and prayers!!! We give God all the glory for Bryce's healing and recovery. God is sooooo good.....

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, May 8, 2006 5:20 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Afternoon~

I'm here early in hopes of going to bed earlier tonight. Wish me luck! Bryce has had a pretty good day. He has had a little more energy and has been talking a little more. Dad came down for doctors rounds which was nice. He left around 11am to go plant beans. The doctors decided, with Bryce's diarrhea output and his liver function tests steadily increasing, that they would start him on the steroids today. His legs are more red, and we think the rash is spreading a little, also. His bilirubin is at .8 and reference range is normal up to 1.0. So, they are thinking it could be getting into the liver, not for sure but it could be so it's better to be safe than sorry. The steroid he gets is less than 1cc twice per day through his IV. This steroid will start the healing process of the GVHD. I don't know how soon it kicks in. I also forgot to ask when they will schedule his bone marrow biopsy. The nurse called Dr. Imran later in the afternoon to ask, and he said not yet. We'll probably discuss it tomorrow. Dr. Boyce from Infectious Disease came in today, too. Because of Bryce's fevers, I.D. needs to step in. Dr. Boyce is very "kid-friendly" and we don't see him very often, we saw him quite a bit last fall on 3 Francis. Bryce finishes his Flagyl today, he'll be happy about that. It was a pill,...the less pills he has to swallow, the better. His counts are hemoglobin 9.6; white count 1,000!!; ANC 340; and platelets 47,000. Those transfusions yesterday helped! Did you notice the jump in the white cells, too?? Yeah!!! (That didn't have anything to do with the transfusions, though.) He did have a fever during the night and the highest his temp. has reached today is 38.5/101.3 around 2:15. So, already he has had less Tylenol today. That is improvement!

Our friend, Becky, came by this morning. She joined in on the Playstation 2 fun. And, we had a nice lunch together plus we worked on the puzzle in our room. Bryce played our neighbor, Clint, in some Playstation 2. I heard him say Clint beat him once. I know Clint was teaching Bryce to play baseball, too. That's a new one for us. Nikki & Karen stopped by today, too. Nikki had her chemo treatments today. I got to see her Prom pictures, what a beautiful young woman! JoHanna from Child Life stopped by and has brought paints so Bryce can paint the windows in the Unit playroom tonight. He and Mitch did that on 3F last December. Now, Grandma Ann stopped in with Rhubarb Torte! Can you say spoiled rotten? Bryce's teacher, Mrs. Peterson, is on her way, next. He will be very excited to see her! Ethan & Joel got to go to Great Aunt Cindy's today to get spoiled rotten! I'm not sure who had more fun! Great Grandma Buck went over there and ended up getting Ethan to sleep for his nap! She fell asleep with him. Wish I could have had a picture of that! Thanks Cindy & Grandma! We sure do appreciate everyone's help with the boys!! Needless to say, we've had a very busy day at the hospital!!! Only a 20 minute nap, and there is a special "behind the scenes" on the Food Channel tonight! We are doing very well. The eating is slowly improving along with the spunk. Keep the prayers coming for everyone! We love you all!!! Thank you for everything that you do for us!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, May 7, 2006 11:08 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

Wow, another day done. I'm sure you are saying the same thing. Time flies. Bryce had a pretty good day today. He woke at 3am to use the bathroom and ended up dry-heaving also. He woke at 3:30am and 5:30am for labs. The lab guy goofed something up. Then, Mitchell woke up before 6 and vomited... **Send a special prayer out for that one so Bryce doesn't get it.** Tim picked up Mitch and Logan by 6:20am. Bryce woke up at 6:30am for the day. He still had his routine temp. throughout the night, we used the Tylenol as usual. The doctors want us to monitor how much diarrhea he is having. They are adding more normal saline 0.9 percent IV to add back into him what he is losing in stools. They also added Potassium because his is a tiny bit low and the Ambisome will decrease it also. I think his rash is a bit more red today but it may also have something to do with his fevers, I'm wondering. His rash is considered a Grade 2 for GVHD, 0 being nothing and 4 being the worst. They will check his liver function tests tomorrow. We're mainly watching the Bilirubin but also the Alk. Phos. and GOT (that was for Carla & Julie and all the other lab girls checking in). If he continues with all of this diarrhea, then we may need to do a colonoscopy to get a biopsy of the colon for pathology. Yes,...I already asked the doctors...he WOULD be SLEEPING. We will talk a bit more about steroids tomorrow. I just have a little bit of a fear in the back of my mind about the GVHD getting out of control. But, they are the experts. I am a "secondary expert"....just kidding, sord of... His counts today were hemoglobin 7.8; white count 600; ANC 200; and platelets 20,000. His counts continue to drop because of the fevers and Mitchell's cells attacking. Again, I asked and this is normal. So, he received red cells and platelets today. They did a blood culture late yesterday afternoon and late today because of his fevers hitting around 101.8 to 102.9. Everything continues to be negative.

Bryce actually had a bit more spunk get into him today around 11am. Grandma Cathy (my step Mom) and Dena (one of our favorite 3F nurses) stopped by. So, of course, he challenged them in some Playstation 2! He loves to play people who have never played or just plain aren't any good! It was very fun for him! Then, Clint, (our unit neighbor & Ella's Dad) stopped over to give him more of a challenge! Bryce was Mr. Confident and said, "Ok, I'll play you. Have you ever played?" And, you should have seen his face when Clint told him that he had a Playstation 2 at home! But, Clint does not have the Gran Turismo. So, Bryce may be in luck! They didn't get to play together today because poor little Ella had fevers and was not feeling well at all! I feel so bad for her and her parents. This was the first yucky fever and blood cultures for her. Please say some extra prayers for her to have a good night and for her counts to rise. She is such a doll!!! Speaking of dolls, Grandma Linda came to stay with Bryce while I went back to my niece, Kelli's, confirmation in Red Wing. Kelli did great and looked beautiful, by the way... The Grandma's have AGAIN been such INCREDIBLE helpers this past week!!!! I just don't know what we would do without them!!!! Bryce LOVED having his Grandma time today. He did try to eat a little more today than yesterday. I got back around 6:45. Bryce asked me to snuggle right in and watch some of our favorite evening TV...the Food Channel. He loves to cook, so this is very appealing to him.

OK, I just realized what time it is and I need to go to bed!! Hugs to everyone!!! We miss you! We miss the brothers' terribly along with our normal, chaotic family times!!! Ethan was so sad when I left him. And, I can just feel me and the boys' hearts sink when we depart. We miss our daily routine, too!! Please send lots of prayers for lots of "things" for Bryce! Our God is so absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! He already knows what needs to be done but loves hearing us trust in Him for all of these things. Lean on Him........ I was reminded at Kelli's confirmation today that 'trust in God' is a gift, faith is too... What incredible gifts to be given, don't you think???? How lucky can a girl (or anyone else) get? I've got my life, a great support system, and the Big Guy!! Now, that's something to write about.

I've added our little (transplant unit) neighbors name to our prayer list. Little Ella had a bone marrow transplant yesterday!!! She is almost 7 months old and from Albert Lea. She is so beautiful!! Please say an extra prayer for her to feel well tonight and everyday after. She is just precious. You could stop by her webpage and wish her well! It's caringbridge.org/visit/ellaanderson. I'm sure her parents, Krista & Clint, would love to hear from you! We had a nice time visiting with them tonight! Now, on a sad note, our caring bridge friend, Michelle, has become one of God's special Angels in Heaven tonight. Please say a very huge prayer for her husband, Mike, and her twins Max & Lauren. I know that she was such an incredible wife, mother, daughter, and friend. She touched so many lives, including mine. Pray for their strength, comfort, and healing during this difficult time. God is with them and Heaven is an even better place now with Michelle there. Sue, if you want to talk, just call. I'm here for you and I am sending you a huge hug!!! Rest well, pleasant dreams, Love to all!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Saturday, May 6, 2006 6:47 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

What a beautiful day outside! We've had the shade open most of the day, other than for a quick 1/2 hour nap for Bryce. The doctors made their rounds this morning and we don't know a whole lot more. Bryce is continuing to have his steady fevers. The Tylenol lowers his temp. for about 5-7 hours. At 12:30am last night, his temp. was 102.2 so he woke then for Tylenol. He woke for labs at 5am, that's when Dad left. And then, he woke at 7:15am for the bathroom and his temp. was 101.8 so he had more Tylenol. His temp. was 101.8 at 1:15pm, again. So, you can see that his fever continues throughout the day with the Tylenol helping for a while. The blood cultures are all still coming back negative. They have decided to stop the Vancomycin antibiotic because of the negative blood cultures. They don't want him to build an immunity to it. He continues on the Cephipime antibiotic. He also has the Flagyl antibiotic. He started Diflucon (and had one dose today) for an anti-fungal for his liver but they switched him over to Ambisome late today. This is a very strong anti-fungal. He will have his 1st dose tonight at 8pm. It is an IV drip for a couple of hours. He has had this medication in the past. The doctors decided the Ambisome will be better than the Diflucon because the Diflucon can increase his liver enzymes. They don't want anything interferring with the liver enzymes. His bilirubin came back a tiny bit higher but still within normal range. I'm sure they will be watching this, yet. His liver is still very large. He seems a bit more comfortable today. He is not lying on his right side as much to favor it. The other liver function tests are higher, yet. Something seems to be going on in his liver. I am guessing it is either GVHD or a fungal infection. I expect them to tell us more tomorrow. His counts are hemoglobin 8.2; white count 700; ANC 147 ; and platelets 45,000. As you can see, his ANC is extremely low. So, we are requesting that anyone who visits is healthy and has not been around any known illnesses. Bryce has very little "fighting off" white blood cells to fight off infections. His stool is still very loose today and a little more frequent. It was watery this last time. They sent some off today to be tested. His skin is pretty much the same. It is not itching any more than it has been and not spreading any more, either. He seems to be more comfortable today and was happy to see Mitch & Logan, Auntie Shelly and Cousin Carson this afternoon. He played Playstation 2 for about 45 minutes and then, came back to the room to climb in to bed. He has not eaten anything but a few Goldfish crackers today. He drank a little milk, some apple juice, and water. His weight has been maintaining. Julia and Dr. Kahn had stopped by yesterday and said we would do a bone marrow biopsy when he is feeling better....I'm guessing that means no fevers and liver problems.

So, we continue to ask for lots of prayers for our little Brycer. God is holding him and taking care of him. God has a plan for him. God has a plan for all of us. But, on a funny note, I don't know what the plan is to get Mitch and Logan home tonight!... We'll know more tomorrow!

I've added our little (transplant unit) neighbors name to our prayer list. Little Ella had a bone marrow transplant yesterday!!! She is almost 7 months old and from Albert Lea. She is so beautiful!! Please say an extra prayer for her to feel well tonight and everyday after. She is just precious. You could stop by her webpage and wish her well! It's caringbridge.org/visit/ellaanderson. I'm sure her parents, Krista & Clint, would love to hear from you! We had a nice time visiting with them tonight! Now, on a sad note, our caring bridge friend, Michelle, has become one of God's special Angels in Heaven tonight. Please say a very huge prayer for her husband, Mike, and her twins Max & Lauren. I know that she was such an incredible wife, mother, daughter, and friend. She touched so many lives, including mine. Pray for their strength, comfort, and healing during this difficult time. God is with them and Heaven is an even better place now with Michelle there. Sue, if you want to talk, just call. I'm here for you and I am sending you a huge hug!!! Rest well, pleasant dreams, Love to all!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Friday, May 5, 2006 10:37 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

It's been a busy day! Brycer just did not feel well today. He mostly layed around and didn't talk much. Bryce's night was better last night. He was only awake 4 times to use the bathroom, get a drink, take some Tylenol, and for lab. The itching was much less. In fact, it was the least amount of itching during the night since last Friday! He had a fever at 3:30 of 102. He has had continuous Tylenol throughout the day to keep his temp. down. Jessica was our nurse today and she is WONDERFUL!!! We have Darcy tonight so we are very excited about that! They both stay on top of things which gives "the parents" much relief!! We will have both of them all weekend!! Yeah!! Doesn't take much to get us excited does it? And actually, Bryce really like both of them and that is very important to us. His temp. was up to almost 102 again at 5pm today. Plus, he had been having abdominal pain since noon so Dr. Andy who is the PICU doctor today ordered abdominal x-rays to rule out pneumatosis. Because of his history of it, they just wanted to be sure. The x-rays came back negative. I believe he is having pain because of his enlarged liver. He was laying on his right side almost the entire day. The liver is on the right. I think it is more comfortable for him to lay that way. Dr. Imran and I noticed that Bryce has a very small amount of yellowing in his eyes. They are checking his bilirubin tomorrow. They didn't check it today. They did do blood cultures again around 6pm. All of the other blood cultures are coming back negative. We are not sure why he is having these fevers. His counts today were hemoglobin 8.4; white count 800; ANC 250; and platelets 17,000. So, he received a platelet transfusion today around noon. He took a half hour nap which helped a lot. His stool is getting closer to being at the diarrhea state. So, we are seeing 1) Rash--skin, 2) watching for jaundice in his eyes--liver, and 3) loose stools--intestines. All 3 are GVHD areas of importance. The Dermatology team stopped by and said that the skin biopsy is GVHD. Hopefully, we are getting some good engraftment! Now, we just need to make sure it does not get out of control... All of these things are most definitely making him very uncomfortable. They have not started any steroids, yet. The steroids will start the healing process of the GVHD. By the way, I can't have my cell phone on in the unit so you can call our room at 507-287-4317. It's also on the webpage info. If we nap, I take it off the hook.

Dad came down tonight around 7:30pm. Bryce was very happy to see him! He has been busy planting beans. He will take off early tomorrow morning to go back in the field. It was just a nice little treat for Bryce to spend some time with him. We miss the brothers so much, too! They are probably coming down tomorrow sometime. If they could be, they would be here everyday!!! I don't blame them. They want to know everything that is going on plus,...the hospital has CABLE!!! The sad part is that they become zombies and don't hear a word I say when the TV is on!!! Anyone else's kids do that???? I guess it's just the fact that they are together, right?! Our God is soooo good. We are soooooo blessed!!!

I've added our little (transplant unit) neighbors name to our prayer list. Little Ella had a bone marrow transplant today!!! She is almost 7 months old and from Albert Lea. She is so beautiful!! Please say an extra prayer for her to feel well tonight and everyday after. She is just precious. You could stop by her webpage and wish her well! It's caringbridge.org/visit/ellaanderson. I'm sure her parents, Krista & Clint, would love to hear from you! We had a nice time visiting with them tonight! Now, on a sad note, our caring bridge friend, Michelle, has become one of God's special Angels in Heaven tonight. Please say a very huge prayer for her husband, Mike, and her twins Max & Lauren. I know that she was such an incredible wife, mother, daughter, and friend. She touched so many lives, including mine. Pray for their strength, comfort, and healing during this difficult time. God is with them and Heaven is an even better place now with Michelle there. Sue, if you want to talk, just call. I'm here for you and I am sending you a huge hug!!! Rest well, pleasant dreams, Love to all!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Thursday, May 4, 2006 9:32 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

Today was a good day. The doctors made their rounds and have not said anything about going home, yet. They didn't check his liver enzymes today, they said they will tomorrow. His counts today are: hemoglobin 8.6; ?ANC 400?-not so sure about that; and platelets 25,000. So, no transfusions today. Bryce still is fevering. Last night at 10pm, it was 102.9. Today and tonight it still hovered around 100.4 to 101.8. It seems like the Tylenol takes it down and once it wears off, his temp. goes back up. He was feeling fairly well today, especially with Ryan here. He ate a couple bites of string cheese at noon, and then part of a breadstick, a few bites of pears, and part of a cookie tonight. That was better than yesterday. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better. He was feeling very yucky tonight when he went to sleep. He is tired of the cream for his body, too. It seems like the rash may have stopped spreading. His itching is mostly at night when he is trying to sleep so then, he has a hard time sleeping. We will see Dr. Kahn in the morning. I am curious to see what she thinks of his GVHD rash. I don't know at what amount of rash that they will start the steroids to stop the GVHD. Dermatology, Dr. Jacobs, took a skin biopsy today on the inside of his right lower leg. First, EMLA cream (numbing) was applied for 1 1/2 hours. Then, she gave him a numbing shot and let that kick in. She took a tool that cuts a perfect circle and placed it on the area and turned it until she had her sample for pathology. Then, she put in 2 stitches. The stitches will be removed in 1 week. He did very well. The results should be back maybe by tomorrow or Saturday. I can't believe it's Friday tomorrow! The days do go by quickly here.

Wes and April Zitnay stopped by today with a prayer quilt from the ladies in their church. Thank you so much, it's beautiful! It was so nice to see them. Wes' hair is almost the same length as Bryce's now,...maybe he had a hair cut. I'll have to ask him. Wes has challenged Bryce in some more Playstation 2, the 2nd showdown... I hope Bryce is feeling a little peppier tomorrow so he can have some fun. Other than that, we are doing ok. We really miss the brothers!!! Bryce talked to Mitch tonight. That made both of them feel better, I think. Of course, Mitch wants to stay overnight tomorrow night. We're looking into it. Logan had his 3rd grade field trip today at the Festival of Cultures. I called him after school to hear all the details. He said, "I didn't really try to have fun today, Mom because I kept thinking about Bryce and that he missed his field trip to the zoo today." I told him, "That was very thoughtful and considerate of you, Logan. Thanks for thinking about him." He was glad to hear that Bryce and Ryan had fun, too. I love the fact that all of "our" children are thinking so much about other people and their needs. Bryce has learned so much from all of you!

And finally, Hello Goodhue 2nd Graders! We hope you had a great time today at the MN Zoo!!! Did you all find your animals for your reports? Bryce and Ryan have a special animal that JoHanna made for them for their report. Wait til you see it, Ryan! You're going to laugh! It was such an awesome thing that you came to the hospital today. Bryce will be working on his Playstation 2 Skateboarding skills while you are away. Maybe next time, he will actually have a chance against you! You were so much fun to hang with today! Your Mom was, too! You and your classmates have taught so many people to be considerate and caring towards others. Way to go! Thanks to you, too, Jodie! It was great to see you, again. (We've got Ryan's sweatshirt here).

I just want to say THANKS again for everything that you do for our family. Our prayers are working!!! We will get Bryce over this hump and move on, again. I pray for God's blessings upon each and every one of you tonight and every night. We are so grateful for all of you!!!! Please continue to pray for all of our friends, big & small, who are fighting their battles. No matter what the battle may be... We met our neighbors today. Little Ella will be 7 months old this month and she will have her bone marrow transplant tomorrow. Please keep her in your prayers. What a precious little one to have to go through so much... Love to all!

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, May 3, 2006 10:00 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

I am updating from the Transplant Unit Playroom computer because my lap top is acting goofy! Bryce is asleep. His temp. is down to about 100.4. It got as high as 102.7 this afternoon after an hour and a half (much needed) nap. They drew blood cultures again at that time. We got to the E.R. last night around 12:15am. It was our longest visit in the E.R. I jinxed myself last night when I asked the doctor over the phone if we would get to go up to the room fairly quickly!! Ooops! We got to his room, the same room he was in in December & January, at 2:40am. Bryce had only dozed off & on a few times in between. We finally went to sleep around 3:30 and woke about 3 times for either Tylenol, itching, or itching cream application... We rolled out of bed around 9:30 with the doctors rounds.

The doctors are not sure what is causing the fever but Bryce will be in the hospital for a few days. They are concerned about his liver. They are watching it and will probably draw his liver enzymes again tomorrow. They don't know if his increased liver enzymes and enlarged liver are from the GVHD or something else. They are looking into it. They told us they may ask us to stop the supplements we are giving him to see if that may be causing the liver concerns. Tim & I decided not to give him any supplements for a few days and see how it may affect his liver or not. He is not jaundiced. The true answer if he has GVHD in his liver would be to do a liver biopsy but they are not deciding to do that, yet. I thought we would see Dr. Kahn today sometime but we didn't. She is his transplant doctor. We saw Dr. Arndt and Dr. Imran who are on hospital rounds for Peds Oncology. Dermatology was suppose to stop by today. Maybe they stopped when we were sleeping and forgot to stop back. They need to take a skin biopsy to confirm the skin GVHD. Bryce is not real hungry. He just does not feel very good. We watched a movie this afternoon and he did get to the playroom to challenge me and Dena in some Playstation 2 Grand Tourismo. We were laughing pretty hard at Dena's driving skills! She is one of our favorite nurses, and friend, from 3 Francis. I can't remember all of Bryce's counts from the E.R. but today his hemoglobin is 8.7 (9.3 in E.R.); white count 900 today; ANC 341 in E.R.; and platelets are 38,000 today. So, you can see that the fevers burn up the cells pretty quickly. We'll see how the night goes. He may needs some red cells and platelets tomorrow. He is not eating much. I am trying to get him to drink more. We are using the steroid cream for his skin 2-3 times per day. He is taking the oral itching pill, also. He is itching less but the rash is spreading more. They started an oral antibiotic called Flagyl today, too. He is also getting 2 IV antibiotics.

Tomorrow is Bryce's class trip to the MN Zoo. On the way to Rochester last night, Bryce got quiet and a few minutes later he asked in a shaky, teary voice, "Mom? If I can't go on my class trip to the zoo, can we go some other time?" I said, "Absolutely! We could take your brothers or even some of your friends!" He thought that was a good idea but he was still disappointed. Now, I'm not sure if you read the guestbook today but his friend, Ryan, has chosen to come to the hospital tomorrow instead of going to the zoo. It turns out that Mrs. Peterson had Bryce and Ryan paired up together for the zoo trip anyway. Ryan did not know that before his decision. God works in mysterious ways, doesn't He?! Bryce is very excited to see Ryan! He wants to challenge him in some Playstation 2. I don't know who's more excited though, me or him...

Last night when we left the house (in the banged up Mary Kay car), Bryce asked, "Mom? Do you know what that one star in the sky means?" And I said, "No, I don't." He said, "That is Jesus looking down on me, taking care of me. When there are 2 together, it is Jesus and God. All the other stars are the Angels." I said, "Wow, Bryce. You are a young child and you just taught an adult something that she never knew!" What is your perception? More and more everyday, I am reminded that God is with us WHEREVER we go!!!! Thank goodness for that! I am so grateful to have God in my heart and in my life... Where would we be without Him? Love to all...

I am keeping in this last paragraph below for a few more days. It is something very special that I wanted to share with the WORLD!!! It's also in God's timing. My Mom's cousin's daughter, I believe she would be my 2nd cousin (?--I am terrible at figuring that out), goes to college in Pennsylvania. Katy is from MN and is such an outstanding young woman!!! She has been very inspired by Bryce and has, therefore, completed the Relay for Life in PA in Bryce's honor. She has also wrote a very special college paper on Bryce. It is absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! I wanted to share it with all of you!! THANK YOU, KATY, FOR YOUR VERY INCREDIBLE MESSAGE ABOUT OUR BRYCER. IT WILL BE IN MY HEART, FOREVER!!! God has such a plan for Katy! I can't wait to continue to watch it unfold... Theses young people are our future, and what a future we have in-store....

ORANGE: It’s the color that holds the same name as a citrus fruit. It’s the color associated with autumn leaves and pumpkins. It’s a color that is not necessarily the most popular. However, it’s the color of the balloons that a young boy’s classmates released in his honor as he experienced one of his happiest moments yet, returning back to school. This boy’s name is Bryce Breuer and on May 19th, 2003, the day after his 5th birthday, he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, also known as ALL. As I stand in front of you today, it is with great pride that I introduce you to this amazing young boy. Bryce is not only a close relative to me, but he is a young trooper who I look up to in so many ways. His sincere heart, playful attitude, and faith in God is what has made him an inspiration to several people and is the reason he will beat this battle with cancer.
When Bryce began getting bruises on his body, swollen lymph nodes, and bad “tummy-aches,” his parents knew something was wrong, but no one expected the news that he had leukemia. For any small child to experience illness is normal, but to this degree, it can be a very scary and confusing process. As Bryce goes through his various chemo treatments, and most recently, a bone marrow transplant from his older brother, he continues to show his strength and courage, but he is not one to want all the attention. According to his caringbridge.com website, “Bryce still asks questions, but he also reminds his parent's and brothers' of certain details of the ongoing treatments. He loves all of his brothers' so much and truly enjoys the time together.” Throughout this whole process, he has also met many other children who are struggling with medical conditions, and his compassionate heart has made certain that our prayers go out to them as well.
Bryce is one of five boys growing up on a family farm in Minnesota, and he is a farmer boy through and through. As Bryce went through his treatments, he had to stay in the hospital, but as he has continued to get stronger, his favorite past time activity is riding in the tractor with his dad. Little kids are known for their energy, so it was sometimes hard to witness such a young child stuck in bed, but Bryce is a strong little boy with a playful attitude and that has helped to make him maintain such a positive outlook. When I asked him what his favorite sport was, he said he wasn’t sure because he has always been too weak to play one, but he has recently picked up on how to bounce a basketball, so that’s kind of a big deal. Words cannot even begin to describe the feeling his family and friends get when they see him so happy back at school and once again participating in his favorite subject, recess.
Our family has always held strong values toward God, but when the news spread from family member to family member that our little Brycer was ill, the strength in our beliefs increased tremendously. Two powerful sayings that Bryce and his family follow to guide them through this difficult time are, “With God, all things are possible” and "Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly" found in Chronicles 28:20. Another example that genuinely illustrates the fact that Bryce is a young boy who finds comfort in God is a story his mom, Susie recently told me. It was the day after Christmas and the day before his bone marrow transplant that Bryce asked his mother if “yesterday was Christmas.” When she said yes it was, Bryce looked at her and said, “Well God didn’t give me my Christmas gift yet, he is giving it to me tomorrow.” Bryce is truly a gift from God and it is through his dedicated faith in God that he will only grow stronger and healthier.
Every day when I think I’m leading a stressful life or I feel like nothing could be worse, I just think of Bryce and everything he has had to endure before even turning eight years old. Bryce’s kind heart, energetic personality and passion toward God is what proves to me that even a boy, younger and shorter than me, can still have a very profound impact on who I am and who I can be. Orange: it’s the favorite color of Bryce, it’s the color of his hair, it’s the color of childhood cancer and Leukemia and it’s the color that reminds me of a little farmer boy I love.


CASTING CROWNS LYRICS

"Praise You In This Storm"

I was sure by now
That You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say "Amen", and it's still raining

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry
You raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can't find You

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth


Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, May 2, 2006 11:01 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

You guys!!!! (I know that is sooo Minnesotan.) You are the BEST!!!! You are SO uplifting with all of your words that I continue through my day and suddenly someone's guestbook message pops into my head! With EVERY entry, I get tears in my eyes!! With every entry, I realize even more how much you gave to God to get Bryce where he is at.... Is that powerful or what?! You are with us everywhere we go!! In heart, soul, and mind... Thank you a million times over!! I wish I could explain what and how you do for us and our faith!! I know, I know, we have HUGE FAITH already but you just keep building it up more and more! It's absolutely incredible!! WOW... I know that it was GOD who made all of this happen #1 but #2 it was YOU and your PRAYERS!!! How fortunate and blessed are we to have you in our lives?! I can tell you this, I never would have imagined a journey like this in our lives, but I also never realized or imagined the powerful Christians we have surrounding us today!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!! And, God is soooooo good... We are so happy about with these results that it is almost like a DREAM... A really good dream....

Ok, I need to plug away because I am really tired and I made a deal with one of my Superstars (Nicole) in my Unit that I would go to bed at 10pm....I seriously WAS trying!! Sorry, Nicole. Ok, so Bryce did not go to school today. He did not feel well enough so he decided to stay home. He was so itchy and had a temp. of 100 degrees. He asked me to call the clinic to see if we could go in early, and we did. Julia and Dr. Kahn do feel that this is Graft vs. Host Disease. We have to go to Dermatology tomorrow at 8:25am to see Dr. Witmore. She will take a skin biopsy and send it to pathology to confirm GVHD. Bryce still had a temp. of 100 this afternoon when he saw the doc's. Julia thought that the temp. was probably just from the skin inflammation. His liver enzymes are still going up but Dr. Kahn said that if the GVHD was affecting his liver, he would be jaundiced. He is not having diarrhea, yet so that is good. The GVHD can affect the intestines (diarrhea), the liver (jaundice), and the skin (rash). His counts are hemoglobin 10; white count 1,300; ANC 480; and platelets 15,000. So, we went to the PITC for platelets this afternoon. Our little Ethan was along (no nap), so he was a JOY to be with....Bless his heart. Bryce slept very poorly last night. He's sooooo tired (and ornery, don't tell him I told you!). His rash is spreading so they give him a stronger cream for the rash to try to get him more comfortable. They also gave him an oral pill to take instead of the Benedryl. The pill should be stronger to help with itching. They talked about giving him steroids but that would stop the GVHD and because it is only on 25 percent of his body, they want to let it take care of itself at this point. I suppose the little bit of time it has to build inside of him the more resistant he may be to "his" (leukemia) cells. They do not want it to get out of control, though, so they are watching him closely. We go in on Friday, again to see them. Julia did mention that he will have a bone marrow biopsy next week. That will be the true test...

We stopped by the hospital in between the blood draw and exam to see our 2nd favorite Ethan! Bryce had been WAITING for this! They were so cute! Ethan was playing with tractors and play-doh. Our (Little) Ethan needed both, of course. Big Ethan looks AWESOME!!! What a trooper!!! We are so happy for him to be done with all of this yucky stuff! You just couldn't even imagine how happy we are for him! He has been through soooooooo much!!! Please keep the powerful prayers coming for him for a wonderful, energetic, inspirational future! He has already done so much for all of us!!!! God bless you, E!!! It was so great to see you, Brenda!! You're such a special friend!!!

Now, I am heading out because Bryce came down about 5 minutes ago looking pretty rough. We took his temp. and it is 102. So, we are heading to the E.R. They will admit him to the Transplant Unit. I will update tomorrow. It's ok, gang... We are so grateful that we have been at home for this long (since Jan. 31). Maybe it will be a quick stay. Bryce has his class field trip to the MN Zoo on Thursday, so please add an extra prayer that he will be able to go! Love to all....

I am keeping in this last paragraph below for a few more days. It is something very special that I wanted to share with the WORLD!!! It's also in God's timing. My Mom's cousin's daughter, I believe she would be my 2nd cousin (?--I am terrible at figuring that out), goes to college in Pennsylvania. Katy is from MN and is such an outstanding young woman!!! She has been very inspired by Bryce and has, therefore, completed the Relay for Life in PA in Bryce's honor. She has also wrote a very special college paper on Bryce. It is absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! I wanted to share it with all of you!! THANK YOU, KATY, FOR YOUR VERY INCREDIBLE MESSAGE ABOUT OUR BRYCER. IT WILL BE IN MY HEART, FOREVER!!! God has such a plan for Katy! I can't wait to continue to watch it unfold... Theses young people are our future, and what a future we have in-store....

ORANGE: It’s the color that holds the same name as a citrus fruit. It’s the color associated with autumn leaves and pumpkins. It’s a color that is not necessarily the most popular. However, it’s the color of the balloons that a young boy’s classmates released in his honor as he experienced one of his happiest moments yet, returning back to school. This boy’s name is Bryce Breuer and on May 19th, 2003, the day after his 5th birthday, he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, also known as ALL. As I stand in front of you today, it is with great pride that I introduce you to this amazing young boy. Bryce is not only a close relative to me, but he is a young trooper who I look up to in so many ways. His sincere heart, playful attitude, and faith in God is what has made him an inspiration to several people and is the reason he will beat this battle with cancer.
When Bryce began getting bruises on his body, swollen lymph nodes, and bad “tummy-aches,” his parents knew something was wrong, but no one expected the news that he had leukemia. For any small child to experience illness is normal, but to this degree, it can be a very scary and confusing process. As Bryce goes through his various chemo treatments, and most recently, a bone marrow transplant from his older brother, he continues to show his strength and courage, but he is not one to want all the attention. According to his caringbridge.com website, “Bryce still asks questions, but he also reminds his parent's and brothers' of certain details of the ongoing treatments. He loves all of his brothers' so much and truly enjoys the time together.” Throughout this whole process, he has also met many other children who are struggling with medical conditions, and his compassionate heart has made certain that our prayers go out to them as well.
Bryce is one of five boys growing up on a family farm in Minnesota, and he is a farmer boy through and through. As Bryce went through his treatments, he had to stay in the hospital, but as he has continued to get stronger, his favorite past time activity is riding in the tractor with his dad. Little kids are known for their energy, so it was sometimes hard to witness such a young child stuck in bed, but Bryce is a strong little boy with a playful attitude and that has helped to make him maintain such a positive outlook. When I asked him what his favorite sport was, he said he wasn’t sure because he has always been too weak to play one, but he has recently picked up on how to bounce a basketball, so that’s kind of a big deal. Words cannot even begin to describe the feeling his family and friends get when they see him so happy back at school and once again participating in his favorite subject, recess.
Our family has always held strong values toward God, but when the news spread from family member to family member that our little Brycer was ill, the strength in our beliefs increased tremendously. Two powerful sayings that Bryce and his family follow to guide them through this difficult time are, “With God, all things are possible” and "Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly" found in Chronicles 28:20. Another example that genuinely illustrates the fact that Bryce is a young boy who finds comfort in God is a story his mom, Susie recently told me. It was the day after Christmas and the day before his bone marrow transplant that Bryce asked his mother if “yesterday was Christmas.” When she said yes it was, Bryce looked at her and said, “Well God didn’t give me my Christmas gift yet, he is giving it to me tomorrow.” Bryce is truly a gift from God and it is through his dedicated faith in God that he will only grow stronger and healthier.
Every day when I think I’m leading a stressful life or I feel like nothing could be worse, I just think of Bryce and everything he has had to endure before even turning eight years old. Bryce’s kind heart, energetic personality and passion toward God is what proves to me that even a boy, younger and shorter than me, can still have a very profound impact on who I am and who I can be. Orange: it’s the favorite color of Bryce, it’s the color of his hair, it’s the color of childhood cancer and Leukemia and it’s the color that reminds me of a little farmer boy I love.


CASTING CROWNS LYRICS

"Praise You In This Storm"

I was sure by now
That You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say "Amen", and it's still raining

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry
You raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can't find You

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth


Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, May 2, 2006 0:01 AM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

Oh my goodness..... I (almost) don't know where to start!! I have just finished reading ALL of the guestbook entries, and I am just completely OVERWHELMED with such happiness in all of your prayers and support for Bryce and our family!!!!! You are all so incredible!! Your words that you write are sooooooo perfect!!! I know many people are afraid to write because they aren't sure they want everyone reading what they wrote or they are afraid of "saying the wrong thing" which, by the way, NEVER happens! Your words have lifted us up and carried us in the difficult times. Your words teach us about continued faith and strength. Your words inspire us to hang on to hope and never give up! Your words are words that are sent by God...... Thank you so very much!!!

Now, on to the ecstatic news!!! Julia called this morning and Bryce's chimerism results are back and are

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!100 PERCENT DONOR CELLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As Emily reminded me today, Lori, Joshi's Mom, always said, "God is way bigger than Leukemia!!!" Amen to that!!!!

PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!! THANK YOU, GOD!!!!! GOD IS SOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!! We are sooooo excited!!! I asked Julia if she ran down the hallway in her heels to tell Dr. Kahn. And, she said, "No, but I priority-paged her!" Dr. Kahn was even surprised! They wanted us to come in today with Bryce to check out the GVHD but we asked if we could wait until tomorrow, as scheduled. They were ok with that. Bryce has labs at 2:30 and exam at 3:15. They will check over his rash, probably check his liver profile, and start him on steroids for the healing and inflammation of the GVHD. His rash is spreading slowly. It is patchy on all areas of his body. It is very itchy. We are giving him oral Benedryl and topical Hydrocortisone Cream every 4 hours. That seems to help a little. It's better than nothing. I just came down from upstairs checking on him. Dad has been lying with him for the last hour. He wakes up because of the itching. He has a temp. of 100.6 so we'll be watching him. I have no idea if his counts would be climbing now or not. If his fever hits 101, we should probably call and go in to the E.R. He had a low grade fever on Saturday but nothing on Sunday or today, til now. He'll probably be admitted, if we go in. He'll need IV antibiotics because he was neutropenic last Thursday.

So, we are sooooooooo excited!!!! Did I say that already????? I have been bouncing off the walls since 8:30am today! Reading your entries are so perfect. I read little Annie's entry about her table prayer last night and I heard in my head, "That was the prayer that made it work." Then, I read all of the other entries with all of the prayers and I knew IT WAS ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS!!! I am guessing they will do a bone marrow biopsy next week. We won't get the results until the following week. The bone marrow results will be the TRUE results because all of the cells are produced in the bone marrow. That's where it all starts. So, we will pray for ONLY MITCHELL'S CELLS IN THE BONE MARROW!!! We also need to pray for the GVHD to stay in control. If it gets too bad, it could be life-threatening. We also need to pray that Bryce will NOT relapse again because there is always a chance of that happening with this agressive cancer. God wants us to be specific. He knows our needs. He wants us to call upon Him, so please do that! Not only for Bryce, but for the MANY others who are in need. Even yourselves. Never feel that you are unworthy or that you have enough. God wants more for you!!! Ask Him!!!

Now, I forgot to mention last night that we met 2 people who were wonderful to help us snap pictures while we were meeting Nicole! They are Richard and Penny, and we connected immediatly! For some reason, God had us cross paths. And, we sat right behind them during the concert! I have a feeling it is a lifetime connection, there. Thanks Richard and Penny for helping us out on Saturday night and for signing the guestbook. I know you will keep our little Brycer and our family in your prayers. We appreciate that! I also want to share that I received a very special email today from a very special Mom that I have been praying for. What a woman of courage and strength. What a woman of faith. Her emailed just brightened my day, even more. It was Emily, Gavin's Mom. For all of you who may not know, Gavin was born prematurly in August and became one of God's special Angels in Heaven last month. Emily, thank you for your incredible email and inspirational words. I think about you so often. We all continue to pray for you and Ben.... You are such a wonderful Mom and friend to so many!!! I wish we could have talked more in the hospital...

On a final note, this one is a bit silly.... On my way home from my Mary Kay meeting tonight, I was coming up a small hill when a deer ran out from my side of the road! Yes,...it hit the Grand Prix!!! The Mary Kay car! Scared the bajeeby's out of me! It only broke the mirror and made a small dent below the window from the mirror hitting the car. Of course, I turned the car around to see if the deer was ok. It was gone but left behind the mirror and it's holder, and some fur! Ugh! So, I called my wonderful, considerate husband. AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID???? "Did you skin it?" Sorry for all of the people reading who are not deer hunters. You see, he doesn't do many things "just for him" but he enjoys deer hunting. And, he did not go last fall so he's a bit deprived... But, really couldn't he have asked me if I was ok first?! Hmmm?. Then, when I went up to check on Bryce, he says "So,...you broke the Mary Kay car?!" And then, "Wait til I tell my brothers'." Can you believe it? Like father, like son... We'll have to wait and see which of my other 4 precious, little boys decides to ask if Mommy was ok!!! I am supposed to be "The Queen", right? Hmmm. I must be doing something wrong.... Love to all, good night.

I am keeping in this last paragraph below for a few more days. It is something very special that I wanted to share with the WORLD!!! It's also in God's timing. My Mom's cousin's daughter, I believe she would be my 2nd cousin (?--I am terrible at figuring that out), goes to college in Pennsylvania. Katy is from MN and is such an outstanding young woman!!! She has been very inspired by Bryce and has, therefore, completed the Relay for Life in PA in Bryce's honor. She has also wrote a very special college paper on Bryce. It is absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! I wanted to share it with all of you!! THANK YOU, KATY, FOR YOUR VERY INCREDIBLE MESSAGE ABOUT OUR BRYCER. IT WILL BE IN MY HEART, FOREVER!!! God has such a plan for Katy! I can't wait to continue to watch it unfold... Theses young people are our future, and what a future we have in-store....

ORANGE: It’s the color that holds the same name as a citrus fruit. It’s the color associated with autumn leaves and pumpkins. It’s a color that is not necessarily the most popular. However, it’s the color of the balloons that a young boy’s classmates released in his honor as he experienced one of his happiest moments yet, returning back to school. This boy’s name is Bryce Breuer and on May 19th, 2003, the day after his 5th birthday, he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, also known as ALL. As I stand in front of you today, it is with great pride that I introduce you to this amazing young boy. Bryce is not only a close relative to me, but he is a young trooper who I look up to in so many ways. His sincere heart, playful attitude, and faith in God is what has made him an inspiration to several people and is the reason he will beat this battle with cancer.
When Bryce began getting bruises on his body, swollen lymph nodes, and bad “tummy-aches,” his parents knew something was wrong, but no one expected the news that he had leukemia. For any small child to experience illness is normal, but to this degree, it can be a very scary and confusing process. As Bryce goes through his various chemo treatments, and most recently, a bone marrow transplant from his older brother, he continues to show his strength and courage, but he is not one to want all the attention. According to his caringbridge.com website, “Bryce still asks questions, but he also reminds his parent's and brothers' of certain details of the ongoing treatments. He loves all of his brothers' so much and truly enjoys the time together.” Throughout this whole process, he has also met many other children who are struggling with medical conditions, and his compassionate heart has made certain that our prayers go out to them as well.
Bryce is one of five boys growing up on a family farm in Minnesota, and he is a farmer boy through and through. As Bryce went through his treatments, he had to stay in the hospital, but as he has continued to get stronger, his favorite past time activity is riding in the tractor with his dad. Little kids are known for their energy, so it was sometimes hard to witness such a young child stuck in bed, but Bryce is a strong little boy with a playful attitude and that has helped to make him maintain such a positive outlook. When I asked him what his favorite sport was, he said he wasn’t sure because he has always been too weak to play one, but he has recently picked up on how to bounce a basketball, so that’s kind of a big deal. Words cannot even begin to describe the feeling his family and friends get when they see him so happy back at school and once again participating in his favorite subject, recess.
Our family has always held strong values toward God, but when the news spread from family member to family member that our little Brycer was ill, the strength in our beliefs increased tremendously. Two powerful sayings that Bryce and his family follow to guide them through this difficult time are, “With God, all things are possible” and "Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly" found in Chronicles 28:20. Another example that genuinely illustrates the fact that Bryce is a young boy who finds comfort in God is a story his mom, Susie recently told me. It was the day after Christmas and the day before his bone marrow transplant that Bryce asked his mother if “yesterday was Christmas.” When she said yes it was, Bryce looked at her and said, “Well God didn’t give me my Christmas gift yet, he is giving it to me tomorrow.” Bryce is truly a gift from God and it is through his dedicated faith in God that he will only grow stronger and healthier.
Every day when I think I’m leading a stressful life or I feel like nothing could be worse, I just think of Bryce and everything he has had to endure before even turning eight years old. Bryce’s kind heart, energetic personality and passion toward God is what proves to me that even a boy, younger and shorter than me, can still have a very profound impact on who I am and who I can be. Orange: it’s the favorite color of Bryce, it’s the color of his hair, it’s the color of childhood cancer and Leukemia and it’s the color that reminds me of a little farmer boy I love.


CASTING CROWNS LYRICS

"Praise You In This Storm"

I was sure by now
That You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say "Amen", and it's still raining

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry
You raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can't find You

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth


Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, April 30, 2006 10:14 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

What a weekend! We are so grateful to Jody Aaryes for going out of her way to contact the KTIS radio station to line up the tickets for the Nicole Nordeman & Casting Crowns concert! Thank you also to Dan at KTIS for passing the tickets on to us!!! We arrived at the Xcel Energy Center around 6pm. We brought our food for the Food Shelf and delivered that as we went in. We got in line around 6:20 with about 40 other people and waited to meet Nicole. Around 6:40, we met Josh Bates. He opened for the concert. I felt so bad...I asked him who he was?!? WELL!!!! I wanted to know! We never got to see him perform. He had to leave to do the open. He sounded awesome, though!! He has lots of 'bouncing' energy! Then, a woman came over to us and asked if we had a Bryce in our group because Nicole Nordeman wanted to meet him! So, a few minutes later it was our turn! She was so nice! She squatted down to his level and made him feel like a prince! She told him that she had gone to his webpage on Friday night and thought it was awesome! She told him he was very brave to be so strong and to go through all of this. She also told him she will pray for him everyday. She signed his backstage pass on his shirt and took a photo with the family. She was so nice,...did I say that already? And, so pretty! You should have heard her sing!!!!! INCREDIBLE & AMAZING!!! She wrote the song 'Brave' when she had her son 3 years ago. When she was about to sing 'BRAVE' last night she said, "When you become a parent, you must have courage. As a parent, you drive a mini-van that you said you never would drive. And then, that mini-van has crushed Cheerio's on the floor that you never expected. About a 1/2 hour ago, I met a very brave little boy named Bryce Breuer. Tonight, I am dedicating this song to Bryce. You are so brave, we pray for you everyday." Bryce was beaming!!!!! It was his FAVORITE PART of the whole evening!!! He wanted another one of her Cd's when we left, so we bought it. This morning, he went upstairs to get his radio/cd player and cranked her up! It made him feel better when he wasn't feeling so well.

We also met the Casting Crowns after we met Nicole. They were so nice and friendly, too! Mark Hall was a Youth Pastor in Georgia. He is such a wonderful entertainer!!! His voice is so powerful and awesome!!! My favorite part of Casting Crowns was when they sang "Praise You In This Storm". It was so great to have a really good, let-it-all-out cry in the dark, praising God with my family! It was so POWERFUL!!!! What an adrenaline rush. God is sooooo good!!! At one point during the Casting Crowns, Mark Hall had us take out our cell phones and light them up and wave them in the air. That was another favorite part of the boys! It was so beautiful! The Xcel was almost completely full! What a great feeling that almost 10,000 people were out to praise God together!!! Casting Crowns said they had never had such a large audience! Last night will forever be in our hearts and minds!!! I could never even give you my full quoted feelings...words can't explain it--can you tell? We are awe struck.... I put new pictures in the photo album here but they are huge. I am too tired to fiddle with it tonight. But, I will fix it soon.

So, now on to Bryce. He and Garett were so cute on Friday night at the PITC. They finished each others sentances and were such little boys! It is so good to see Bryce enjoying his age and activities, not just medical stuff! Bryce didn't sleep so well on Friday, though. He was itching alot! He woke up Saturday with a patchy rash and low grad fever. He took a nap and woke up with his temp. at 100.4. We hesitated on even going because of this. But, Bryce asked if they would be playing again soon and we told him we didn't know. So, we decided to put pillows and blankets in the van so he could rest on the way up. We knew we could always leave. He perked up in the van on the way up to the cities. Yeah! We are so glad we went...They all loved it!!! Back to Bryce, he didn't sleep well again last night from the rash. We called Dr. Arndt (on-call) this morning and she said it sounds like Graft Vs. Host Disease starting. It's pretty uncomfortable for him. She wants us to call in tomorrow to see if we should come in then instead of Tuesday. He has not had a temp. at all today. I forgot to mention that on Thursday, Julia noticed that his liver is enlarged, too. I think I could feel his spleen today. GVHD can cause a rash on the body, effect the liver, and the intestines. She checked his liver enzymes on Thursday and they are elevated. We are giving him oral Benedryl and topical Hydrocortisone cream for the rash and itching. We feel just terrible for him. I don't know if he will last all day in school tomorrow. We'll see. I'll let you know more tomorrow night or Tuesday morning.

Please continue to pray for all of Bryce's friends who are fighting there own battles, whatever they may be. Cancer is so yucky!! I pray for Bryce to be 'released' from this horrible disease and to live to be a very old man telling his story!!! Please keep the prayers coming. I am nervous about the GVHD. We need to be specific to God,...I hate to be so fussy--kidding.... It's good to have some GVHD because that may mean that Mitchell's cells are attacking Bryce's cells. But too much GVHD is not good. It could take his life. I hate even typing that!!! Please continue to send prayers for everyone's strength! The Grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles, and friends! And, your's too. You are all such a gift to us! You are all so special! God is our creator and our giver of life. Again, He can move mountains and He can heal our little Brycer! I wish he didn't have to suffer... It's so sad to see this. He's so sick of it all. He just wants the Leukemia gone. Please pray for our little guy, he is such a trooper!!! Bless his heart!

Please God take all of this cancer away and make Bryce healthy, again!!!!

I am keeping in this last paragraph below for a few more days. It is something very special that I wanted to share with the WORLD!!! It's also in God's timing. My Mom's cousin's daughter, I believe she would be my 2nd cousin (?--I am terrible at figuring that out), goes to college in Pennsylvania. Katy is from MN and is such an outstanding young woman!!! She has been very inspired by Bryce and has, therefore, completed the Relay for Life in PA in Bryce's honor. She has also wrote a very special college paper on Bryce. It is absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! I wanted to share it with all of you!! THANK YOU, KATY, FOR YOUR VERY INCREDIBLE MESSAGE ABOUT OUR BRYCER. IT WILL BE IN MY HEART, FOREVER!!! God has such a plan for Katy! I can't wait to continue to watch it unfold... Theses young people are our future, and what a future we have in-store....

ORANGE: It’s the color that holds the same name as a citrus fruit. It’s the color associated with autumn leaves and pumpkins. It’s a color that is not necessarily the most popular. However, it’s the color of the balloons that a young boy’s classmates released in his honor as he experienced one of his happiest moments yet, returning back to school. This boy’s name is Bryce Breuer and on May 19th, 2003, the day after his 5th birthday, he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, also known as ALL. As I stand in front of you today, it is with great pride that I introduce you to this amazing young boy. Bryce is not only a close relative to me, but he is a young trooper who I look up to in so many ways. His sincere heart, playful attitude, and faith in God is what has made him an inspiration to several people and is the reason he will beat this battle with cancer.
When Bryce began getting bruises on his body, swollen lymph nodes, and bad “tummy-aches,” his parents knew something was wrong, but no one expected the news that he had leukemia. For any small child to experience illness is normal, but to this degree, it can be a very scary and confusing process. As Bryce goes through his various chemo treatments, and most recently, a bone marrow transplant from his older brother, he continues to show his strength and courage, but he is not one to want all the attention. According to his caringbridge.com website, “Bryce still asks questions, but he also reminds his parent's and brothers' of certain details of the ongoing treatments. He loves all of his brothers' so much and truly enjoys the time together.” Throughout this whole process, he has also met many other children who are struggling with medical conditions, and his compassionate heart has made certain that our prayers go out to them as well.
Bryce is one of five boys growing up on a family farm in Minnesota, and he is a farmer boy through and through. As Bryce went through his treatments, he had to stay in the hospital, but as he has continued to get stronger, his favorite past time activity is riding in the tractor with his dad. Little kids are known for their energy, so it was sometimes hard to witness such a young child stuck in bed, but Bryce is a strong little boy with a playful attitude and that has helped to make him maintain such a positive outlook. When I asked him what his favorite sport was, he said he wasn’t sure because he has always been too weak to play one, but he has recently picked up on how to bounce a basketball, so that’s kind of a big deal. Words cannot even begin to describe the feeling his family and friends get when they see him so happy back at school and once again participating in his favorite subject, recess.
Our family has always held strong values toward God, but when the news spread from family member to family member that our little Brycer was ill, the strength in our beliefs increased tremendously. Two powerful sayings that Bryce and his family follow to guide them through this difficult time are, “With God, all things are possible” and "Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly" found in Chronicles 28:20. Another example that genuinely illustrates the fact that Bryce is a young boy who finds comfort in God is a story his mom, Susie recently told me. It was the day after Christmas and the day before his bone marrow transplant that Bryce asked his mother if “yesterday was Christmas.” When she said yes it was, Bryce looked at her and said, “Well God didn’t give me my Christmas gift yet, he is giving it to me tomorrow.” Bryce is truly a gift from God and it is through his dedicated faith in God that he will only grow stronger and healthier.
Every day when I think I’m leading a stressful life or I feel like nothing could be worse, I just think of Bryce and everything he has had to endure before even turning eight years old. Bryce’s kind heart, energetic personality and passion toward God is what proves to me that even a boy, younger and shorter than me, can still have a very profound impact on who I am and who I can be. Orange: it’s the favorite color of Bryce, it’s the color of his hair, it’s the color of childhood cancer and Leukemia and it’s the color that reminds me of a little farmer boy I love.


CASTING CROWNS LYRICS

"Praise You In This Storm"

I was sure by now
That You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say "Amen", and it's still raining

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry
You raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can't find You

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth


Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Friday, April 28, 2006 2:26 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Afternoon~

I'm back. Sorry for the delay. The phone has been ringing like crazy from family and friends who were concerned that I haven't updated, yet. You are all such a blessing to us!!! Thank you for all of your prayers, messages, and loyal friendship! We love you all!!!

I have so much to say and so little time! I will be picking up Bryce and his friend, Garett, from school at 3pm today. We are going to St. Mary's Pediatric Infusion Therapy Center for a platelet transfusion. His appts. were fine, yesterday. His platelets have dropped from last weeks 42,000 to 17,000. His white count (1,500), ANC (780), and hemoglobin (9.8) are "holding their own". They drew a Mayo chimerism yesterday. For all who are wondering, the chimerism is the break down of percentages of blood cells between Mitchell's cells (donor) and Bryce's cells (host). We want 100 percent donor cells. Right now, we already know that Bryce's cells are there which is the relapse of Leukemia. Bryce & Mitch are no longer in the San Fransisco chimerism study because of the relapse. We will go back for labs, exam, and chimerism results on Tuesday. We are really trying to continue to be positive for Bryce's sake, actually for EVERYONE's sake... Bryce senses any nervous or scared feelings in our facial expression and tone of voice. So, we really have to watch it. Julia did say yesterday that the platelet drop does concern her because the platelets are the first blood level to drop when the body is not responding to the donor cells. But, his other counts did not drop so that is a good thing. It will still be 2 weeks until the bone marrow biopsy for the true results but these chimerism results will give us a very specific idea of Bryce's response to the donor white blood cells. PLEASE PRAY, PRAY, PRAY FOR A RESPONSE TO MITCHELL'S CELLS WITHIN BRYCE!!!

It has been busy around here this week. Tim has been busy planting corn, in fact, he finished late last night. But, he says we need more corn acres with our 12-row planter so anyone out there needing good renters or looking to sell their land, you can look us up! haha. He is out digging right now. I'm sure they will start planting beans in the next few days. Bryce was born 2 days after he was done planting beans in 1998. Perfect timing... It's all in God's timing, you know. God's timing is all over EVERYTHING!! I hope everyone realizes and ackowledges that, and I thank God for that, too! The brother's are doing very good. They love the outdoors! The older 2 have been helping out around the house SO MUCH this week! I am so grateful for that! What a team we have here. I am so proud of them. I have been in a downer since last night which is why I haven't updated, yet. We are scared of what the future may hold. We just need to reach for God, a little more... I know He is holding Bryce in His hands, rocking him to sleep every night. I know He is in Bryce's mind and positive attitude, too. Last night at bedtime, Bryce said, "Mom, I am happy that I have Leukemia and sad that I have Leukemia." And I said, "Tell me about that." He said, "I am happy because I can try new foods (organic), and I am sad because I want to be release from Leukemia." Now, there are 2 parts to his comment. 1) He enjoyed going grocery shopping at the organic food stores yesterday with Mom & Dad, and 2) Release is his word from "releasing" the balloons with his classmates to release him from Leukemia. He is such a grown up!! A lot of the time, I think it's cute. And some of the time, I think it's sad. I soooooo badly wish my little boy didn't have to go through this!!!! I don't understand why it has to happen to him.... I wish I could take it ALL away!!! Gang, life is so short... Please, please, please love your life, don't complain, and hug your kids!! I have been so "secretly" stressed this week with everything that I am not so pleasant with my babies (as I know I should be). Thank goodness, God is soooo forgiving and so loving!!! He loves us unconditionally, and for that, I am grateful! I appreciate all of you so very much!!! Hang on,...Another part of God's timing was sending my friend, and Sr. Director in Mary Kay, Julie Huneke, to my house this very minute! Ethan just woke up early from his nap and Joel was very bored! She took them outside so I could finish this for all of us. Last time I looked, she had Joel on her back. She took them on an 'explore' of the farm! With God's timing in mind, I am lead me to my next bit of news...

Tim's cousin, Jody, just called (as I was updating...remember that part about God's timing?). She informed me that she has been in contact with the KTIS (Christian) radio station (that I LOVE!!!) out of the twin cities. They have given our family (really good) tickets for the Casting Crowns & Nicole Nordeman concert tomorrow night!!!!! Nicole is the one who sings Bryce's song, "Brave"!!!!!!! She wants to meet Bryce!!!!!! Casting Crowns has some of my favorite songs like "Praise You In This Storm" which a very special Mom, Nyla, brought to my attention because of everything that is happening with her baby girl, Ellen. Praise You In This Storm is saying that 'God, with this storm that is going on in my life, I will contintue to raise my hands and praise you'. UPDATE: Lindsay from Red Wing and Jamie from Wanamingo has emailed the words to Praise You In This Storm! It's at the very bottom of the webpage. (Thanks a bunch, Lindsay & Jamie!!) It's a truly incredible song that brings me to tears every single time I hear it! So needless to say, I am shaking and crying my eyes out!!!! God knew we needed this!!! THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE...Faith, Family, and Friends!!!! Thank you, Jody, for going above and beyond to get us to that concert!! Jody is one of the most wonderful people you could ever meet! A good way to describe her would be a quiet beautiful flower in the bouquet of life....

Ok, so right below my last paragraph is something very special that I wanted to share with the WORLD!!! It's also in God's timing. My Mom's cousin's daughter, I believe she would be my 2nd cousin (?--I am terrible at figuring that out), goes to college in Pennsylvania. Katy is from MN and is such an outstanding young woman!!! She has been very inspired by Bryce and has, therefore, completed the Relay for Life in PA in Bryce's honor. She has also wrote a very special college paper on Bryce. It is absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! I wanted to share it with all of you!! THANK YOU, KATY, FOR YOUR VERY INCREDIBLE MESSAGE ABOUT OUR BRYCER. IT WILL BE IN MY HEART, FOREVER!!! God has such a plan for Katy! I can't wait to continue to watch it unfold... Theses young people are our future, and what a future we have in-store....

ORANGE: It’s the color that holds the same name as a citrus fruit. It’s the color associated with autumn leaves and pumpkins. It’s a color that is not necessarily the most popular. However, it’s the color of the balloons that a young boy’s classmates released in his honor as he experienced one of his happiest moments yet, returning back to school. This boy’s name is Bryce Breuer and on May 19th, 2003, the day after his 5th birthday, he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, also known as ALL. As I stand in front of you today, it is with great pride that I introduce you to this amazing young boy. Bryce is not only a close relative to me, but he is a young trooper who I look up to in so many ways. His sincere heart, playful attitude, and faith in God is what has made him an inspiration to several people and is the reason he will beat this battle with cancer.
When Bryce began getting bruises on his body, swollen lymph nodes, and bad “tummy-aches,” his parents knew something was wrong, but no one expected the news that he had leukemia. For any small child to experience illness is normal, but to this degree, it can be a very scary and confusing process. As Bryce goes through his various chemo treatments, and most recently, a bone marrow transplant from his older brother, he continues to show his strength and courage, but he is not one to want all the attention. According to his caringbridge.com website, “Bryce still asks questions, but he also reminds his parent's and brothers' of certain details of the ongoing treatments. He loves all of his brothers' so much and truly enjoys the time together.” Throughout this whole process, he has also met many other children who are struggling with medical conditions, and his compassionate heart has made certain that our prayers go out to them as well.
Bryce is one of five boys growing up on a family farm in Minnesota, and he is a farmer boy through and through. As Bryce went through his treatments, he had to stay in the hospital, but as he has continued to get stronger, his favorite past time activity is riding in the tractor with his dad. Little kids are known for their energy, so it was sometimes hard to witness such a young child stuck in bed, but Bryce is a strong little boy with a playful attitude and that has helped to make him maintain such a positive outlook. When I asked him what his favorite sport was, he said he wasn’t sure because he has always been too weak to play one, but he has recently picked up on how to bounce a basketball, so that’s kind of a big deal. Words cannot even begin to describe the feeling his family and friends get when they see him so happy back at school and once again participating in his favorite subject, recess.
Our family has always held strong values toward God, but when the news spread from family member to family member that our little Brycer was ill, the strength in our beliefs increased tremendously. Two powerful sayings that Bryce and his family follow to guide them through this difficult time are, “With God, all things are possible” and "Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly" found in Chronicles 28:20. Another example that genuinely illustrates the fact that Bryce is a young boy who finds comfort in God is a story his mom, Susie recently told me. It was the day after Christmas and the day before his bone marrow transplant that Bryce asked his mother if “yesterday was Christmas.” When she said yes it was, Bryce looked at her and said, “Well God didn’t give me my Christmas gift yet, he is giving it to me tomorrow.” Bryce is truly a gift from God and it is through his dedicated faith in God that he will only grow stronger and healthier.
Every day when I think I’m leading a stressful life or I feel like nothing could be worse, I just think of Bryce and everything he has had to endure before even turning eight years old. Bryce’s kind heart, energetic personality and passion toward God is what proves to me that even a boy, younger and shorter than me, can still have a very profound impact on who I am and who I can be. Orange: it’s the favorite color of Bryce, it’s the color of his hair, it’s the color of childhood cancer and Leukemia and it’s the color that reminds me of a little farmer boy I love.


CASTING CROWNS LYRICS

"Praise You In This Storm"

I was sure by now
That You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say "Amen", and it's still raining

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry
You raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can't find You

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth


Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:25 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

All is well and fine at the Breuer Home. Bryce is loving school, routine, friends, and everything involved! He is sooo tired by bedtime. I am trying to get him into bed earlier but, you know how that goes sometimes... Bryce & I noticed a few more smaller bruises and a spot on his leg that started bleeding and continued to drain for a little while. It's fine. Tomorrow is Wednesday, and we go in on Thursday at 2:30pm, so I think his platelets will make 'er til then! He rode in the tractor last night with his Dad for about an hour. He was a happy camper after that! It was a different story beforehand,...I made him read 2 stories before he could go. Tough love. Tonight, we decided to surprise Dad and clean the garage. At one point, Mitch went out to the sandbox to say HI to Ethan. Ethan was up in the fort and he threw down a metal something-or-other which hit Mitchell on the top of his head. Mitchell started crying in pain so I ran over to him. He lifted his hand and there was blood. So, I walked him to the house with the blood dripping from his head. We got him in and over the tub. I applied lots of pressure, and we ice-packed it. After a few minutes, we checked it out. It was small enough not to need stitches. Whew! Quite the bummer on Mitchell's part but he recovered quickly. Needless to say, he did get out of finishing the garage...Lucky for him, right?! Sord of... Of course, we had our 2 medical people there instantly hanging over the tub with Mitch. Bryce and Joel couldn't get in there soon enough to take care of their big brother who is always taking care of them. Pretty cool...but, it wasn't as easy to take care of Mitch with their noses in the way! Anyway, he is fine. Bryce just kept saying, "Good thing Mitchell's platelets aren't low." Funny.

So, we are doing ok. We are just hanging out, enjoying each other, and being patient. We are praying hard and doing everything we can to get our Brycer better! He doesn't enjoy the supplements so much but knows we need to do what we can to help him heal. He is amazing. I wish you could all know him. I know he is my son.... To me, every single child ever created by God is so very special. Love them up, enjoy them, and tell them how much you love them every single day. I lost my temper too many times tonight from little people not listening. I wish I hadn't. Life is too short. Life is so precious. Life is soooo good... Love to all! Thanks for everything you do for us!

Our little friend, Ethan, had his surgery to remove the tumor from his cheek today. As of yet, Brenda hasn't updated. Please continue the HUGE prayers for him and his recovery. He and his family are such special people! You can check on him at caringbridge.org/visit/ethanstrenge. Again, I am calling out the prayer troops for Michelle & Dani. They are the very special Mom's!! They are such HERO's, or should I say 'Shero's', to me and so many!!! I just have to share this with you. When I met Dani last week, she looked into my eyes with such sincerity for Bryce as I spoke. Her smile was so warm and contagious!! Then, as we were leaving, she leaned over and hugged me...It was such a Hug of a Hero!!! I couldn't describe it any better. I am amazed by her strength, and I feel comfort in her eyes. Wow... And, Michelle. She updated her webpage on Saturday. What a woman!! You can feel God's presence in her words. You can feel the sense of peace she has. We have a mutual friend and she says she is amazed by her strength. She is such an incredible mother of twins!! Again, their caringbridges are caringbridge.org/visit/michellescheurer and caringbridge.org/visit/danijohnson.

WE MUST PRAY FOR TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!!

Please pray for our family, Bryce's extended family, and Bryce's friends strength. Pray for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are each so very special to us!!! They and their family's give us such strength, faith, determination, courage, and hope. We must pray for their healing by our Lord and Savior. Please pray that every night Jesus will come down to touch and heal Bryce and all of his friends, no matter what the fight is. God is so good, and He has blessed us beyond imagination. Thank God every single day for everything you have. And remember, Life is sooooooo very good. We love and appreciate you all soooooo very much!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, April 24, 2006 6:26 AM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Morning~

What a beautiful morning it is! I am listening to the birds sing, and "I have been blessed..." (in my head) as Martina McBride & Jamie O'Reilly would say. I had to remind myself as I was putting my 2-year-old back into his bed at 5:56am and then at 6:15am, telling my 11, 9, & 6-year old's that I would love for them to fold some laundry since they are waking up this early! We've always had Mitch as our 'early bird' but with the other guys (Logan & Joel) in the same room they hear each other get up. And to think, I had SUCH plans when I set my alarm last night to get up at 6am today. It was going to be so quiet and I was going to get so much done! Maybe tomorrow... I know my girlfriends are giggling, right now. We have talked about it for years how my guys get up early and most of their kids sleep in and they have to wake them. OK, enough information...

The weekend was great here! My sister, Mina, and her husband, Aaron, came down from Bemidji. They arrived on Friday morning and left late yesterday afternoon. We had so much fun! The boys' LOVED having them here!!! We had Friday night family movie night with popcorn and pop. On Saturday, Auntie Mina & Uncle Aaron took the boys' to the Zumbrota park and to the DQ for treats! Joel said, "Mom, we're getting spoiled rotten!" It's a little joke we have around here. On Saturday night, their Auntie Manda babysat them while we went out for my Mom's birthday. It was so much fun!! Auntie Manda spoiled me by by staying with the boys and doing my dishes!!!! Yeah! Mitchell stayed with his cousin, Carson, and Auntie Shelly. He loved that! I'm sure there was NO spoiling there! haha. On Sunday, we went to Sunday School, church and then, I took them to Dressen's for some more spoiling! This time by their Auntie Pam who was working there! Dressen's is an old saloon and grill. It has a lot of history in it, the boys' love that. The food is nummy, and Auntie Pam spoils, too with food and treats!! Then, their cousin, Kelli, played with them at the swings while I ran some nummy food to Dad & Grandpa in the field. They have been planting field corn since Friday. It's that time of year! Bryce, Joel, & Ethan have been taking turns riding with Dad in the tractor since Friday. Bryce is always the one who needs the most time in there! He has always been a tractor boy! He has already asked about riding today after school. It makes him very, very happy to be there!

Bryce seems to be feeling good. Tim, Ethan, & I are fighting off colds now. Mitch & Logan are pretty much done with their's. I thought we were all suppose to be done with these colds... I am really hoping and praying that Bryce doesn't get it. He would be so bummed to miss any school. We are on 'fever & bruise patrol' and so far so good. I think he'll be good-to-go, too! I've noticed a few more smaller bruises but he's still fine. He has appts. on Thursday afternoon, again. He's happy to be heading back to school again today. What a trooper!

I know many of you are wondering how we are all doing here at home, emotionally. I have felt much more comfort this week giving even more extra trust in God. I think Tim is doing ok. He has been so busy with field work for the last few days we haven't had a chance to talk about it. We are looking into organic foods and we are giving Bryce supplements. That is also giving us hope for Bryce's healing. We are just praying so strongly for the Donor Lymphocyte Infusion to be working. We know it is up to God, and we know He is a Miracle Worker!! We can feel God's presence and we have total and complete trust in God. If anything is going to happen with the DLI, it is because God is making it happen. Our boys' seem to be doing very well. They are loving the outdoors these days. Life is good......

Now, I am calling out the prayer troops again for our friends, Michelle & Dani. They are the very special Mom's I have been asking you to pray for. They are such HERO's, or should I say 'Shero's', to me and so many!!! I just have to share this with you. When I met Dani last week, she looked into my eyes with such sincerity for Bryce as I spoke. Her smile was so warm and contagious!! Then, as we were leaving, she leaned over and hugged me...It was such a Hug of a Hero!!! I couldn't describe it any better. I am amazed by her strength, and I feel comfort in her eyes. Wow... And, Michelle. She updated her webpage on Saturday. What a woman!! You can feel God's presence in her words. You can feel the sense of peace she has. We have a mutual friend and she says she is amazed by her strength. She is such an incredible mother of twins!! Again, their caringbridges are caringbridge.org/visit/michellescheurer and caringbridge.org/visit/danijohnson. Thank you to all of you who have left them messages. You are such caring individuals. Now, I have two more friends in need of special prayers. Ethan is going in for a long surgery to remove the tumor from his cheek tomorrow. He is 4-years-old and is an incredible little boy!! For the last 9 months, he has known almost nothing but the hospital, clinic, chemo, and fevers. He could run the Mayo facility! He has such an adorable, one-of-a-kind personality! His family is awesome! His Mom is the BEST! Please send out some huge prayers for Ethan and his family! It is a very detailed surgery that could last up to 12 hours! We just care about them so much! His webpage is caringbridge.org/visit/ethanstrenge. And finally, we have another friend who is following her chemo treatment plan. Her name is Nikki. She is a Sr. in high school and she is trying to fight off some fevers these last few days! Pray for her strength and healing. Pray for her to have an awesome, fever-free end of the school year! She is a sweetie! Her caringbridge is caringbridge.org/mn/nikki. Thank you for all of your prayers, everyone! We all appreciate it so very much! More than words could express. You pick us up when we need it, and you keep us strong! We love you all!!!

WE MUST PRAY FOR TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!!

Please pray for our family, Bryce's extended family, and Bryce's friends strength. Pray for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are each so very special to us!!! They and their family's give us such strength, faith, determination, courage, and hope. We must pray for their healing by our Lord and Savior. Please pray that every night Jesus will come down to touch and heal Bryce and all of his friends, no matter what the fight is. God is so good, and He has blessed us beyond imagination. Thank God every single day for everything you have. And remember, Life is sooooooo very good. We love and appreciate you all soooooo very much!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:57 PM CDT

"Be strong and courageous and get to work. Don't be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; He will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." 1 Chronicles 28:20


Good Evening~

We hope everyone is doing well! We are hanging in there. We picked Bryce up from school at 2pm and he, again, dragged his feet! He wasn't real happy with us for the first few minutes in the car. He got over it. We got to meet the Erickson Crew at the Hilton. Brock has a fever. Poor little guy! He's still as cute as ever,...just bigger! It was so great to see Megan and her boys'! Shawn was missing but we'll see him next weekend. Send out a little prayer for Brock to kick the fever! He had his port removed in March. They thought they were done with all of this "stuff" but Donna said it is just viral today, so that is good! His webpage is caringbridge.org/mn/brock. We also got to meet Dani Johnson and her husband, Craig! Or, at least I did. I introduced myself. What an inspiration Dani is!!! Please send out some powerful prayers for her and Michelle, another Mom battling cancer. Dani's page is caringbridge.org/visit/danijohnson and Michelle's is caringbridge.org/visit/michellescheurer. I'm sure they would love your words of faith and encouragement.

Bryce's appts. were fine. His counts are dropping, hopefullly from the DLI. It's been 10 days since he received Mitchell's white blood cells. His hemoglobin is 9.8; white count 1,600; ANC 870; and platelets 42,000. His next appt. is for next Thursday. We are on fever patrol, again because he is neurtopenic. They like the ANC to be above 1,000 but what do you do? It's not like you can control it. (Where's my Magic Mommy Wand when I need it?) He is very careful about washing his hands. Mitch & Logan have been fighting off colds. Ethan is not feeling well tonight. His nose is runny, and he only wants us to hold him. So, we'll be careful around that little bug. We wouldn't even think about taking Bryce out of school, now. He needs school. He loves school! He loves to see his friends, play, and have routine. If there was a contagious something-or-other going around, then I guess we'd take him out. We just need to watch for the signs of him needing a transfusion like low platelets-bruising, peticheai (? can't remember how to spell it, it's been too long since college...), or low hemoglobin-tired and headaches. Hopefully, we'll be home until next Thursday for the next appt. They will draw a Mayo chimerism, then. The other chimerism's are done in San Fransisco. They still haven't received the results of the one drawn on the 10th. We still won't be doing another bone marrow biopsy for another 3 weeks probably. That will show the "true" results of the Donor Lymphocyte Infusion response. Pray for some positive and powerful results!!!

Bryce actually felt like talking tonight at bedtime. He does not do this very much, at all! I could tell something was bothering him. I asked a few simple questions and on the 3rd one, I was right. He said, "Why do I have to be the one to have to go through all of this? I don't want this Hickman (central line in his chest)." What do you say?... I just told him that God doesn't want him to have cancer or to hurt but, he is a very strong boy. He has new cells running through him, and he has made a lot of adults be stronger people! He said, "I don't like being tired so I can't run the shuttle or the mile in Phy Ed. I don't like being short. Why can't I just run fast, not get tired, and be tall?" So, guess what we prayed for tonight??? You got it. But, we also added for God to heal him.... I told him that he is running his own race,...and, it's a BIG one! He should be proud of his effort and not expect himself to be doing so much already. I told him that if I jumped on the treadmill tomorrow, I couldn't run the entire 2 miles. I would have to work my way up to it. Then, he understood a little better that his effort is good. He just wants better results. I did call Mrs. Peterson tonight so she knows about his counts AND his concerns. She is so great! She said that he is doing so good in school! I reminded him tonight that people are praying for him all across the U.S. and beyond that in other countries. I told him that someday he'll probably meet someone, 10 years down the road, and introduce himself. And, that guy will say, "Hey, I prayed for a boy named Bryce Breuer about 10 years ago! Was that you?" I told him that guy will think it's so great that he got to meet you and see you and see that his prayers worked! I reminded him, again, to keep talking to God and Jesus, and that they love him soooooo much! I told him to keep fighting and (try) to be positive. Please pray for his strength, healing, and positive attitude...All of it with God. It is so important!!! Thanks for EVERYTHING that you do for Bryce and our family! You are the BEST!!! Love to you all! Goodnight.

WE MUST PRAY FOR TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!!

Please pray for our family, Bryce's extended family, and Bryce's friends strength. Pray for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are each so very special to us!!! They and their family's give us such strength, faith, determination, courage, and hope. We must pray for their healing by our Lord and Savior. Please pray that every night Jesus will come down to touch and heal Bryce and all of his friends, no matter what the fight is. God is so good, and He has blessed us beyond imagination. Thank God every single day for everything you have. And remember, Life is sooooooo very good. We love and appreciate you all soooooo very much!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:22 PM CDT

Good Evening~

We are doing well here at the Breuer Home. Bryce is loving school, seeing his friends, having routine, and RECESS!! They play ball at recess. I can tell he is a little more tired but I don't think he's getting as much sleep, either. We'll try to catch up this weekend. I remembered last night that when we were in the hospital, in the transplant unit, the doctors would make their rounds. They would feel his abdomen and listen to his lungs and heart. He wouldn't even move or wake up! Now, when he hears a peep, he is awake. Funny. Otherwise, there is not much new. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR FRIEND, JEFF! (Had to sneak that in.) We will take Bryce out of school at 2pm tomorrow for labs at 2:45 and exam at 3:45. Thank you for all of your prayers and well wishes! God WILL triumph. Bryce will WIN!! Thank you for lifting us up when we are down. We need you, all! Now, I am asking you to send out some special prayers for some special friends. Our little friend, Ethan, will be having surgery next Tuesday. Pray for strength and healing for him and his awesome family!! We love them so much! Also add two very special Mom's to your prayer list. Michelle and Dani's cancer has gotten real bad. We need to send out our strength and positive healing, and pray for miracles!!! They both have very small children and wonderful husbands. Crank up the Power of Prayer for them, ok?! Thanks so much for your help. It's really not pleasant sometimes in the life with cancer...as many of you already know. Thanks for everything you do for us!!! We love you, all!!! Talk to ya tomorrow night!

WE MUST PRAY FOR TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!!

Please pray for our family, Bryce's extended family, and Bryce's friends strength. Pray for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are each so very special to us!!! They and their family's give us such strength, faith, determination, courage, and hope. We must pray for their healing by our Lord and Savior. Please pray that every night Jesus will come down to touch and heal Bryce and all of his friends, no matter what the fight is. God is so good, and He has blessed us beyond imagination. Thank God every single day for everything you have. And remember, Life is sooooooo very good. We love and appreciate you all soooooo very much!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Gavin's family, Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, April 17, 2006 10:18 PM CDT

Good Evening~

We have had a wonderful Easter weekend!!! We had a nice Easter church service yesterday and then, a quick stop by Great Grandma Buck's. We had the 4 older boys in shirts and ties, and Ethan wore suspenders! They were so handsome!!! I will try to update a new photo, soon. We played, visited, and ate WAY too much, at least I did, at my Mom's in Wanamingo yesterday. It sure did turn out to be a nice day. Today was beautiful, too! Joel, Ethan, and I went to school around 11am and helped Great Grandma Buck give all the students ice cream treats. Grandma & Grandpa Breuer wanted to give the nummy treats to tell all of the school children THANK YOU for all you have done for Bryce and our family. I wish I could make a stop to all the school children, all over the U.S., who have been doing so much for Bryce!!! YOU ARE ALL SUCH WONDERFUL YOUNG PEOPLE!!! Thank you so much!

Bryce had a great day at school today. I spoke with Mrs. Peterson and she said he was doing awesome! He asked me after school today, "So, can I go a full day tomorrow?" YOU BET HE CAN!!! This is part of the positive healing he needs so much! He really is doing great! Every once in a while we remind him to talk to Mitchell's cells and tell them to go in there and "kick some cancer butt"!!! I can tell already that I am getting a little anxious for his labs on Thursday to see where his counts are at... He is feeling good. He is having fun just being a KID AT HOME and AT SCHOOL!!! What a trooper! Speaking of troopers...Please say lots of extra loud prayers for our friends who are fighting their battles! They are so very special to us!!! I wish you could know all of them! We love them, and we love you! God's blessings to all of you!

WE MUST PRAY FOR TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!!

Please pray for our family, Bryce's extended family, and Bryce's friends strength. Pray for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are each so very special to us!!! They and their family's give us such strength, faith, determination, courage, and hope. We must pray for their healing by our Lord and Savior. Please pray that every night Jesus will come down to touch and heal Bryce and all of his friends, no matter what the fight is. God is so good, and He has blessed us beyond imagination. Thank God every single day for everything you have. And remember, Life is sooooooo very good. We love and appreciate you all soooooo very much!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Gavin, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, April 16, 2006 7:59 AM CDT

HAPPY EASTER!!! HE HAS RISEN!!!

We pray for all of you and your family's to have a most joyous day!!! I just want to soak up every moment, every memory created, and every remembrance of the reason for this day... What a gift God gave us! What a gift Jesus gave us!! THANK YOU God for everything you have given me in my life.

The boys' have found all of the eggs that the Easter Bunny hid. They enjoyed it, and it seemed like they most enjoyed helping Ethan. We will be going to church this morning and then over to Grandma Ann's in Wanamingo. I had the most AWESOME birthday EVER!!!!! Thank you to everyone who stopped by and called, sent me cards and gave me gifts! I love you all! I WAS Queen for the Day!!! When I woke up yesterday, I didn't care to even celebrate and then everyone stopped over, my brother Brad made us breakfast, and the full day of the party began... Oh, what fun to turn 29......again...... Love to all!!!!

WE MUST PRAY FOR TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!!

Please pray for our family, Bryce's extended family, and Bryce's friends strength. Pray for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are each so very special to us!!! They and their family's give us such strength, faith, determination, courage, and hope. We must pray for their healing by our Lord and Savior. Please pray that every night Jesus will come down to touch and heal Bryce and all of his friends, no matter what the fight is. God is so good, and He has blessed us beyond imagination. Thank God every single day for everything you have. And remember, Life is sooooooo very good. We love and appreciate you all soooooo very much!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Gavin, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Friday, April 14, 2006 8:17 PM CDT

Good Evening~

What a beautiful day! The boys' played and played today. I'm sure all of your children did the same! I hung lots of laundry on the line and cleaned up the house a bit. Tim and his Dad have been working on getting the equipment ready for fieldwork. They did get up to Grandma Buck's this morning to help move the big stuff so that was good. Believe it or not, I am at home by myself at the moment... It's very quiet. Dad took the boys' in to Red Wing to shop for a birthday present for Mom. What a guy! (I wonder how it is going??) I'm sure it's all fine. He's the kind of Dad that can handle them all on his own just fine. I am a very lucky girl, in so many ways!!

I forgot to mention in the midst of all the fun that Jodi did ALL of the videotaping for us at the pizza party! That was such a blessing because I got to enjoy it all and snap away with pictures with my camera to catch every moment!! Thanks, Jodi! I appreciated your help so much!! I loved thinking about yesterday, all day today!!! I'm guessing Bryce did too!

On a different note, I am asking for prayers tonight for Angel Gavin's parents, Emily & Ben. Gavin received his Angel's wings in Heaven, yesterday. Please send them your prayers for healing and strength. His webpage is www.caringbridge.org/visit/lilbuddygavin. Also, Jamie is still in the hospital hoping to be released tomorrow to enjoy the Easter holiday with her family. Her holidays always seemed to get "goofed up"! Please continue to pray for her healing. And finally, please send Ethan & his family lots of prayers! They have received their results that the cancer in his cheek has grown but is NOT spreading. They are talking surgery next week, possibly. Brenda did such a great job with her update today! Go and read it, send them a note! It is www.caringbridge.org/visit/ethanstrenge. THANKS so MUCH!!!

Bryce seems to be feeling fine, other than the slivver he got outside this afternoon. But with Dad's "surgical" skills, it's history! Julia did call from the clinic this afternoon just to let us know that Bryce's blood does not have any blast cells in it. That is a VERY GOOD thing!! I'm not sure if they expect them to show up soon, or what. We'll pray hard for his health and healing to fight the Leukemia EVERYDAY, every hour, every minute! I know there's enough of us praying to cover all of that!!! I know you are all wondering how we are doing... Sometimes, things are really good, and then, at other moments, you don't know what has hit you...a Mack truck or a train... That's why it is so important to hear from you. And, I thank you for that. We are keeping are hopes VERY HIGH that the D.L.I. will work but then the old "reality" kicks in... It's not anything that you can totally and completely control. We wish we could. It's not pleasant,...this rollercoaster ride. God never said it would be. My friend, Becky, reminded me...I have NEVER liked rollercoaster rides anyway!!! There are so many other people involved--family and friends and strangers. I know you are not enjoying this either. I pray for your strength, too. Please know that we care about all of you, sooooo much. The brothers' seem to be holding up well. It's probably time to ask everyone again how they are feeling. We tell them, all the time, to come to us with any questions or concerns. We pray for Bryce together and we thank God together. Please continue to pray for their strength... I worry about them. They are home, now. I need to tuck all of my boys' in! Love to all! Goodnight.

WE MUST PRAY FOR TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!!

Please pray for our family, Bryce's extended family, and Bryce's friends strength. Pray for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are each so very special to us!!! They and their family's give us such strength, faith, determination, courage, and hope. We must pray for their healing by our Lord and Savior. Please pray that every night Jesus will come down to touch and heal Bryce and all of his friends, no matter what the fight is. God is so good, and He has blessed us beyond imagination. Thank God every single day for everything you have. And remember, Life is sooooooo very good. We love and appreciate you all soooooo very much!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Gavin, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Thursday, April 13, 2006 10:35 PM CDT

Good Evening! NEW photos are on the photo album... I'm working on photo pages...

What a magical and spectacular day we have had!!! It ranks right up their with our wedding day and the days our children were born!! During prayers tonight, we had many wonderful thoughts that were shared. Mitchell, Logan, & Joel were so thankful to see Bryce at school today AND so happy, too! Bryce added, "I wish everyday could be like today."

We had a busy day but it was sooooo great! We got Mitch & Joel on the bus at 7:05am, dropped Ethan off at Lori's daycare, and headed to school for Donuts for Dad and Muffins for Mom for Logan's 3rd grade state testing review. Bryce came with us. As we turned to head into Goodhue, we noticed that the 'Goodhue Welcome Sign' had "WELCOME BACK BRYCE" displayed on it! It was really hard for him to hide his smile when he saw that!!! Thanks, Lana & Kelby!! After Logan's meeting, we brought Bryce to his room. Along the way, orange balloons lined the hallways along with awesome, creative hand-made signs from the school children! Orange is Bryce's color--because of his hair, mostly. But, we were reminded that orange is also the color of childhood cancer and Leukemia! How's that for meaning??? There were 110 helium filled balloons in the Goodhue school today!! Thanks to Lana for filling them and Karyn for donating them! It started Bryce's day off to a really great beginning... He smiled all through the hallways! Then, we got to his classroom and his chair was decorated with orange streamers and orange balloons along with his pictures and his name in perler beads! Thanks to the chair decorators and to Keisha for the 'Bryce' in perler beads! He loves it! Tim & I took pictures and videotaped for about 15 minutes. The kids will get a good laugh some day down the road! Dad & I left and returned with pizza at 11am. We met the 2nd grade in the commons with their teachers, a few 2nd grade Mom's, and family school employees (Grandma, Carol, and Cindy!). We ate pizza, chips, pop, and DQ cake! NUMMY!!! The kids all ate so good! Thanks for bringing the chips and pops 2nd graders! You bring the good stuff!! Thanks to Colleen for the DQ cakes! They really hit the spot!! After we finished eating, there were MANY pictures taken. Then, Bryce was given a Tree of Life from his classmates and their family's. He was told he should plant the tree at his home where ever he chooses and watch it grow, as he does. Brought tears to my eyes.... HE LOVED THE WHOLE IDEA!!! We planted it tonight, where he chose, and he asked me afterwards, "Mom? So, that tree will live to be as old as me?" I said, "Yes." He said, "So, like 100 years old or something?" I said, "Yes, honey. 100 years old." Isn't that precious?!

Getting back to the pizza party, each of the 2nd graders were given an orange balloon and a piece of paper reading, "I let this balloon go in honor of my friend in hopes that he will be "set-free" of his leukemia as this balloon was set free. My friends name is Bryce Breuer from Goodhue MN. If you have found this balloon, please log onto Bryces' website at www.caringbridge.org The Directory: MN Site Name: bryceb and sign his guestbook. Please let us know whose balloon you found and where you found it. No internet...call 651.923.5295 and let us know." They each had their name on their own paper and it was tied to their balloon. Bryce led the long line out to the football field where he started the countdown from 10 to 1. When they said 1, they all let their balloons go!! WOW!!!!!!! What an incredible feeling!!!!!! I can't even begin to explain it! You can probably imagine...

As my friend, Lisa, said: "What a day filled with HOPE AND HAPPINESS!!!" I couldn't have said it any better myself! I almost had to drag Bryce out of school at 1:15 to get to his appts! All is well. His counts are: Hemoglobin 10.4; white 2,400; ANC 1,600; and platelets 81,000. We will go back in next Thursday, again. We are expecting his counts to start dropping soon. So, we are back to fever-watch. But, I have a very good feeling that the next week will be fine! We topped the day off by stopping by Great Grandma Buck's new townhome for the grand tour! She moves in tomorrow. Tomorrow would have been Great Grandma & Grandpa Buck's 61st Wedding Anniversary. I know Grandpa is watching over Grandma & Bryce every single day!!

Now, would you please send some kind, encouraging words out for our friend, Ethan? He and his family will receive some very important results tomorrow about his future with his cancer. I know they could all use some powerful prayers! His webpage is caringbridge.org/visit/ethanstrenge. And, Jamie is still in the hospital for her colitis. They are not sure if they will need to perform surgery or not. Stop by and give her some strength and encouragement, too. She's at caringbridge.org/visit/jamieoreilly. Thank you so much! And finally, thank you so much for the flood of cards and guest book entries you have been sending to Bryce and our family!!! Your words give us strength, hope, and courage...more than you could ever imagine! I know God has a plan for our Brycer, and we have put our 'requests' in to God. So many of you truly believe that Bryce will be healed, and in our moments of weakness and fear you snap us right out of our "what if's" mode. Thank you for that! We love you all!

WE MUST PRAY FOR TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!!

Please pray for our family, Bryce's extended family, and Bryce's friends strength. Pray for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are each so very special to us!!! They and their family's give us such strength, faith, determination, courage, and hope. We must pray for their healing by our Lord and Savior. Please pray that every night Jesus will come down to touch and heal Bryce and all of his friends, no matter what the fight is. God is so good, and He has blessed us beyond imagination. Thank God every single day for everything you have. And remember, Life is sooooooo very good. We love and appreciate you all soooooo very much!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on our son's journey with cancer. We feel the pain of many family's who also struggle with cancer or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Gavin, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:29 PM CDT

Hi everyone~

Just a quick one tonight, I'm back to the toothepick thing with my eyes... Bryce spent the majority of the day farming with his dad. They are not in the field, yet but they are getting things ready. They are a little behind with the "prep" part of it. Tim said that Bryce seemed to be feeling good today, just a bit quiet and mellow, maybe tired. Mitch is good-to-go. No problems there. We are soooooooo very excited for Bryce to get back to school tomorrow for 1/2 of a day. We will be taking him in and videotaping along with lots of pictures!!! Then, I will be picking up pizza for the 2nd grade classes. This was something that Bryce was excited about doing since last fall with his class! So, this is a very big moment! There are some very special things planned that I will fill you in on tomorrow night. We will see Julia tomorrow after labwork at 2.

Now, I need you to call out a bunch of prayers for our friends, ok?! Ethan had appts. today and they are wondering if his tumor is growing more. They will find out results tomorrow. Please say many special prayers for their strength and Ethan's healing. It's always the unknown that is so very difficult. Brenda is such an incredible Mom, send some of your strength to her, Ethan, and the rest of their family at this time! We love them so much! Jamie is back in to Methodist Hospital for colitis. Tammy said she is in good spirits and hoping to come home tomorrow. There is another incredible Mom,...well, both Jamie & Tammy! Send Jamie lots of strength, too. Tammy had a good point tonight...Jamie & Bryce always seem to end up at the hospitals at the same time. I always knew they had a special bond...

It's Easter season, and I think this is the most emotional season of all for me! Anyone else out there feel the same way? Jesus gave his life for us!!! What are we doing for him? Bryce had his Bone Marrow Transplant at Christmas and now, his Donor Lymphocyte Infusion at Easter. It's all in God's timing.... EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS ALL IN GOD'S TIMING....... What time is it for you? Love to all!

WE MUST PRAY FOR TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!!

Now, I am asking you to be strong for Bryce when you see him. Give him a cheery HELLO. He needs POSITIVE! He needs US! We need HIM!!! He needs school. He will go back to school, hopefully, the end of the week, next week. He needs his friends and they need him. Please pray for our family, Bryce's extended family, and Bryce's friends strength. Pray for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are each so very special to us!!! They and their family's give us such strength, faith, determination, courage, and hope. We must pray for their healing by our Lord and Savior. Please pray that every night Jesus will come down to touch and heal Bryce and all of his friends, no matter what the fight is. God is so good, and He has blessed us beyond imagination. Thank God every single day for everything you have. And remember, Life is sooooooo very good. We love and appreciate you all soooooo very much!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on journey with cancer. We feel their pain of many family's who also struggle with cancern or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Gavin, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 10:26 PM CDT

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY GRANDMA & GRANDPA BREUER!!!!! We love you so much!!!!! Thank you for everything that you do for us! (Which is A LOT!) We are so blessed to have you in our lives! :-)

Good Evening~

THE DONOR LYMPHOCYTE INFUSION IS COMPLETE!

We had a very good day! What a feeling to watch the GIFT OF LIFE process...right before your eyes...between two of your precious sons'!!!! God is sooooo very good!!!

Mitchell was awakened at 5:50 this morning. He was hooked up to "the machine" and it was running his blood through it 2 hours after he woke up. Wow. He was finished giving blood, unhooked, band-aid(ed), and ready to go by 12:30. We had a request for Carlos O'Kelly's (Bryce, of course!). Mexican was good today. Don't ask him about his leftovers, though...the nurse accidently threw them away tonight when he wasn't finished!!! Not a good thing to happen with a person who has been struggling to find foods he likes for the past 8 months! We won't bring it up, again. Auntie Julie met us for lunch and she entertained her nephews, like always. She can always get them to laugh at the silly stuff she does. Then, we were to St. Mary's by 2pm. They started him on the usual IV fluids and gave him his pre-meds of Tylenol and Benadryl just in case of an allergic reaction. The white cells were infused within 5 minutes at 4:15. They came in a syringe and the total volume was 51 mls. The dose was for CD3 T-cells 1 x 10 (to the 80th power). ***This is for me and Tim's information in the future when we look back. I hope I'm not making anyone think there is going to be a quiz later! *** They froze 2 more samples of what was left for future use. They have not discussed that yet. It is all day by day...like the song, right Jodie? They unhooked him from the IV around 7pm and we were off for home.

It's crazy how such life-changing procedures are happening so close to home... Again, we are soooo very grateful to God for everything He has given us! We have so many blessings, too numerous to count!!! We just continue to pray that God will again give Bryce a MIRACLE and keep him alive to be an old man. We know Mitchell's white count (9,400) and ANC (6,630) were very good today! Yeah!!! We are so excited about that! They drew a CBC at 4pm today and his counts still remain good at the normal levels, just a bit lower. He is such a strong boy, such a giving person. He never asks or complains, he just does it. He told me on Saturday that he just does NOT want to lose Bryce to cancer. It breaks my heart that these little people have to go through this at such a young age. He told me tonight on the way home, that he knows God has a purpose for everyone from the day they were created. What is your purpose? Mine, I believe, is to have a wonderful marriage, raise 5 incredible boys, and bring people closer to God. He wants ALL of US to bring others closer to Him, you know. What a life-changing experience that is! I could go on for quite some time but I won't. I'm going to try to wrap this up...

We had some great visitors today! First, we had Jeffy visit on Gonda 10 then, Auntie Manda! At St. Mary's, we met our very inspiring friend, Wes Zitnay, who has just completed his chemo for bone cancer. He drove into Rochester in his brand NEW yellow Mazda Protege to challenge Bryce in a few rounds of Dirt Bikes/ATV PlayStation 2! What a guy! Wes, you are going places in life,....and you are taking so many people with you!!! We were very pleasantly surprised by the visit from the Tweeten's from Iowa. Rachel has a brain tumor and had appts. today, also. She is 8 years old and just an amazing little girl! But, when you meet her parents, you know why she is so amazing! Thanks for stopping by tonight, Julie, Brian, & Rachel. We also had a visit from 2 of Bryce's favorite nurses, Dena & Sarah! That was fun! He was trying so hard not to smile!!! (We miss you, Jen & Jill!) I almost forgot to mention Bryce's counts today were: Hemoglobin 10.8, white count 2,100; ANC 1,230; and platelets 85,000. The Leukemia in his bone marrow is probably affecting his platelets because they dropped a bit. We will go back in on Thursday at 2pm for labs and 2:45 exam.

Now, I forgot to mention how much fun we had at Great Grandma Buck's Easter Egg Hunt last Saturday!!! I can't believe I forgot to mention it because IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND SOOOOOO VERY MUCH NEEDED!!!! The boys loved it and it was so good to be around family. Thank you, Grandma and everyone for the food and the fun! We love you so much!

Thank you ALL for sending out the powerful emails to everyone in your guestbooks and for adding Bryce to your prayer chains! Again, thank you for signing the guestbook. I couldn't even begin to give you an idea of how much we love and need your encouragement and strength!!! You are all so great!!! We love you all! Goodnight.

WE MUST PRAY FOR TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!!

Now, I am asking you to be strong for Bryce when you see him. Give him a cheery HELLO. He needs POSITIVE! He needs US! We need HIM!!! He needs school. He will go back to school, hopefully, the end of the week, next week. He needs his friends and they need him. Please pray for our family, Bryce's extended family, and Bryce's friends strength. Pray for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are each so very special to us!!! They and their family's give us such strength, faith, determination, courage, and hope. We must pray for their healing by our Lord and Savior. Please pray that every night Jesus will come down to touch and heal Bryce and all of his friends, no matter what the fight is. God is so good, and He has blessed us beyond imagination. Thank God every single day for everything you have. And remember, Life is sooooooo very good. We love and appreciate you all soooooo very much!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on journey with cancer. We feel their pain of many family's who also struggle with cancern or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Gavin, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, April 10, 2006 10:47 PM CDT

Good Evening~

We are doing well. We had a very nice weekend. It was quiet, peaceful, and full of family time. We needed that! Well, it was quiet until the Kennedy's stopped over on Sunday. Then, all of our 11 children were so excited to play that it got a little noisy for a little while! It was very fun! A much needed distraction... Thank you for all of your INCREDIBLE guest book entries and huge prayer requests for Bryce!!!! Thank you to Karyn at the Leprechaun Hollow for making Bryce's day on Friday and giving him 5 balloons to share with his brothers! Thank you to all of our Caring Bridge family's for also calling out the prayer warriors! Thank you to all of our family and friends' for taking us under your wings, once again. And, thank you to all of my Mary Kay Sister's for calling out to all of your prayer chains, also! You are all so wonderful!!!!

We took Bryce & Mitch to appts. today. They had their blood work done while I did apheresis to donate platelets, just for anyone who needs them. I asked all of the women in the Hilton Aperesis Dept. to pray for Bryce. They were more than willing! We saw Dr. Kahn and Julia at 1pm. Not much new there. They just did exams on the boys and talked about tomorrow. Mitch's counts are great. Bryce's weren't back, yet. Not sure why, but we are wondering what they are. We'll be all over that tomorrow. Then, we went to Gonda 10 to answer THOSE blood donor questions... And, they took a look at Mitch's arms and they love his veins!

So, Mitch & I will leave the house around 6:15am to be at the Gonda 10 at 7am. He will have a 4 hour apheresis. Then, Tim & Bryce will come down and we will go to St. Mary's immediatly to give Bryce the infusion with the fresh cells. Dr. Kahn told us they will be giving him a higher "dose" of white blood cells (Helper T-cells) than planned. His biggest risk would be GVHD. We are hoping for some Graft vs. Host Disease but not too much to cause any serious medical problems for Bryce. If he gets a little, that means it is Mitch's cells fighting off Bryce's cells. That would be good. We found out today that Bryce is no longer A negative blood type. He is now, O positive....Mitchell's blood type! Isn't that just fascinating??? Dr. Kahn also said we will not do a bone marrow biopsy, if needed, until 4-6 weeks from now. They drew another chimerism to send to San Fransisco for the study. They drew it today because their last results are from March 20th (it was 99 percent donor cells) and because tomorrow Bryce will be receiving the white cells. So, they will keep drawing and watching the chimerism results to see what is happening. They said we will probably see his counts drop, too. The white cells will cause that. So, I suppose that means transfusions again. We look at transfusions as lifesavers! Thank you to all blood donors!!!

Bryce will be going back to school on Thursday. We are all so excited!!!! There will be lots of tears and lots of laughter at the Goodhue School that day!! I can't wait!!! I'll be sure to wear my waterproof mascara that day, ladies... Bryce spoke with his teacher, Mrs. Peterson, today and that just makes him beam!!! He misses his friends so much! Now, I need to go to bed... Love to each and every one of YOU!!!!! Keep the HUGE faith!!!

WE MUST PRAY FOR TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!!

Now, I am asking you to be strong for Bryce when you see him. Give him a cheery HELLO. He needs POSITIVE! He needs US! We need HIM!!! He needs school. He will go back to school, hopefully, the end of the week, next week. He needs his friends and they need him. Please pray for our family, Bryce's extended family, and Bryce's friends strength. Pray for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are each so very special to us!!! They and their family's give us such strength, faith, determination, courage, and hope. We must pray for their healing by our Lord and Savior. Please pray that every night Jesus will come down to touch and heal Bryce and all of his friends, no matter what the fight is. God is so good, and He has blessed us beyond imagination. Thank God every single day for everything you have. And remember, Life is sooooooo very good. We love and appreciate you all soooooo very much!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on journey with cancer. We feel their pain of many family's who also struggle with cancern or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Gavin, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Friday, April 7, 2006 6:39 PM CDT

First of all, I just want to THANK GOD again for blessing us with our children, our marriage, our family's & friends', and our HUGE FAITH in Him. God has asked us once again to trust in Him with all of our heart, soul, and mind. Bryce's chimerism study for San Fransisco, which is a blood sample, has come back at 99 percent. We have seen this the last few times it was drawn. It did not concern the doctors. His spinal fluid is clear which is great news. But, his bone marrow has 95percent donor (Mitchell) cells and 5 percent host (Bryce) cells. It was 100 percent donor cells in January. The bone marrow is where the blood is produced. We want Bryce's bone marrow to be completely filled with Mitchell's cells because Bryce's cells have Leukemia in them. The 5 percent of his bone marrow that is host cells has 5-10 percent blast cells in them. The blast cells are the cancer or Leukemia cells. They moved our appt. times today so Dr. Kahn, Julia, and Holly, our Social Worker, could be with us at the same time. Donna, Bryce's Oncology N.P., took him out for a walk so the doctor could talk to Tim & I. They were very surprised about Bryce's bone marrow results. If someone relapses in the first 3 months, it is not good. Bryce has relapsed (again) in the first 3 months. Before I forget, they told us to stop his anti-rejection drug, Tacrolimus. His counts are hemoglobin 10.8; white count 2,100; ANC 1,350; and platelets 94,000. So, we are calling in the "troops",...Mitchell, once again. This time he will give blood to Bryce. They are hoping his blood will attack Bryce's cells and elimate them.

We will go in on Monday for appts. Mitch & Bryce will have bloodwork at 11am, see Julia & Dr. Kahn at 12:45, and Mitch will have a vein analysis at 2pm. They want to be sure his veins are large enough to do aphoresis. Aphoresis is when a person donates blood from one arm, it is then spun down in a special machine and the specific blood needed is taken out and preserved. Then, the rest of his blood is put back into him in the other arm. If his veins are not large enough, they will put a PICC line into his neck. They are specifically taking Mitchell's white blood cells. Even more specifically, his Helper T-cells to help for engraftment of the donor cells and rejection of the host cells. This is where they are hoping Mitchell's cells will attack Bryce's cells. The actual aphoresis will be performed on Tuesday on Gonda 10 and will take 3-5 hours. They must first get healthy blood levels from Mitchell, also checking for viruses. Then on Wednesday, Bryce will be admitted to St. Mary's Hospital in the Transplant Unit to receive Mitchell's white blood cells. The process is called Donor Lymphocyte Infusion (Mitchell's white blood cells infused). They will discharge him either that night, if early enough, or the next day. Bryce will have a bone marrow biopsy 3-4 weeks after that to check for engraftment, once again. We asked about him having another Bone Marrow Transplant and his body is not strong enough, yet. He would only have a 40 percent chance survival rate with the hard chemo. Six months after his bone marrow transplant, we could look into it but we would need to get him back into remission first which was very difficult to do last fall. This Leukemia, once relapsed, is very aggressive. The doctors knew we were dealing with a very agressive cancer. If he had relapsed 6 months after transplant, chances would be better for him. But, THE DOCTORS ARE NOT GIVING UP AND NEITHER ARE WE!!!

Bryce does not know all of the in-depth details, he does not need to know them right now. What he needs is positive talk and positive healing. He needs to feel comfort in the Lord Almighty and comfort within us. Our little boy is fighting his battle without knowing how serious it is today, and right now, that is ok. He's only 7 years old and does not need to be worrying about losing the fight. God is our Lord and Savior, and He is in control. We must TRUST in Him with everything we have!! We must NOT doubt Him. We must give Him all of our burdens, fears, and weaknesses. He will lift us up and give us our strength that we need. Don't get me wrong, we are very scared of losing our little redhead. But, I don't want to doubt God in any way! I keep trying to catch myself whenever I feel doubts and fears which is quite a bit today and tonight.

Please ask everyone you know to pray for our little Brycer and, again, ask strangers on the streets and in the malls and in the grocery stores and at church and work and daycare and the gas station. If the Donor Lymphocyte Infusion (DLI) does not work, they could try Phase 1 studies. They are not sure what that would do. They are drugs that have not yet been approved. They told us they don't want Bryce to have to suffer. We told them we are desperate and want them to confer with anyone and everyone who has a new idea to keep Bryce alive. And, they are. So far, the DLI is what everyone is agreeing upon. We must pray for SUCCESS WITH THE DLI!!!

WE MUST PRAY FOR TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!!

Now, I am asking you to be strong for Bryce when you see him. Give him a cheery HELLO. He needs POSITIVE! He needs US! We need HIM!!! He needs school. He will go back to school, hopefully, the end of the week, next week. He needs his friends and they need him. Please pray for our family, Bryce's extended family, and Bryce's friends strength. Pray for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are each so very special to us!!! They and their family's give us such strength, faith, determination, courage, and hope. We must pray for their healing by our Lord and Savior. Please pray that every night Jesus will come down to touch and heal Bryce and all of his friends, no matter what the fight is. God is so good, and He has blessed us beyond imagination. Thank God every single day for everything you have. And remember, Life is sooooooo very good. We love and appreciate you all soooooo very much!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces on journey with cancer. We feel their pain of many family's who also struggle with cancern or another life-threatening disease. Please say a prayer for all the little people on 3 Francis of St. Mary's Hospital. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here at Mayo! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Gavin, Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Thursday, April 6, 2006 10:02 PM CDT

Hundredth Day of Celebration Poem
(tune: "The Ants Go Marching One by One")
We've all been counting one by one,
Hoorah! Hoorah!
We've all been counting oh what fun!
Hoorah! Hoorah!
And now 100 days are done,
Hooray! Today's the 100th day to celebrate!

We started counting up to 10, Hoorah! Hoorah!
To 20, 30, 40, then Hoorah! Hoorah!
To 50, 60, 70 then, to 80, 90 and now is when
Hooray! Today's the 100th day to celebrate!

We started with a number low, Hoorah! Hoorah!
And one by one we made it grow, Hoorah! Hoorah!
We started with a number low,
and now it's grown to 1-0-0,
Hooray! Today's the 100th day to celebrate!!!

****Thanks Jodi & Brittany!! :-)

Day 100 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Wow! What a magical day!!! We sang to Bryce today "Happy Day 100" in the tune of Happy Birthday. He loved it! We almost can't believe that Day 100 is already here! I asked Bryce if he could believe it and he said he couldn't either. It just felt like the first time we heard about Day 100 that it seemed so far away. I say it has been a magical day because every time I looked at Bryce today I felt such inner peace and happiness. Our little boy is alive today because of the grace of God, and because he has an incredible older brother who was an exact match,...also, the grace of God. I had many, many memories go through my mind today from the past 7 1/2 months, even the last 3 years. I have no doubts in our Lord that Bryce will grow up to be a very old man telling his story to his great grandchildren. This thought also gives me a complete sense of peace. Every song I heard today made me think of the strength that you gave us, God gave us, and Bryce gave us. Almost every song I heard made me cry, too. (It was just an emotional day). But, best of all, I heard Bryce singing the songs with me and watching for my "happy tears" reaction from the words in the songs. Just the fact that I could hear his voice and hear him singing,...THAT was the best thing of all!!! He knew what a milestone day today was and that means so much to me! I hope and pray he will remember these most significant days. But, who knows. Maybe the minor days are the most significant to him. He is such an inspiration to Tim & I. All of our boys are. What a journey they have had. Please tell all of your children THANK YOU FROM THE BREUER'S for all of their constent prayers and concerns for Bryce. These little people are so innocent, so caring, and so loving. Give them a big HUG from us also! They are so very special to us!

Our God is soooo awesome and sooooo incredible! Where would we be today if it wasn't for the healing touch He has? Where would we be today if we didn't believe that Bryce was in God's hands and to have complete trust and faith in Him? My best advice and "words of wisdom" to everyone, in case you are looking for some (haha), would be to put your complete and total trust in God. Don't doubt Him or doubt yourself. Give all of your worries to Him and let Him deal with them. He wants us to trust Him with all of our heart, not just part of it.

We had a fun supper at the Covered Bridge tonight. Grandma Ann was working so she waited on us and spoiled us rotten! Grandpa & Grandpa Breuer, Auntie Shelly & Carson, and Auntie Manda met us there. It was a 'Day 100 with Anniversary for Grandpa & Grandma' celebration. Their anniversary is April 11th. I am guessing we will celebrate with my side of the family on Easter. It was so nice... Bryce wore his Day 100 crown that Mrs. Doden, Joel's kindergarten teacher, gave to Grandma. Grandma also brought balloons! He was excited about all of the hooplah! Very fun!!!

Tomorrow, we will leave the house around 8am. We'll drop the boys off at school, drop Ethan off at Lori's, and head to Roch. Joel will be with us. We have to go up to E9 to get his Chimerism study box and a urinalysis cup. Then, we go to the Hilton for bloodwork, chimerism study, and the UA at 9:30. They bumped us up to 10:45 with Julia because of a switch in her schedule. We will see Dr. Moir after that and then go to Gonda 6 for his Echocardiogram with Auntie Manda!! Bryce asked Amanda tonight if she was going to do the Echo and she said, "If you want me to." He said, "Yeah, that way we can make sure you are doing it right!" Pretty funny. He likes to give people a hard time already....He's a little like his father... Getting back on track,... So far, we know his spinal fluid is clear, his chest x-ray is clear, and his pulmonary function test was a little on the low side but he had anesthesia prior to the test so that probably had something to do with it. Yeah on all the results so far!!!!! We are anxious to hear the good news tomorrow!!!!!!! Keep the prayers coming for Bryce and his strong little friends!!! Big friends, too! Jamie has had some big appts. today and tomorrow. She is doing very well. We will be meeting up with them at lunch!

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:09 PM CDT

Hundredth Day of Celebration Poem
(tune: "The Ants Go Marching One by One")
We've all been counting one by one,
Hoorah! Hoorah!
We've all been counting oh what fun!
Hoorah! Hoorah!
And now 100 days are done,
Hooray! Today's the 100th day to celebrate!

We started counting up to 10, Hoorah! Hoorah!
To 20, 30, 40, then Hoorah! Hoorah!
To 50, 60, 70 then, to 80, 90 and now is when
Hooray! Today's the 100th day to celebrate!

We started with a number low, Hoorah! Hoorah!
And one by one we made it grow, Hoorah! Hoorah!
We started with a number low,
and now it's grown to 1-0-0,
Hooray! Today's the 100th day to celebrate!!!

****Thanks Jodi & Brittany!! :-)

Day 99

Hey Everyone!

This is going to be a REALLY QUICK UPDATE! I have toothepicks holding my eyes open...

Julia, Bryce's N.P., called today and said that his spinal fluid is clear! No blast cells!! Yeah! His chest x-ray was clear and his pulmonary function test was low but that could be caused by having anesthesia prior to the test. The bone marrow results will not be back before Friday. We will get the results at appts. on Friday afternoon.

TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY!!! DAY 100!!! I remember thinking (about 121 days ago) that Day 100 seemed soooooo far off. Wow. Here we are, not a fear within... God is with Bryce and He is with us. He has blessed us beyond imagination! We are planning on doing something special Thursday night, but we need to get input from our boys! There will be a celebration somewhere... Now, Tammy. I am so glad you signed tonight! I keep forgetting to tell you THANK YOU for the fun Day 100 stickers and pencils! Where did you get them? What a treat!!! They are very special to Bryce. In fact, I don't know if he will even use them.... He is 'one of those' children. He saves things like candy and special treats. You are all sooooo thoughtful, caring, and wonderful! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! We love you all!!!!!!!! Keep the prayers coming for Bryce and ALL of our special friends in need!!!

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, April 4, 2006 9:58 PM CDT

Day 98

Good Evening~

Again, all is well in the Breuer Home! Mom, Dad, & Bryce left the house at 6:45am. Grandma Ann stayed overnight and got the 3 boys on the bus and took Ethan to Daycare. The spinal tap and bone marrow biopsy went fine. We were out of there by 10. He had his chest x-ray after that, and then had his pulmonary function test. This time that test went much better! The last time he was recovering from pneumonia... Let's just say he does NOT have pleasant memories from that one with the lady he had. He gets this look on his face when you talk about it,..."Well, she kept telling me just one more time!!!" Someday, he will laugh about it,...maybe. We left Rochester by 11am! That was great! Mrs. Pasch came out at 1pm and they had a great 2 hours. She deserves a HUGE round of applause!!!! She is wonderful!!! So, patient and so kind.... We are so grateful that she is here for us! So, now we hang out at home for 2 days and go in on Friday, again. He has labs at 9:30. They will draw his CBC and he has to give a urine sample, too. Then, he has his echocardiogram at 10:30 with Auntie Manda (hopefully). We are talking with Zach & Jamie O'Reilly about getting some lunch together while we all have a break in appts. We will see Julia at 12:45 to get the results of everything. I can't wait to hear he is clean and clear!!! I know he will be! Then, we will see Dr. Moir at 1:30 for a surgery consult.

Everyone here is doing great! We are loving the spring weather!! We are praising God everyday for all of our incredible blessings!!! We have sooooo many! Thank you for your continuous support! Bryce is loving all of your entries! We hope all is well with your family's, also! Love to all!

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, April 3, 2006 11:19 PM CDT

Day 97

Today was a good day! Bryce's counts are good. Hemoglobin 11.6; white count 2,600; ANC 1,540; platelets 108,000. So, the hemoglobin and platelets took a little jump! His exam was fine. He was glad to see Julia his N.P. today. She was on vacation in Mexico last week. Tomorrow, Donna will do his LP. We got to see her for a few seconds today. She is so funny! After Bryce's clinic appts. today, we went to St. Mary's to visit with Ethan and his family. But, we also got to visit with Nyla and her daughter, Ellen, too! Ellen was admitted today. I would be so greatful is you would stop by their webpages for a few moments to say HI and say a special prayer. Last fall, we all made a connection. There were 6 family's on 3-Francis that made a very strong bond... We were a huge support system for each other,...picking each other up when we were down. Now, it's only Ellen & Ethan who are left. I know they are there because they are going to lift others up on 3-Francis. God must have left these special one's for last for a reason..... Their webpages are caringbridge.org/visit/ellenkathleen and caringbridge.org/visit/ethanstrenge. Thanks for giving them a hug!!! It was so great to hang out with them today and do lunch in the hospital cafeteria. It was like a mini reunion. Bryce said, at least 5 times before we left Rochester, "Can we do that again, Mom? It was so much fun!" He really, really, really enjoyed it. Nyla & Brenda both commented on how good he looked and that he didn't look sad like the last time they saw him. It is soooooooooo wonderful to see him happy!!!! He just has so many good things going on, right now!!! He had a great weekend at church, and spending time with brothers and friends. He feels good! He is very excited to go back to school. EVERYTHING is GOOD!!!! THANK YOU, GOD!!! We leave the house at 6:30am, so I am heading off to bed. I will be back tomorrow night. Love to all!!!

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, April 2, 2006 11:56 PM CDT

Day 96 ! ! ! ! !

Wow!!! We are soooo close to the moment we have been waiting for! Well, all of it has been a moment we have been waiting for, really! I just wanted to drop a quick note to let you know Bryce's schedule this week. I feel bad that I don't update as often as I use to but I know you all understand. I told Sara M. in church today that I was going to update, so here it is Sara....(I'm being a woman of my word).

All is good. Bryce and I will leave for Roch. around 7:15am tomorrow. He has labs at 8 and sees Julia at 9:45. Then, we are going to St. Mary's to visit our little friend, Ethan. He is back in with a fever and we miss him and his Mom, Brenda! We're very excited about the visit! We will come home by 1pm for his home-schooling. On Tuesday, we are scheduled to be at Gonda 7 at 7:15am for Bryce's bone marrow biopsy and lumbar puncture. He will also have a chest x-ray at 10:45 and Pulmonary Function Test at 11:30. We are off until Friday when he will have an Echocardiogram at 10:45am where his Auntie Manda works! I already asked her if she will be the one doing the Echo. She's checking on it! Bryce will be so excited! We always giggle because ever since she has worked there the boys think that she is a doctor, and she has to remind them that she is not a doctor. Now, Bryce will have the opportunity to see her in action maybe! At 12:45 on Friday, we will see Julia again for the results of EVERYTHING!!!!! I just KNOW that everything will be great!!! God is so giving and so awesome! He has already given us so much, and He will continue to do so.... Then, Dr. Moir will come in and discuss the surgery to remove his central line as outpatient at St. Mary's Hospital. They will probably schedule it for the following Monday or Tuesday. Once Bryce is feeling well enough, he will head back to school 1/2 days. I'm guessing he will want to go the next day. He went to Sunday School today for the first time since September. Yeah!!! We went to Ice Age, The Meltdown at the Zumbrota Theatre this afternoon with Auntie Manda. That was so funny and so much fun!!! We met up with the Huemann's, our family friends. The kids LOVED that!!! We have had a COMPLETELY WONDERFUL weekend!!! Now, I need to go to bed! Please know that we are so grateful for everything you have done and continue to do for our family!!! So many of you have sent cards, gifts, money, food! So many of you have helped our family in so many ways! But, most importantly, it is your prayers that we know God listened to and answered!! I LOVE kissing my little Brycer goodnight, every night, and thanking God because I am able to kiss him goodnight. We were really scared for a few months. But everything turned around when God took the wheel. Please allow God to take your wheel. Allow Him to have the control. Listen to what He tells you. Ask Him to bless you. You are all so great at helping others....THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES!!!! You are our support system and we love you all!!!!!!!!!!

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, March 27, 2006 12:50 AM CST

Day 90

Good Afternoon~

We are doing great! Bryce had early appts. this morning. We left the house at 6:30 and we were home by 10:45! Grandma Linda took Joel & Ethan to her house and Mitch was staying at a friends house. We don't have school today. Logan was very happy to be going along to appts! Bryce's appts. went well. His counts are: Hemoglobin 10.8; white count 2,700; ANC 1,640; and platelets 92,000. His liver enzymes are coming down from last weeks slightly higher levels. We saw Dr. Rodriguez this morning because Julia is on vacation. She has scheduled Bryce to see Julia next Monday, as usual, and then he will have his bone marrow biopsy and lumbar puncture at Gonda 7 on Tuesday. He will probably also have some additional tests on Wednesday. On Friday, we will come back to see Julia again for results and preop. Then, on Monday or Tuesday, they will schedule him for St. Mary's outpatient surgery to remove his Hickman Central Line. They don't want to take it out until all the results are back. Makes sense,...I was wondering about that. So, he will be back to school sometime that week. He is looking forward to it!

Everyone is doing great around here! I went to my Mary Kay Career Conference in St. Paul Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon. It was soooooo wonderful to be back! It reinforced my whole belief that God is in control of my life, and your's, if you will allow Him to be. And, that everything is in God's timing and purpose... That's exactly what I believe has happened in our lives. Thank you for inviting us into your hearts and homes, for building our strength and belief in our Good Lord, and for praying for our little Brycer and our family non-stop from the moment we called out to you!!! You are reaffirming your faith in God when you do this for us!!! Thank you a million times!!!
As always, God is sooooo good....
Life is sooooooooo good....
We are sooooooooo blessed!!!
Love to all of you....

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:54 PM CST

Day 84

Good Evening~

We are back!!! And, we are doing wonderful! Bryce is looking and feeling good, plus he is getting a little excited to head back to school soon! We are planning on his Day 100 bone marrow biopsy with lumbar puncture and Hickman catheter removal for April 6th. He will have to go in the day before for some extra tests like pulmonary function, etc. We are thinking he will be going back to school--half days--on April 10th. He has been working hard on his school work. Today was probably the best day, yet! He had a great attitude and was very involved. We LOVE to see that! He had his appointments yesterday and all is well. His counts are maintaining which Julia said is good. Of course, I asked her, "What is 'everyone else's' counts doing at this point?" And she said, "The same." Just gotta ask! Hemoglobin 10.6; White count 3,000; ANC 1,940; and platelets 102,000. His liver enzymes have gone up a bit and she's not sure why but she's not too concerned either. We have discontinued his Magnesium, Zantac, and Megase medications. He will continue on the Bactrim as his antibiotic 2 days a week, and he is gradually being wheened from the Tacrolimus which is the anti-rejection drug. He received his last dose of IV IG (Immunoglobulin) yesterday to help boost his immune system. That's a 3 hour drip at the PITC at St. Mary's. They also drew extra blood for the chimerism study that he and Mitch are in. They will do that every 3 weeks. Julia made him aware that when his Hickman is out, he will have blood drawn from his arms. He wasn't real excited about that. Bryce goes back next Monday for appointments. We are putting lotion on his face and scalp for dry skin. His "brownish and not-so-red" hair is about 1/4 inch long, now! It will be so crazy if it is coming in brown! He will actually look a little more like his brothers!!! All the brothers have a little bit of a cold but nothing serious. Bryce is on a chips and cheesy dip kick right now...Melted Velveeta w/ hamburger and salsa. I think it has given him a more "round" face!

We went to school last Wednesday at 3:30 to meet with the Goodhue Wildcat Wrestlers and Cheerleaders for Pins for Bryce. That was wonderful! Not only did he enjoy the ice cream and company, he LOVED getting out of the house for something other than appointments!! He ran around the gym a few times,...it wasn't real fast but he did it! We want to say a very special THANK YOU to all of the wrestlers, cheerleaders, Coach Sutter, Joe & Julie Huneke, Sue Hokanson, and everyone else who contributed to Pins for Bryce! Coach Sutter told us about the wrestlers determination and focus on this very special mission, and how they would go to him after they pinned someone and would say "There's another pin for Bryce!" These young adults are absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! What a bunch of leaders with such a great positive influence on all of our younger people! Kudos to all of you!!!

Dad and the boys did wonderful while I was in Mexico! I have never heard one complaint from anyone. Their reaction when they saw me was precious...Just what a Mom needs! Us girls had a blast!!! Mexico is beautiful and so much fun! The next trip WILL be with the husbands in a few years (so I say..) so they can get all the relaxation and fun with us! We all missed our husbands and family's,...good thing we were soooo distracted with the sun and activities!

Once again, THANK YOU SOOOOO VERY MUCH for everything that you have done for us and continue to do for us!!! We are just so grateful for where we are at! It's all in God's timing and God's plan. If I could give any advice, it would be to look at your life in God's view. Look at the timing of events and who was involved. Look at the overall outcome with a positive attitude, and keep that positive, faith-filled attitude and trust in God ALWAYS. He will never fail you! "If God be with me, then who dare be against me?!" Our God is AWESOME & INCREDIBLE! I get tears in my eyes every time I think about how blessed I am!! With God, we have everything. Without God, we have nothing. Ask for God's favor and blessings everyday in your life. You just never know what He has instore for you! Love you, all!!!

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, March 13, 2006 4:49 PM CST

Day 76

Good Snowy Afternoon~

I hope you are all safe and sound,...those of you in MN anyway! We are doing great! We had a wonderful weekend!! Thanks to Amanda Albers for staying with the boys Saturday evening and getting them off to Sunday School! Another thanks to Grandma & Grandpa Breuer for taking over Sunday morning until Tim & I got home around 6ish. It was a much needed "vacation" for the Mom & Dad tag-team,...well, we're not a tag-team any more, I guess. I felt like I was getting spoiled rotten the entire time! The breakfast from the hotel was incredible!!!

Now, onto Bryce. He is doing great! Tim brought him to his appts. this morning...They left the house at 7am. You know how men are...They are born with a 4-wheel drive gene. He was ready for the challenge! I think he almost enjoyed the terrible drive. I stayed home with Logan, Joel, and Ethan. Mitch went with them. He was feeling better when we left on Saturday around 4:30. Sunday was a much better day for him. No one else has gotten sick yet. Let's hope we are done with it before I leave for Mexico on Thursday! The older boys are playing outside in the snow, right now. Ethan has just woken from his nap and trying to cut open Bryce's candy. Bryce's appts. went well. His counts are on the rise: hemoglobin 10.5; wbc 4,500; ANC 3,050; and platelets 121,000. His exam was good, too. They are wheening him off the anti-rejection drug slowly. We are also cutting in half the Zantac and Megase. His appetite has been real good again. He is munching all the time! He goes in next Monday again for labs at the PITC and his monthly IG (Immunoglobulin) infusion. Then, he sees Julia around 1pm.

Thanks for all the prayers you are sending out! Obviously they are all being heard by our Good Lord!!! Jamie & Alyssa are doing great! Rachel's MRI shows improvement in shrinking her brain tumor! Now, let's keep up the prayers for everyone else who is still fighting there battles!!! They need the prayers, strength, and huge faith! Always keep our healing friends on your prayer list, too! You are all so wonderful! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Saturday, March 11, 2006 12:57 AM CST

Day 74

Good Afternoon~

I hope everyone is having a great weekend! We are having some nice weather in Southern Minnesota! We just got home from the Jaycee Wrestling Tournament in Goodhue. Bryce got the go-ahead to go from his N.P. and was very excited to go this morning! He saw a few of his friends from school. He is very quiet when he sees them but I can tell he loves seeing them! Logan got a first place trophy, he is very excited about that! Joel did too. But he received his at the end when they realized his name was missed on the roster. Oops. His good friend (and b-day boy!) Mason wrestled him after. He was just happy with his trophy. Mitchell is still sick. I almost took him in when we got home today but we are still wondering if it is the flu, yet. He got the flu early Wednesday am. He stayed home on Wednesday, went to school on Thursday but then his stomach was hurting again then and Friday. Now, he got sick during the night again. His tummy hurts so bad. Tim had his appendix out when he was 12 but he was curled over in pain, then. Mitchell is not curled over. So, we are just thinking it is still a nasty flu bug! Tim & I were going to go away for 24 hours and stay at a hotel in Rochester with a gift certificate we won. I'm not sure that we will go now. We need some time to ourselves!! I leave for Mexico on Thursday afternoon with 5 of my girl friends until late Sunday night. It's our first time going on a vacation with the girls for all of us! Kinda crazy but we are very excited! And, it's only for 3 nights. Just the right amount of time. We all have small to "medium" (haha) children so we don't want to be gone long. Plus, we'll miss our husbands!!

These last few days have been great! We are all so excited for our good friends, Jamie & Alyssa, being healed!! God is so good! Bryce had his chimerism (the study for him and Mitch) re-drawn last week and it looks fine but the "CD3" (I don't know for sure, but maybe it's a chromosome) looks different (?). Sorry, but I don't quite understand it. Julia said not to worry about it. She said we will draw his chimerism every 3 weeks now because of this result. We'll ask more questions on Monday. We went to our friends, the Huemann's, last night for a few hours at supper time. It was very fun to watch the kids together, again.

On Monday, Bryce has labs at 8am and sees Julia for his exam at 9:45. We are hoping to run into Rachel Tweeten and then, stop over to see Ethan Strenge at St. Mary's. Who knows who else we'll run into...Joshi, Wes, Austin... It's always fun to run into other chemo kids. Now, I have a few special requests....
1) Rachel has an MRI on Monday to see if the brain tumor has gotten smaller. Please, please, please send out some powerful prayers for her!!! She is such a brave, strong girl!! Her mom, Julie, has such huge, positive faith!!! Stop by her webpage and say a prayer. It's caringbridge.org/visit/racheltweeten.
2) Wes is almost done with his chemo. He is 19 and has such a way with words and with children! Take a look at his journal entry! He always, no matter how yucky he is feeling, says a special prayer for all the bald children! All of us parent's of bald children really, really appreciate that!!! He's at caringbridge.org/visit/weszitnay.
3) Joshi has to stay in Roch. one more month for another round of chemo. They didn't expect this and were very excited to be going home to their family in Wisconsin. Send them some prayers of strength! He is soooooo adorable and his mom, Lori, is so uplifting and funny! He's at caringbridge.org/visit/joshi.
4) Ethan is back in at St. Mary's with a fever from his last round of chemo. St. Mary's should really just leave his room left up for him, he is in so often! Poor kid, and mom, Brenda! He makes everyone smile and Brenda is always lifting others up!! He's at caringbridge.org/visit/ethanstrenge.
5) Alyssa is on her way home to Montana with her mom & dad! Please send a prayer for their safety and comfort. They are so excited that Alyssa is cancer-free and to be going home, yet they are missing everyone in Roch. We know how that goes!!! She's at caringbridge.org/visit/babyalyssa.
6) Here are some more VIP: very important patients to pray for and signing their guestbooks would be greatly appreciated!!! Dani, young mom with cancer: caringbridge.org/visit/danijohnson. Michelle, another young mom with cancer: caringbridge.org/visit/michellescheuer. Nikki, high school sr. who just had another round of chemo: caringbridge.org/mn/nikki. Austin, 2 y.o. going through chemo for Leukemia: caringbridge.org/visit/austinarnoldy. Max, baby boy also fighting Leukemia: caringbridge.org/visit/maxjordan. Forgive me if I have not entered someone in who needs prayers! Send them to me!! It is soooooo important to lift these special people up in prayer while they are fighting their battles! God will hear our prayers for healing and strength! They all need it!!!

THANK YOU SOOOOO VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR OUR FAMILY!!!! YOU GIVE US STRENGTH, PEACE, AND HEALING WITHIN!!! YOU ARE ALL SO SPECIAL IN OUR HEARTS!!! WE LOVE YOU, ALL!!!!!!!!

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, March 7, 2006 10:33 PM CST

Day 70

Good Evening!!

Can you feel the positive healing energy from my keyboard???? We have received MORE great news!!! Jamie has had great results from her surgery today!!! The cancer is not going up her spinal cord any farther. PRAISE GOD!!! He is sooo good and He is healing Jamie! Please send her a note tonight! The last time I checked she already had 35 guestbook entries today! Keep the support and positive prayers coming. For a cancer patient, the anticipation and caution is never over. She needs just as many prayers now as she did before! Our family is soooo excited for Zach & Jamie and their 5 boys! I was with them all day at the hospital. I want to say a special thanks to my guy for sending me to Rochester to be with them! It was a great place to be today!!! I just wanted you to know!

As for the Breuer home, it's all good. Ethan was not feeling well again this morning but much better tonight! Let's send a special prayer "upstairs" for Bryce to miss out on this one, too! He is doing great! I can't believe it's Day 70 already!!! Thank you, God!!! I completely forgot to tell you that he had a friend over on Saturday morning for a few hours. He and Keisha, a classmate, both like to do the perler bead thing. You place all of these tiny little beads on a poky board (that's in a form of a shape) and then you melt them together with an iron. It's pretty cool, but works a lot better with their little fingers and hands! It was nice to see him hanging out with a friend, again. And, it was nice having Keisha in the house! I didn't feel so outnumbered! haha... Thanks, Keisha! ;-)

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, March 6, 2006 11:02 PM CST

Day 69

Good Evening, EVERYONE!

Wow...I can't believe we haven't updated since Thursday!! I am so sorry!!! Everyone and everything is good...It's all good! Bryce is feeling well and no one else has gotten sick but Joel & Ethan. I hear it is going around very strong yet, though.

The weekend was fun and busy! Tim, Mitch, Logan, me, & my brother Geoff went to see/hear Joel Osteen in Minneapolis on Friday night. He is a Pastor in Houston, TX. We watch him on Sunday mornings on Fox Channel 9 from 8-8:30am. We all enjoyed his message so much! I have his book and it is awesome! He basically tells us what God wants us to know, hear, and do. I recommend it to people always! In fact, it helped me a lot while we were going through all of this with Bryce. God was my comfort and strength, but the book reminded me a lot of the time to give it all to God and let Him have all of the control. Bryce, Joel, & Ethan went to Auntie Julie, Jordan, & Collin's house. They had a blast! Can you say 'spoiled rotten'??? Lots of memories there! On Sunday, we went to church as a family which we haven't done since the 2nd week in December. Boy, did that ever feel good!!! I counted my blessings the entire time!!!! All six of them!!! It was sooooooooo great to look to my right and see Bryce sitting next to me! You couldn't even imagine... That afternoon, Maggie, Steve, Ryan, & Adam--all cousin's on the Buck side-came over with pizza and chocolate cake! NUMMY!!! We watched a couple of movies and relaxed. It was wonderful!!

Today, we had appts. for Bryce. Mitch & Logan went to school and the rest of us went to Roch. First, we had to wait for 45 minutes at the Hilton Desk C for Bryce's blood draw. The RAC (central line) person ahead of us was having a difficult draw. Then, we went to E5 Dermatology. Bryce had some more of his Mulluscem (warts) removed from the inside of both elbows and the top of his left shoulder. The last time we did this, it was the day in September that he had his spinal tap where they found the blast cells. He was not looking forward to the "scaping". But, he did get to watch a DVD the whole time so that made it better. Oh, he also had EMLA (numbing cream) on the warts for a few hours before which helped, too. After all the gauze wrap, we went to E9 and saw Julia, his N.P. He looks great, feels good, and his counts are staying the same which she said is good--they would get nervous if they dropped. Hemoglobin 10; WBC 3,800; ANC 2,430; and platelets 98,000. Magnesium is good and liver enzymes are lower. So, all is well on the home/hospital front! He will go back in on Monday for labs and exam. We are slowly wheening him from the Tacrolimus (anti-rejection) drug. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR CONTINUED PRAYERS FOR BRYCE AND OUR FAMILY. AND, FOR SIGNING THE GUESTBOOK WHEN YOU STOP BY! WE LOVE THAT!! IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US THAT WE HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE SUPPORT SYSTEM IN ALL OF YOU!!! You are the BEST!

And, now onto Jamie. She is going in for her 3rd surgery tomorrow. Remember, 3rd one's a charm!! I am going in early to hang out with Zach and Renee. PLEASE SEND OUT SOME HUGE, POWERFUL, BIGGER-THAN-THIS-WORLD PRAYERS FOR JAMIE!!! She is such an incredible mother, wife, daughter, and friend!! Stop by her webpage today and say a prayer. Sign her guestbook, she loves that! caringbridge.org/visit/jamieoreilly. God is healing her and she will be yet another one of His incredible, supernatural miracles!!!! Take it all to God because Our God is bigger than our problems! He can move mountains, and He WILL heal Jamie!!!!!! KEEP THE HUGE FAITH, ALWAYS!!!! Send her prayers and strength all day long!!!

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Thursday, March 2, 2006 10:17 PM CST

Day 65

Good Evening~

All is good in our home...I hope your's is, as well. I am feeling very strongly that instead of updating on our busy household which is all normal--Ethan is feeling better--I want to focus on the people who are in need of prayer and celebration especially tonight...

Praise God!!! Alyssa's MRI came back with great results today!!! Yeah!!! We are all doing the happy dance here and all across the country! When I signed her guestbook there were 62 entries in it today! WOWee! Thank you, God for healing precious little Alyssa!!! Next, we have to send out powerful prayers to our little friend, Max. He is just a little guy fighting ALL, also. In the cancer world, every day can be a scary day. Please add Max to your prayer list and give him and his family much needed strength! His caring bridge is new and it's maxjordan. Please send them some encouraging, supportive, faith-filled notes!!! He's so cute and chubby!!! Please God give Max your complete healing and strength. And finally, there was a Mom in St. Mary's once who touched my heart with such power...I was frustrated with my little Brycer one day (don't remember why but it happens!) and decided to leave the room and wander the halls. God led me to her hallway and her room. SERIOUSLY, HE DID... What an amazing feeling to know that this person, who just looked out at you, was all in God's plan. Her name is Nyla and her daughter is Ellen. What an incredible woman and incredible story... God literally steered me to her room, I felt it. While I was there, I heard God say to me, "You see, someone always has it worse. Life is not so bad." I sooooo needed that, at that moment. Nyla and I cried together. I miss you, Nyla!! Ellen is this beautiful little girl, all in pink! We love pink!! Please go to her caring bridge and say HI. It's the new caring bridge and ellenkathleen. Please God give Ellen and her family peace and healing. And now, please read the paragragh below, one more time because I am feeling very strongly about that, too..... God is soooooooo good. THANK YOU, GOD, FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE GIVEN ME IN MY LIFE!!!!

Now is the part where I turn to you in faith and ask you to pray for those who need the Power of Prayer strength that you are so good at giving. Please lift these people (listed below) up in many, many prayers. We all know how powerful our almighty God is!!! We all know the effects He has on our lives. Let's share all of His goodness with others and give them strength, healing, and peace. Bryce is doing so great. And, I have such a strong feeling of peace in my heart that God will keep him safe for many, many years to come. Please pray for those who are feeling scared, unsure, and sad. I pray that we will all open our hearts to God and His mercy and have HUGE FAITH!! Life is so good, and God is so good. Thank you a million times over for everything that you have done and still do for our family,...especially all of your prayers!!!!! You have taught us so much, especially to care for others. You are the BEST! God's blessings to ALL of YOU!!!!

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Max, Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:36 PM CST

Day 63

Good Evening~

We are doing great! Sorry it's so late! There's lots of good stuff going on... Bryce had his appts. yesterday and everything was pretty good. She didn't recheck his liver enzymes or magnesium. She will do that next Monday. His counts were hemoglobin 9.9; WBC 4,000; ANC 2,210; and platelets 99,000. They redrew his chimerism study and sent that to San Diego. He is feeling good. His tummy was bothering him this weekend so we started his Zantac (antacid)again. He is sleeping good and getting better about his schoolwork. He is excited to get back to school but doesn't want to work on the schoolwork so much at home. Funny how that happens... He has a rash on his head, the doctors are calling it Folliculitis. Well, now it is spreading down to his forehead, face, neck, shoulders, and chest. So, I took him back to Mayo today to the Dermatologist to see what she recommends. She gave him some Hydrocortisone ointment for that, and we go back on Monday to remove some more Maluscum (warts). He's had these in the past and has had many removed. But, now they are flaring up again which is not uncommon. He does not like getting them removed... Otherwise, all in all, he is doing great! But, now Ethan has a fever tonight. So, we'll be watching him. Tim brought Joel in yesterday, and it's 'viral'. He is feeling much better today. So, sorry it's a quick update tonight! I need to go to bed! We love you all!!!! We miss our nurses!!!! We appreciate ALL OF YOU, OUR BRYCE-BACKERS!!! Your prayers are wonderful and soooo needed! Please keep all the prayers coming for EVERYONE!!!! Including yourselves! :-)

Now is the part where I turn to you in faith and ask you to pray for those who need the Power of Prayer strength that you are so good at giving. Please lift these people (listed below) up in many, many prayers. We all know how powerful our almighty God is!!! We all know the effects He has on our lives. Let's share all of His goodness with others and give them strength, healing, and peace. Bryce is doing so great. And, I have such a strong feeling of peace in my heart that God will keep him safe for many, many years to come. Please pray for those who are feeling scared, unsure, and sad. I pray that we will all open our hearts to God and His mercy and have HUGE FAITH!! Life is so good, and God is so good. Thank you a million times over for everything that you have done and still do for our family,...especially all of your prayers!!!!! You have taught us so much, especially to care for others. You are the BEST! God's blessings to ALL of YOU!!!!

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:44 PM CST

Day 61 (Do my journal entries get longer with every month?? Maybe, but we MUST CONTINUE our POWERFUL PRAYERS for our friends who are fighting their battles!!! :')

Good Wonderful Evening!!!

We had the BEST 2 days!!! Joel's birthday party was MUCH NEEDED!!! We have been waiting for this birthday get-together since last September. Just to refresh your memories...We celebrated Ethan's 2nd b-day (Oct. 24th), Logan's 9th b-day (Nov. 3rd), and Mitchell's 11th b-day (Nov. 19th) in the hospital. Not to mention, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. Joel's b-day was total enjoyment, relaxment, contentment, and therapy for every one of us!!! His party also included a bit of a celebration of Bryce's recovery and Mitchell, Logan, & Ethan's birthdays. It was wonderful to be back, all together, with family once again!! THANK YOU, GOD!!! For a while in the scary stages of Bryce's condition, we didn't know if we would be celebrating with or without Bryce...That was when the "what if's" would overcome us. It makes me cry just thinking about it. So,...I'm NOT gonna go there anymore! Once again, we are just sooooooo grateful to God for every moment, memory, and second that we have with our children and each other.... God is soooooooooo good...

We had special friends join us yesterday! Bob, Tawnia, & Alyssa from Montana came for the celebration. They fit right in!! They don't get extended family-time right now since their family is in Montana and they are staying at the Ronald McDonald House (aka: Ramada Marriott Hilton... ;-) Everyone enjoyed getting to know them, and the brothers especially loved holding Alyssa. We would love "one of those" around here! She didn't seem to mind all of the attention she got. We did have one bummer part of the day, though. Our birthday boy was NOT feeling well, at all. He got a headache, low grade fever, and tummy ache around 2pm. I couldn't find him around 3pm, and there he was in his bed sleeping under his covers! Poor little guy. He vomited once, rested some more, and then felt better after the Tylenol kicked in. He started getting warm again around 9:30 and fell asleep in my arms. Today, he was doing good until 5pm. He got another low grade fever, took Tylenol, and looked flushed. He said his throat hurt. I think we'll be taking him in tomorrow. I just felt so bad for him being sick on his birthday! He told me today, "Mom, I almost missed opening my presents." Joel is always the one who worries about others when they are sick or hurt. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day. He doesn't have kindergarten tomorrow so that is good. We hope we didn't get others sick yesterday! It was a tough call...

Today was another AWESOME day!!! We made a last minute decision to take the boys ice fishing at my brother Brad's in Howard Lake. We dropped Ethan off at my sister Julie's at 9:30am to get spoiled rotten ALL DAY!!! We arrived at Cokato Lake, 5 miles past Howard Lake, at 11:30. It was the MOST GORGEOUS winter day!!! The temp. ranged around 26-30 degrees with a very gentle breeze. Bryce caught our first fish! He was so proud! The patience was shorter after that...He wanted that bobber to go down all the time! Tim pulled the most fish through the holes. I caught the biggest fish in our group with a Northern weighing in at 6 1/2 pounds! Girl Power!!!! And, I was the only GIRL!!! Wahoo!!! Later in the afternoon, I had another tip-up and was setting the hook....I could tell it was a big one...I set the hook and the line snapped! It even had a steel leader and fireline on it! That one was at least 11 pounds!! I just know it because I kept having the number 11 going through my head during and after the whole BIG event! And, that's NO FISHING STORY, so don't even start with me!!! It was a big one! OK, enough about my great fishing talents... Everyone was very pooped out when we arrived home at 7:15 tonight! Mitch & Logan have school tomorrow. Bryce has labs at 8:45 and sees Julia at 10:15. Joel will need to go to the doctor in Red Wing sometime, too. Looks like a busy day. We are washing all of the outdoor clothing because the boys like to "man-handle" the fish...hey, after watching their Mom...why wouldn't they?! Love to all!

Now is the part where I turn to you in faith and ask you to pray for those who need the Power of Prayer strength that you are so good at giving. Please lift these people (listed below) up in many, many prayers. We all know how powerful our almighty God is!!! We all know the effects He has on our lives. Let's share all of His goodness with others and give them strength, healing, and peace. Bryce is doing so great. And, I have such a strong feeling of peace in my heart that God will keep him safe for many, many years to come. Please pray for those who are feeling scared, unsure, and sad. I pray that we will all open our hearts to God and His mercy and have HUGE FAITH!! Life is so good, and God is so good. Thank you a million times over for everything that you have done and still do for our family,...especially all of your prayers!!!!! You have taught us so much, especially to care for others. You are the BEST! God's blessings to ALL of YOU!!!!

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Saturday, February 25, 2006 2:12 PM CST

Day 60! Wow!!!!

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY, JOEL STANLEY!!! I remember the moment when we were staring at him in the hospital and he made a movement with his mouth so that we saw his dimple in his right cheek for the very first time!!! I WAS SOOOOO SOOOO EXCITED!!! I love dimples!

Good Afternoon, Everyone!

I hope this finds all of you well and wonderful! We are doing super here at the Breuer Home! It's only about 6 times a year that this busy house is THIS clean and I LOVE it when it is!! Don't worry it will be messy by tomorrow 8am! I'm not complaining, just stating a fact! It's all good..... Family is starting to arrive and I meant to update at 8am this morning.... I'll keep this short and sweet.

The week has gone very well. Bryce's Tacrolimus level has been low so they upped his dose to 4ml. We rechecked it on Thursday night at the PITC and it's still low (3.6). They like it between 6-12. They decided to start wheening him from it anyway because today is Day 60 and he has had no signs of GVHD (Graft vs. Host Disease). So, now we are giving him 3ml twice a day. His next appt. is on Monday with labs at 8:45am and Julia at 10:15. His magnesium was low last week so we are still giving him his supplement. His liver enzymes were high last week, so they are watching them. I hope they recheck them on Monday. We also have to redraw his blood for the study he and Mitch are in because his chimerism (special word for donor/recipient percentage) was 99 percent. They want it at 100 percent. No worries, Julia said! So, we are not going to worry about that!!! God is in control and our FAITH IS HUGE!!!! Bryce will be an old man telling his great grandchildren his story someday. He asked me very slyly once, "What if I don't have children?" I said, "Well, I'm your Mom and I say you must have little red headed grandchildren running around for me!" He laughed and said, "OK." Otherwise, there is not a whole lot new. Jamie & I had lunch together on Thursday. She is doing great! She's so excited for her vacation! It was great to catch up, again. Our Logan played basketball on Thursday night and made a basket. He was so proud! Ethan is still working on potty training. Mom & Dad need to be more consistent, and maybe if the brothers would laugh a little less at Ethan, that would help too. We are very content here at home. It is so wonderful to tuck the boys into bed and wake up together!!! I cannot stress that enough!!! We were ok at the hospital for those months but there is no place like home.....Thank you for EVERYTHING that you do for our family!!!!

Now is the part where I turn to you in faith and ask you to pray for those who need the Power of Prayer strength that you are so good at giving. Please lift these people (listed below) up in many, many prayers. We all know how powerful our almighty God is!!! We all know the effects He has on our lives. Let's share all of His goodness with others and give them strength, healing, and peace. Bryce is doing so great. And, I have such a strong feeling of peace in my heart that God will keep him safe for many, many years to come. Please pray for those who are feeling scared, unsure, and sad. I pray that we will all open our hearts to God and His mercy and have HUGE FAITH!! Life is so good, and God is so good. Thank you a million times over for everything that you have done and still do for our family,...especially all of your prayers!!!!! You have taught us so much, especially to care for others. You are the BEST! God's blessings to ALL of YOU!!!!

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:52 PM CST

Day 56

Good Evening~

We are doing great! Bryce saw Donna again today for a recheck because of the fever yesterday. He has not had a fever since 4pm yesterday, yeah! His Tacrolimus level is still low so they increased his med. to 4ml. Nothing to worry about. He started the Diflucon yesterday and it can effect the Tac. (possibly increasing its level), so we will need to go back to Roch. Thursday evening to recheck a pm level. Otherwise, we won't need to see his N.P. until Monday am. He is in a great mood! He and Mrs. Pasch got a lot of school work done today. He feels great and is very silly a lot of the time. Tim & I and the brothers went to the basketball game tonight to watch Joel play at half-time. That was fun! It's great to be "out and about" again seeing all the friendly faces!!! Bryce stayed back home with Michelle R. and watched a movie. Not much else for you tonight. Just trying to heal up all the men in my life.....from their colds...we're down to 3 of them, now (Dad, Mitch, & Ethan). We have the big 6 year old birthday party for Joel Stanley on Saturday that we are all very excited for!!! Love to all!!!

Now is the part where I turn to you in faith and ask you to pray for those who need the Power of Prayer strength that you are so good at giving. Please lift these people (listed below) up in many, many prayers. We all know how powerful our almighty God is!!! We all know the effects He has on our lives. Let's share all of His goodness with others and give them strength, healing, and peace. Bryce is doing so great. And, I have such a strong feeling of peace in my heart that God will keep him safe for many, many years to come. Please pray for those who are feeling scared, unsure, and sad. I pray that we will all open our hearts to God and His mercy and have HUGE FAITH!! Life is so good, and God is so good. Thank you a million times over for everything that you have done and still do for our family,...especially all of your prayers!!!!! You have taught us so much, especially to care for others. You are the BEST! God's blessings to ALL of YOU!!!!

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, February 20, 2006 11:21 PM CST

Day 55

Good Evening~

We had a nice "family" reunion at the hospital today starting off at the PITC when we visited with Bob, Tawnia, & Baby Alyssa Smith who were there for Alyssa's GCSF shot. And then, Lori & Joshi Schwichtenberg came for site care. The Smith's and I went to 3 Francis to visit Brenda, Kate, & Ethan Strenge who were possibly getting out today (but didn't due to a fever this morning) and saw Wes Zitnay (and his dad), who was just admitted for more chemo, at the same time. Wow! It was one big party! To top it off, we also got to see Auntie Manda! It was sooooo nice seeing everyone again!!! They all look so good!!! AND,...I noticed that almost everyone (not Ethan, yet) is growing new hair!!! Yeah!!! How fun is that?! I had to leave after just a short while though because we had Bryce's appt. to get to. So, that was kind of a bummer. Hopefully, we'll meet again, soon. But, at the clinic next time!

We left home at 7:30am, dropped Ethan off at Grandma's, and headed for St. Mary's. They drew Bryce's labwork at 9:00 and started his IV IG (Immunoglobulin--medicine to boost his immune system) at 9:15. He was finished with it at 12:45 but spiked a temp. of 38C around noon. We went to the clinic and saw Donna (because Julia & Dr. Kahn are at a bone marrow transplant conference in Hawaii--rough huh?!) His temp. at the clinic was 38.2C = 100.7F. They don't know if the temp. was a reaction to the IV IG or if it is viral. He also has a little bit of a rash on his head that showed up yesterday morning but it may be caused by hair growth. He is up to 61 pounds, now so that is wonderful! His counts are hemoglobin 9.7; white count 6,000; ANC 4,910; and platelets 80,000. We are discontinuing the Megase because he is eating so good. And, we are discontinuing the Prilosec because he no longer has tummy pain. We are switching the Nystantin to Diflucon because it seems that the Nystantin is not doing anything for the thrush in his mouth. His breath has a very odd smell to it, I think from the thrush. Any other parents notice this with thrush?? His magnesium is going up but we will continue with that supplement for a little while yet to keep it up. His creatinine is lower, so that is good. Donna called (after we were home) and said that his Tacrolimus (anti-rejection drug) level is low, so we will recheck that in the morning. Because he had the fever, they sent us back to St. Mary's for IV antibiotics (Rocephin) and blood cultures. His temp. was down to 37.1C by the time we left Rochester. We have to come back in the morning to see Donna again. We will watch him tonight for a fever, again. It was 98.6F at bedtime so that's good. We finally got home around 5:10pm. The brothers all loved it though. We don't have cable so they get to watch it at the appts. Bryce watched Rachel Ray and $40 Day on the Food Network all morning. He was asking what all these delicious foods were called, how and where we can get them, and if we could make them... I've got my work cut-out for me, I think!!! At least it is better than him not eating...

I have to say I had a good cry tonight... I heard the song by Mark Schulz on KTIS (Christian radio network) called 'He's My Son'. It's about a boy who has Leukemia and the mom holds his hand and watches him while he sleeps. She prays to God to let him grow old, and his father prays to take the cancer away and give it to him. It says EVERYTHING that Tim & I felt from September 20th when we found out Bryce relapsed through December 8th when we found out he was in remission. Our wonderful friends, Jeff & Becky, gave us his cd when we were in the hospital but I thought they said it was goofed up when Jeff burned it so I didn't bother finding it in the hospital mess. I found it last week and was going to bring it to Becky. And now tonight, I heard it for the first time and teared up a little until I heard it was Mark Schulz and I knew that Jeff & Becky had cried so hard for us when they heard it! Have any of you heard this song? I cried like crazy. When I got home I played it for Tim, too. Look at where we were in Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., and Jan...and look at where we are now in February!!!! I thank God EVERY SINGLE DAY for the miracles in our lives!!!! I thank God everyday for Bryce being one of God's many walking miracles!!! It is because of God that Bryce is alive and healing today. I told Donna, our Nurse Practitioner, that Bryce is the miracle work of God with the help of the doctors and medicine. And she said, "Someone is leading the doctors,...and it is God." AMEN to that!!!!

Now is the part where I turn to you in faith and ask you to pray for those who need the Power of Prayer strength that you are so good at giving. Please lift these people (listed below) up in many, many prayers. We all know how powerful our almighty God is!!! We all know the effects He has on our lives. Let's share all of His goodness with others and give them strength, healing, and peace. Bryce is doing so great. And, I have such a strong feeling of peace in my heart that God will keep him safe for many, many years to come. Please pray for those who are feeling scared, unsure, and sad. I pray that we will all open our hearts to God and His mercy and have HUGE FAITH!! Life is so good, and God is so good. Thank you a million times over for everything that you have done and still do for our family,...especially all of your prayers!!!!! You have taught us so much, especially to care for others. You are the BEST! God's blessings to ALL of YOU!!!!

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, February 19, 2006 12:48 PM CST

Day 54

Hello Everyone!!!

We are back, and it's all good.... It's hard to explain, but I know you all understand. It's very easy to get caught up in "life". We've been busy here at home with just the basics...the same things that are going on your everday lives--homework, house stuff, family time, work, taxes, etc. It's been great to talk with friends and family, again. It is so great to hear from you in the guestbook!!! We love that! I hope you are all doing absolutely wonderful!! We are! A person can forget how great it is to be a "normal" family when you are caught up in medical issues with your child. Sure, it's crazy and chaotic here but, like I always say, "It's all good."

I may not show it all the time, but I am just bursting with the joy and happiness from God's everyday goodness. I wish everyone in the world would allow God to come into their hearts and take the driver's seat. It's so easy to get caught up in the everday ho-hum's. But, when you take a look around, somebody always has something more or something worse going on in their life. Bryce is doing so great!!! He is eating great, working on his schoolwork, and playing with his brothers. He is tired by 6:30pm and ready to head up to bed at least by 7pm. His nose is filling up more but his croopy cough is better. Dad, Mitchell, Joel, & Ethan have the colds, now. Bryce has appts. tomorrow and the brothers don't have school so they will be coming along. Ethan (& Joel, maybe) will be going to Grandma Linda's house. We leave for St. Mary's at 7:30am for labwork at 8:30 and then his 3 hour drip of IV IG (Immunoglobulin). We will see Donna at 12:45. Bryce continues to be healthy, strong, silly, and in-the-kitchen! His appetite is getting better, and he is always asking about what we will be eating for the next meal. He cooks a lot, too! Who knows, we may be creating a chef out of the deal... He's so funny. The Megase is the medicine to increase his appetite. The first time we gave it to him in January was in the car on the way home from the hospital. We had been home for a couple of hours when I asked him if he would like something to eat and he said, "Well, the medicine must not be working because I'm not hungry!" Then, another time he asked me, "Mom, do you think my tastebuds are back?" I said, "Only you can tell us that." He said, "Well, they must be because I'm eating, again." And, now this morning he was pushing the syringe of Megase into his mouth when it stuck and then released. It bounced the medicine off his teeth and into his lap. He looked up at me and said, "Well, I guess I'm not going to be too hungry today." Out of the mouths of babes... Did you know that every morning, if he doesn't have appts., he flushes his Hickman/Central lines with heparin? And, he does it all correctly. It's amazing what a person learns. I almost forgot to mention that I noticed this week, he has little baby hairs coming in on his head! So, that is always exciting!!! We'll hope for the red hair again, and, of course, I am hoping for the curls, again, too!!!

Now is the part where I turn to you in faith and ask you to pray for those who need the Power of Prayer strength that you are so good at giving. Please lift these people (listed below) up in many, many prayers. We all know how powerful our almighty God is!!! We all know the effects He has on our lives. Let's share all of His goodness with others and give them strength, healing, and peace. Bryce is doing so great. And, I have such a strong feeling of peace in my heart that God will keep him safe for many, many years to come. Please pray for those who are feeling scared, unsure, and sad. I pray that we will all open our hearts to God and His mercy and have HUGE FAITH!! Life is so good, and God is so good. Thank you a million times over for everything that you have done and still do for our family,...especially all of your prayers!!!!! You have taught us so much, especially to care for others. You are the BEST! God's blessings to ALL of YOU!!!!

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:27 PM CST

Day 49

Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day. We are doing great! Bryce's appts. went very well today. We took Ethan along and of course, that made Bryce very proud! We took Ethan's 2-year-old pictures after appts. and he did great! So much fun!!! Everything is looking good with Bryce. His counts are hemoglobin 10.1; WBC 6,100; ANC 4,290; and platelets 95,000. His creatinine is still a little high (kidney function) so we need to keep up that drinking of the fluids! His magnesium is a little low so we are adding a supplement twice a day. She said that he will go back to school around Day 100, and no sooner than that! She reminded us that his immune system has been completely wiped out and replaced, and will be that way for the first year after transplant. He will receive his IV IG (Immunoglobulin) next Monday. He receives this once a month to boost his immune system and help him fight things off. His last dose will be on Day 90. He continues on his Tacrolimus (anti-rejection) until at least Day 60. They had originally told us Day 100 but it couldn't be finished earlier since he is not having any Graft vs. Host Disease. His next appts. are next Monday! Wahoo! They are giving us the time here at home to "do homework" as Julia called it. He is to be eating and drinking very well!! He added, "Plus, I have my school homework!" He told me he is looking forward to getting back to school in mid-April. I think that will be perfect timing with the fresh air and hopefully, less 'bugs' going around. For now, he feels great and looks awesome! I want to send out a special THANK YOU to Tammy and Mary Lynn for stopping by our friends' web pages and wishing them well! You two have so much energy!!! Share some of that with me, please! All of you are so great! Thanks for checking on our little Brycer!!! Things couldn't be better........

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, February 13, 2006 9:51 PM CST

Day 48

Good Evening!

I hope you are all doing wonderful! We are doing great! We had a good weekend. We had Christmas at Grandma & Grandpa Breuer's yesterday so that was a lot of fun!! Great Grandma Buck and Great Grandma Breuer came, too. It was wonderful spending time with them! Life is so precious, as you know. It was very good to see the boys spend time with family, again. We all loved every minute of it!

Bryce is doing great! He has been having his croopy cough the last 2 nights. It has not become anything to worry about, though. He has had the croopy cough since he was very little. Four out of our five boys get the croop. So, it is not alarming to us anymore. I had it when I was young. Bryce has had it the most, I think because of his low immunity for over 2 1/2 years. He is feeling good. He is spending a lot of time in the kitchen cooking or else playing with his toys. Today, he needed to make chicken enchiladas. He said to me the other day, "Mom, do you think my taste buds are back? Because, I am eating again, you know." Kinda funny. He received a phone call today from Mr. Opsahl, our Elementary Principal. He walked around the kitchen talking to him with a grin on his entire face during the whole conversation! We have appts. tomorrow and we are bringing Ethan along. We are taking Ethan's pictures after Bryce's appts. Bryce will LOVE it that Ethan is along. He will play the role of "The Big Brother"... We will be leaving the house at 7:15am. So, I am off to bed. I just wanted to give a quick update and tell everyone THANK YOU for all of the prayers that you are sending out for us and everyone else!!! You are all so incredible!!! Give yourselves a HUGE pat on the back because you deserve it! Your prayers and support continue, everyday, to give us strength,...even on the really, really good days!!! You're the BEST!

(I'm keeping this here for a few days because I want all of us to continue to lift all of these wonderful people up in prayer!!!) I feel it very strongly in my heart to ask you to send out your most powerful prayers for these people that are on our hearts. Each of them need your prayers and your HUGE FAITH. They need strength from you and comfort within. They would love it if you could go to their webpages and sign their guestbooks. I know it's a lot of friends but, maybe, you could sign 3 friends a day or something, along with all of your continuous prayers. The Power of Prayer is incredible and God is listening. Please lift these friends up... They all have Caring Bridge pages (I will put their address in parathesis).

Sierra (missysierra-old CB): She is finishing up with her last chemo treatment this month. She was diagnosed 6 months after Bryce. Her Mom is always lifting everyone else up and taking care of others. They have their Wish Trip in May. She is like a little grown-up! So funny!!

Brock (brock-old CB): He is finishing up with his last chemo treatment this month, also. He was diagnosed 6 months before Bryce. He is such an inspiration to so many in our area! What a tough cookie! His parents are wonderful,..like family. He is also like a little grown-up! He & Bryce like the Kitty Kat!

Alyssa (babyalyssa-new): She and her incredible family are from Montana. She is 6 months old and was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma at 1 month old! She finished her last round of chemo last night. Her parents, Bob & Tawnia, are part of our cancer family "support system" when we were all in the hospital together since last September. Plus, Tim & Bob like to talk Elk Hunting... I just know in my heart that God has cleared up her liver and healed her!! She is such a beautiful baby girl!!!

Austin (austinarnoldy-new): He is 2 years old and was diagnosed last August with Leukemia. He is the cutest little bald child ever!!! The day we met him was the day we were in for Bryce's spinal tap and port chemo when he relapsed in September. He's so funny!

Wes (weszitnay-new): He has bone cancer, a much fancier word than that, though. He is 19 years old and is also finishing up his chemo soon. I am so very proud to have met Wes & his family. He is ALWAYS making others smile and praying for a cure for 'childhood baldness'. He always say there are way to many bald children at St. Mary's. He's right...

Joshi (joshi-new): He is 3 years old and finishing up chemo for AML (Leukemia). He has such an amazing spirit, just as his mom, Lori. When Josh comes into a room, the whole place lights up! He is the little guy that sang with JoDee Messina! He is adorable!!!

Nikki (nikki-old): She is 18 years and undergoing chemo for Leukemia. She is quite the fighter with many bumps in the road. AND, she is a senior in high school! She inspires many others to be stronger!

Nikki (nikkischaut-new): She is 14 years old and is being treated for a rare cancer in her abdomen. She is also quite the fighter for 3 years with many bumps in the road! She has an incredible family with lots of her relatives around our area.

Rachel(racheltweeten-new): She is a 2nd grader (like Bryce) in Iowa. She is being treated for a brain tumor. This little girl is also a fighter! She is such an inspiration to so many, and her Mother is a teacher of HUGE FAITH!!! They are such an amazing, positive family! I don't KNOW her but I feel like I KNOW her...

Ethan (ethanstrenge-new): E is 4 years old and quite the funny, lovable little guy! When Ethan's around, everyone is happy. He is being treated for cancer in his cheek (Rhabdosarcoma). His Mom is such a wonderful, giving person!! He will finish up with his chemo treatments in May.

Jamie (jamieoreilly-new): Jamie is a very close friend of our's. She was diagnosed with Nerve Sheath Sarcoma. She is 29 years old, mom of 5 adorable little boys, and belongs to our church. She is inspires so many others to be better, to love life, and to give to others. Her strength is TRULY AMAZING!!! She is loved by SOOOOO MANY PEOPLE!!!

Heidi (heidigusenius-new): She is a newlywed and being treated for AML. She is still searching for a bone marrow donor, as she most definitely needs one for her cure! Her strength and faith are huge, and her love for life is contagious.

Michelle: She is a mother of 1 year old twins, and a wonderful wife. Her husband adores and is her best friend. She has cancer of the liver and bile ducts. She has about 4 more weeks left of this round before they find out if the chemo is working.

Dani (danijohnson-new): She is a mother of 2 small children, 1 is her newborn. She was diagnosed in January and is currently being treated for an infection, also. When that clears up they will start chemo treatments. Pray for her strength!

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Saturday, February 11, 2006 7:34 PM CST

Day 46 Post Transplant

Good Evening~

We are back! So sorry for the delay, gang! It's been busy, and we are very content around here. Bryce had appts. on Thursday. Tim took him to Mayo while I went to Red Wing to see the dr. for my sinus infection. I'm feeling much better, and Bryce is feeling very good! He has not complained of his tummy hurting or any nausea in quite a while! He is eating about 1/2 of his normal portion size but that is still great! His counts are hemoglobin 10.1; WBC 4,100; ANC 2,450; and platelets 113,000. He has been digging right in with Mrs. Pasch and his schoolwork, too! I keep telling him he needs to be ready to go back to school in April. He needs to be caught up to his classmates! I think he is looking forward to that day... The brothers are all great! We are all so glad to be together, I can't even put it into words... We are so grateful to God for every single, teeny-tiny or large, more-than-life, incredible blessing that we have in our lives. IT'S JUST AMAZING!!! We are eternally grateful and, again, give God all the glory for it all!!! Please send God an extra THANK YOU right now for each of your blessings. Ask Him to continually bless your lives and put His favor upon you. Always remember, He wants to give you all of His favor. He wants us to ask for His blessings. And, now I feel it very strongly in my heart to ask you to send out your most powerful prayers for these people that are on our hearts. Each of them need your prayers and your HUGE FAITH. They need strength from you and comfort within. They would love it if you could go to their webpages and sign their guestbooks. I know it's a lot of friends but, maybe, you could sign 3 friends a day or something, along with all of your continuous prayers. The Power of Prayer is incredible and God is listening. Please lift these friends up... They all have Caring Bridge pages (I will put their address in parathesis).

Sierra (missysierra-old CB): She is finishing up with her last chemo treatment this month. She was diagnosed 6 months after Bryce. Her Mom is always lifting everyone else up and taking care of others. They have their Wish Trip in May. She is like a little grown-up! So funny!!

Brock (brock-old CB): He is finishing up with his last chemo treatment this month, also. He was diagnosed 6 months before Bryce. He is such an inspiration to so many in our area! What a tough cookie! His parents are wonderful,..like family. He is also like a little grown-up! He & Bryce like the Kitty Kat!

Alyssa (babyalyssa-new): She and her incredible family are from Montana. She is 6 months old and was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma at 1 month old! She finished her last round of chemo last night. Her parents, Bob & Tawnia, are part of our cancer family "support system" when we were all in the hospital together since last September. Plus, Tim & Bob like to talk Elk Hunting... I just know in my heart that God has cleared up her liver and healed her!! She is such a beautiful baby girl!!!

Austin (austinarnoldy-new): He is 2 years old and was diagnosed last August with Leukemia. He is the cutest little bald child ever!!! The day we met him was the day we were in for Bryce's spinal tap and port chemo when he relapsed in September. He's so funny!

Wes (weszitnay-new): He has bone cancer, a much fancier word than that, though. He is 19 years old and is also finishing up his chemo soon. I am so very proud to have met Wes & his family. He is ALWAYS making others smile and praying for a cure for 'childhood baldness'. He always say there are way to many bald children at St. Mary's. He's right...

Joshi (joshi-new): He is 3 years old and finishing up chemo for AML (Leukemia). He has such an amazing spirit, just as his mom, Lori. When Josh comes into a room, the whole place lights up! He is the little guy that sang with JoDee Messina! He is adorable!!!

Nikki (nikki-old): She is 18 years and undergoing chemo for Leukemia. She is quite the fighter with many bumps in the road. AND, she is a senior in high school! She inspires many others to be stronger!

Nikki (nikkischaut-new): She is 14 years old and is being treated for a rare cancer in her abdomen. She is also quite the fighter for 3 years with many bumps in the road! She has an incredible family with lots of her relatives around our area.

Rachel(racheltweeten-new): She is a 2nd grader (like Bryce) in Iowa. She is being treated for a brain tumor. This little girl is also a fighter! She is such an inspiration to so many, and her Mother is a teacher of HUGE FAITH!!! They are such an amazing, positive family! I don't KNOW her but I feel like I KNOW her...

Ethan (ethanstrenge-new): E is 4 years old and quite the funny, lovable little guy! When Ethan's around, everyone is happy. He is being treated for cancer in his cheek (Rhabdosarcoma). His Mom is such a wonderful, giving person!! He will finish up with his chemo treatments in May.

Jamie (jamieoreilly-new): Jamie is a very close friend of our's. She was diagnosed with Nerve Sheath Sarcoma. She is 29 years old, mom of 5 adorable little boys, and belongs to our church. She is inspires so many others to be better, to love life, and to give to others. Her strength is TRULY AMAZING!!! She is loved by SOOOOO MANY PEOPLE!!!

Heidi (heidigusenius-new): She is a newlywed and being treated for AML. She is still searching for a bone marrow donor, as she most definitely needs one for her cure! Her strength and faith are huge, and her love for life is contagious.

Michelle: She is a mother of 1 year old twins, and a wonderful wife. Her husband adores and is her best friend. She has cancer of the liver and bile ducts. She has about 4 more weeks left of this round before they find out if the chemo is working.

Dani (danijohnson-new): She is a mother of 2 small children, 1 is her newborn. She was diagnosed in January and is currently being treated for an infection, also. When that clears up they will start chemo treatments. Pray for her strength!

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Dani, Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 10:37 PM CST

Day 43

Hey everyone,

Tonight will be short and sweet... It's late and I need some meds...I'll work on that. Bryce had another great day! He has not been nauseated in a few days! Wahoo! He is in a great mood and enjoying his school-time with Mrs. Pasch. Of course, when it comes to Mom and Dad trying to get him to do some, that's a different story. His eating is improving everyday. It's still not huge portions but you do hear him a few times a day say that he is hungry. That's wonderful! He was pooped out today in the later afternoon and when 7pm rolled around, he asked if he could go to bed. No nap will do that to a transplant kid. His cousins, Jordan & Collin, and Auntie Julie came over for a little while this afternoon and his Grandma Linda came over this morning. He loved them all up! It was quite the morning with the little man, Ethan. Whew! I am so glad that everyday is not like today with him. I'd be worn out! So, tomorrow Bryce has appts. Lab is at 9am and his exam is at 10:45, then he has "school" at 1pm here. I just need to say again...Life is sooooo very good. Thank you for all of the prayers that you send out for each and every one of us!!!! We have a new friend to pray for who is a mother-of-2--the youngest is her very new newborn. Her name is Dani Johnson. She has the new caring bridge webpage. She needs all of the miracle prayers that we can send out to her!!! These Mommy's who are dealing with cancer while raising their baby's need all of the strength, belief, and faith that we can share with them. And, I know, we have a whole lot to give!!!! Please continue with all of your powerful prayers for all of our friends. Thank you.

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, February 7, 2006 3:29 PM CST

Day 42--Going strong!!!

Hey everyone~

We are doing great here at the Breuer Home! Bryce had appts. yesterday, and he continues to improve so much every week! His counts are hemoglobin 10.5; white count 3,600; and platelets 117,000. WOW! He is producing his very own cells!!! What a strong boy! He is very healthy with spunk and energy! He is spending some quality school-time with his tutor, Mrs. Pasch, as I type! He's got a little bit of catching up to do but he's the guy to do it! And, I think he is enjoying his schoolwork, too. He rode the Kitty Kat for a little while yesterday afternoon, is playing with his brothers always, and is eating a little more each day! He is no longer needing the TPN and lipids (food in a bag). His creatinine was a little high yesterday so we need to get him to drink more. It should be fine. He has appts. again on Thursday for labwork and exam. Mitchell got the stomach flu on Sunday during the night, so we'll cross our fingers with that one. He is always the one to get the flu,...always. Otherwise, everyone else is healthy. I am still trying to fight this cold of mine. I hate to say it, but I am so tired, even when I get a good nights rest in my own bed. I think it is the past four months catching up with me. Speaking of the past four months catching up with me,...I am so emotional!!! That too I think is a little bit of emotions that were set to the side from September through January. So, WATCH OUT if you see me! Just kidding,...sort of... Jamie is doing great! I spoke with her this morning. She will see her family medicine doctor tomorrow. Let's send out some extra powerful prayers for her and her healing with God!!!! We also have more friends who either just finished chemo like Joshi and Austin or are just starting chemo or at least another round like Ethan, Wes, and Alyssa. Please also send out some powerful prayers for our friends Rachel who is undergoing radiation for a brain tumor and Michelle who is receiving chemotherapy, also. And, also send out some powerful prayers for our friends Sierra and Brock who are finishing up,...yes, their last chemo!!!...this month!!! They are excited, scared, anxious, nervous, happy, and so much more! These people, plus many others, are all so precious!!!!! They need our prayers.

God is soooooooo good!!!! When we were driving home from appts. yesterday, I was enjoying KTIS (the Christian radio station 98.5FM). One of my favorite things about being out of the hospital is that I can listen to these incredible, faith-filled songs, again!!! I sooooo need them! They still continue to pop into my head or play on the radio whenever God knows I need them. Anyway, I was listening to "You Are Amazing, God" and it hit me.... I totally and completely feel in my heart that the reason that Bryce is healing and recovering is because of God and his miraculous powers,...with the assistance of the doctors and medicine. Don't get me wrong, the doctors and the medicine had a big thing to do with Bryce's recovery but GOD IS LARGER THAN LIFE!!!! And, HE HEALED OUR BRYCER!!!! Plus, I truly believe that from the moment that Mitchell was created, God had this plan for him....to save his brother's life!!!! What an incredible miracle story to be a part of and share... God is soooooooo good!!!!! Give it all to Him.... What plan does God have for you and your children?!.....

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, February 5, 2006 10:45 PM CST

WOW Day 40, already!

Good Evening~

We are doing great! Bryce is eating a little bit more and setting his goal (I love that!) to stay off the TPN when we go back tomorrow morning for appts. He is very proud of his effort, and he is definitely doing his part! We've all had a good weekend. We've played with some very special friends last night, had nice family meals, and layed low. It was so great to see the Huemann's and the Breuer's (the boys named our family's the Hue-Breu's) back together once again! They have 5 children, also and 4 of our 5 are very close in age. This is where Bryce's good buddy, Garret, comes in... Those 2 have been waiting a very long time to get back together,...it's so cute! Bryce didn't have the energy that the rest of them had, (and it was a lot) but I think he enjoyed just watching them. I have to admit, it wasn't just for the kids... It was very nice getting together with Lana and Travis, too! We were all tired today but managed just fine. Bryce seems to be feeling well! He did not get nauseated this morning, so yeah for that! In fact, I don't think he has complained of anything today.

I am just so happy for the life that we have!!! God has blessed us with more than we ever imagined almost 13 years ago. Thank you to our family's who have bent over backwards to help us out when we needed it, and always listened, cried, and praised God with us at every moment, big or small! Thank you to our friends who were always there with food and phone calls, cards and visits. You never let up on all the giving, organizing, and extra support that we needed for four months. Thank you to all of the other cancer/3-Francis family's who gave us the strength to keep going on and the determination to never give in. There is always someone who has it worse than us...We love you all! Thank you to all of Bryce's nurses and doctors who gave us such incredible care and always got down on Bryce's level because you care so much about him,...and his freckles,...and his million-dollar smile. And, as I get tears in my eyes just thinking about it (because I have been so emotional today), I want to thank all of the rest of you who faithfully check Bryce's webpage and leave us with incredible, inspirational notes. But, most of all,...to ALL of YOU...THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS!!!! Who knows where we would be right now, if it wasn't for your HUGE FAITH, and all of your PRAYERS.... God is such a miracle worker and mountain mover!!! Bryce will forever be an example of His amazing work, so that none of us will ever forget to be tremendously grateful to Him for EVERYTHING WE HAVE!!! Now, please say an extra huge power-prayer for all of our friends that we have listed below in the last paragraph, and then add all of the unknown fighters to your list. Because with God, we can have ANYTHING! Give Him all the glory and praise God ALWAYS. Please count your blessings and spread sunshine to many each and everyday!!! :-)

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Saturday, February 4, 2006 10:07 AM CST

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the delay... The last 2 nights I've been too tired and need to get to bed with the cold that I have. So now, I am trying to get the boys clothes and the upstairs back in order. Not a pretty sight... Tim took Mitch to the "vet" (as he would say) to get his ingrown toenail fixed. It was pretty nasty, poor guy. They are going to make a quick stop for milk and a few other things. I've got to get back upstairs. So, this too will be quick.

Things have been going pretty well. Bryce has been having tummy aches and nausea in the mornings and the evenings for the last 2 days. He vomits in the morning, then he feels better after that. Otherwise during the day, he seems to be feeling ok. Thursday afternoon, he didn't feel the best but he also didn't get a nap. He still needs to nap everyday, otherwise, he wants to go to bed before 7pm. We took him to his appts. yesterday and he's doing good. His counts are hemoglobin 9.5; white count 2,900; ANC 1,260; and platelets 80,000. It's so crazy to think about it but he probably won't need any more transfusions...wow and yeah. Julia decided it probably would be ok to give us the weekend off from the TPN and lipids! We were very excited about that. So, we all have to do our part to keep the food going in. He is working on it slowly. He ate a little bit of Melanie's nummy sub sandwiches last night, and this morning I made a big breakfast and he ate a few bites of that. Slowly but surely. Hopefully, by Monday's appts. he will be eating more. Other than that, we are staying home and he is going to work on his big poster for Pins For Bryce. That should keep him busy for a while. I'm going to help him and Ethan in the tub and run back upstairs. Thank you for all that you do for us!!! Please, please, please continue to send out all of the powerful prayers that you have for our friends who are fighting their battles. They are all so precious!!! Love to all......

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, February 1, 2006 10:04 PM CST

Day 36

Good Evening~

Thank you for all of your continued prayers for Bryce and our family! Your awesome words of encouragement are wonderful!!! We have waited for this day and this wonderful news for months. It feels like a dream... We are so grateful to God that He has brought us to this point of healing for Bryce. What a miracle worker our God is!!! God is so good and so wonderful and so powerful and so forgiving and so bigger than life itself... I just know He is healing all of our friends,...big and little...

Today was a good day for Bryce. He did his usual night-time routine, and vomited this morning. He took an hour nap before going to the PITC for his TPN bag change. He ate 2 bites of a hot dog at noon, and a bite of spaghetti and 2 bites of corn at supper. He actually said he was hungry at noon! Maybe the Megase (hungry medicine) is working??? Who know's. He's blowing his nose more but it's not terrible. (Remember now, my "details" are not just for you, they are also for Mom & Dad, & Bryce, years down the road). He rode the Kitty Kat on the frozen grass this morning so that made him very happy. He is just so happy to be home with his family!!! We all are!!! Thank you, God! And, thanks to all of you for EVERYTHING that you do for us.........EVERYTHING. ALWAYS KEEP the HUGE FAITH!!!

Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mitchell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:15 PM CST

Day 35

Good Afternoon & PRAISE GOD!!!!

Yes, I know, I am very early today but I just wanted to share our news with our Bryce Breuer supporters. Julia, his Transplant, N.P. told us that Bryce's bone marrow is 100 percent donor/Mitchell cells!!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR INCREDIBLE, POWERFUL PRAYERS!!!! We are packed up and heading out soon but we need to be at the PITC by 2pm for his TPN bag change. Then, we can go home. His counts are hemoglobin 9.4; white count 2,400; ANC--didn't do; and platelets 64,000. He's on the up & up! All of his stool and blood tests are coming back negative so, Dr. Kahn thinks this was a viral thing. He's feeling better, too. He's still nauseated, and he vomited twice this morning with the diarrhea but it could be transplant or antibiotics or both causing that. He is EXTREMELY TIRED today and so is Mom... We are really looking forward to spending the night(s) in our own beds at home!!! Dr. Kahn is putting him on a med that will hopefully increase his appetite, and we are hoping to finish up with TPN & Lipids when we come back for appts. on Friday. Please continue to pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

We give God all the glory for Mithcell being an exact match, Bryce being in remission, finished with transplant, and now, having 100 percent donor cells in his marrow. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! Bryce's next bone marrow biopsy will be on Day 100 which is April 6th, the next milestone. We need to continue to pray for that 100 percent donor cell result. We also need to continue to pray for Bryce to stay in remission and not relapse once again. Once we are through the 1-year mark after transplant, chances are very good that he will not relapse, again. Once he hits the 5-year mark after transplant, he is considered cured. God is listening to our prayers and has HUGE PLANS for our little Brycer. He has already shared Bryce with so many of us to grow our faith within ourselves, and I am so grateful for the many areas of 'growing' that has occured inside of me.........

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, January 30, 2006 6:42 PM CST

Day +34

Good Evening~

Today we are boring but Dr. Kahn says, "Boring is good." Bryce has not had a fever since midnight. He did his usual bathroom routine but had diarrhea x3 during the night and x3 today. They sent some stool off to be tested today. He was nauseated x1 during the night and x1 today. The eating thing is still very low with milk for breakfast, milk and a bite of bread for lunch, and milk w/ 2 bites of corn for supper. Oh wait, he did have an orange popsicle around 4pm! Everything continues to come back negative. His counts are: hemoglobin 9.1; WBC 2,700; ANC 1,210; and platelets 61,000. We have not heard any percentages, yet! Dr. Kahn said it takes longer when they are both (Mitch & Bryce) male (Y) chromosomes vs. male & female (X) chromosomes. If you understood that, you are doing good... If Bryce continues to be afebrile (without fever), he will get to go home tomorrow. Thanks for all of your prayers!!!!!! Keepin' it short, again tonight. Remember how I was going to bed so early last night??? Yep, I went to bed before 9pm and couldn't fall asleep until after midnight. Ugh. Tim is coming to stay with us tonight, so he'll get up with Bryce. Grandma Ann is staying with the boys. Ethan is potty training so I'll have to talk to Grandma Linda and see how he did today while Tim & Joel came to the hospital. He's very funny... Continue to keep God 1st in your lives,...He is soooooooo good....And, pray for all the other very little people....

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, January 29, 2006 7:57 PM CST

Day 33

Good Evening~

Is it really Sunday, January 29th??? Where DOES the time go?! Bryce is sleeping (almost snoring) because he is sooo tired. I'm ready for bed, myself! He was awake for 3-4 hours during the night because of tummy pain, headache, feet itching, bathroom break for potty, bathroom break for diarrhea....Not all at the same time, of course. I wish. He finally slept good from 3-6 and 6:15-8:15. His temp. got up to 38.2 during the night. They did blood cultures again this morning around 11am. He still had his temp. during the day, and at bedtime tonight it was 38.4 (101.1). Not sure if the temp. is being caused by a virus or what because all of his other tests are coming back negative. I did notice he was coughing just a little bit more this morning. He only vomited once today but had diarrhea twice. He was down to having diarrhea just once a day. The diarrhea could be from lack of solid foods. His counts were hemoglobin 8.7; white count 2,900; ANC 1,700; and platelets 53,000. He has told me about four times in the last 24 hours, "I don't feel good, Mom." That is new to us because he usually doesn't say a whole lot about how he is feeling. The doctors won't let him go home until the fevers are gone. Dad, Mitch, Logan, & Joel came to the hospital today. That made Bryce feel better for a while...

Please pray for Bryce to be fever-free and feeling better. And then, please pray for anyone and everyone who needs to find God in their lives. I seriously don't know where we would be right now if it wasn't for God and His healing powers. You have all been so great and wonderful to pray for Bryce, and our family, day and night. You have carried our family through this and kept us going. You picked us up when we were down, and reminded us to let God take the control over the situation. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now, before I get too emotional (because I am so tired), I am going to bed!! Love to all!

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Saturday, January 28, 2006 8:37 PM CST

Day +32

Good Evening~

We're back with a quick update. Bryce had an alright night. He got up to the bathroom a couple of times and was awake by 7:45am. His temp. got up to 38.9 C (102 F) during the night. He vomited 3 times throughout the morning. He just does not feel good. He took over a 2 hour nap today and when he woke up his temp. was 38.5 (101.3). His blood cultures are negative so far, his liver enzymes are good. His electrolytes were ok, potassium was a little low. They will adjust his TPN for that. His counts are hemoglobin 9.4; WBC 3,100; ANC 2,380; and platelets 64,000. It's a very good thing that his ANC is so high. They did an Influenza nasal swab and RSV nasal swab this afternoon. So far, the Influenza swab is negative. The chest x-ray from last night had a couple "funny" areas but they are not too worried about it. They will be watching him for increased coughing and runny nose in case it may turn into pneumonia. Right now, he is very tired again and almost sleeping. We'll update more tomorrow.

Thanks again for all of the prayers that you have been sending out to our Brycer and our family. It is your prayers that have lifted us up in the difficult times. Actually, your prayers have lifted us up everyday, difficult or not. A friend told me today that during the very difficult time with Bryce, she asked her Bible Study group to pray for 'Bryce's Mom'. It made me realize once again how wonderful all of you are and how much of an impact your prayers are upon us, always. You have ALL affected our lives so very much, and I just want to say thank you for that. God has given us so many countless blessings. Words cannot express how grateful we are to have God as our #1. I pray everyday that our children, and all children, know that they can have an incredible life with God. I pray that God will affect the decisions that they make today and many years down the road. But, really it all starts with us. I hope no one feels that this is a lecture or anything because it's not. It's a conversation about giving an incredible life to others, no matter who they are. Today, that friend gave me a great feeling of how we all help each other through God, and that is what I want to be doing right now. Am I making any sense? I hope so. Give God all of your worries and cares, and He will take care of you and your worries. Enough said. Have a great evening and weekend. Love to all!

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Friday, January 27, 2006 11:48 PM CST

It's late so I'll be quick. Bryce woke up 5 minutes after my earlier update with a temp. of 101.4 at 6:45. We checked it again at 7:30 and it was 100.9. We were told before we left the hospital to call in if his temp. got to 100.4 because his Tacrolimus (anti-rejection drug) can lower his temp. (He's been running a low grade temp. most of the week.) So, we called the Peds Oncology On-Call doctor at 7:40, and she said to come down to the St. Mary's E.R. She called to let them know that we were coming. Bryce fell asleep again on the way down. We got there around 9pm. We woke him up and as he was walking in, he vomited. They took him to a room immediately because they won't take any chances of him being around any other sicknesses. They drew his blood for a CBC, electrolytes, liver profile, and blood cultures. The doctor did his exam, the nurse hooked him up to his antibiotics, they did a portable chest x-ray, and we got up to his transplant unit room (same one) at 10:30. That's very fast!!! His nurse hooked him up to the pump and he finally got to go to sleep around 11:20. He wanted to be sleeping earlier, either that or watching TV... So, I am going to bed. The doctor in the E.R. said Bryce would be in for 48 hours at least to get the antibiotics in him. Don't worry about us. We'll be fine. This comes with the territory, I guess. Hopefully, it won't be long and we'll be home again, home again jiggity jig...


6:40pm Update:

Day 31

Hey everyone~

Bryce is doing well. He did his usual night (bathroom from the TPN) thing but woke up ok, not talking about feeling sick, at 6:45 this morning. That's 2 days of no vomiting....(sssshhhh, Don't say that out loud)... He ate a couple little bites of beans and potatoes at lunch and drank some milk around 3:30. We got to have coffee with Great Grandma Buck this morning, so that was great! Bryce hasn't seen Great Grandma since the week of Dec. 15th when they came to Grandma Linda's while he was there before he went into the hospital for transplant. He was very happy to see her! He took a nap from 1:30-3:15 when we woke him to take him down for his TPN bag change. Dad and Joel took him to St. Mary's for his 4pm appt. They were home by 5:10!! AWESOME! We ordered pizza from the C-Store but by the time they got home from Roch., Bryce was too tired to eat and very chilled. He layed down on the couch under a couple of blankets at 5:30, fell asleep, and is still sleeping. We are going to make some popcorn and watch a movie. Maybe that will wake him up, otherwise I wonder if he'll probably sleep until morning....

His N.P. called later this afternoon and said that the bone marrow chromosome analysis showed NO ABNORMAL CHROMOSOMES!!!!!! Yeah!!! And, PRAISE GOD!!!! They looked at 20 cells and they all looked good! Now, we are just waiting for the percentages which we will probably get on Monday. Step by step,...day by day...... We don't have a choice but to be patient. Tomorrow we have a wrestling tournament in Kenyon for Mitch & Logan. Bryce will stay here with Grandma Linda. His N.P. told us yesterday that we are not to go to large public places with him. "His immune system has been suppressed. It's not like our's. He could catch anything and be in the hospital. After Day 100, we can look into going places. For now, we can take him to an afternoon movie when there are not a lot of people spreading germs that he can't fight off." That was a good reminder for me because, of course, I would love to take him somewhere great with his brothers. Again, we must be patient, and we CAN be patient.... We can see the light. Thank you, God, for every single blessing in our lives. We are so grateful!!!!!! With God, we have everything. Without God, we have nothing.

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:33 PM CST

Day +30

Good Evening~

We're doing very well here at the Breuer Home. Bryce did his usual night time routine but kept everything down at 5:15am this morning! I told you he fell asleep on the way home from the PITC yesterday around 5:15, woke up at 8:30pm for meds, and then he didn't wake up until 5:15 am! WOW! He WAS pooped out! We left the house at 6:10am today for 7am labs and 8:15 N.P. exam. He is doing good. His counts are hemoglobin 10.1; white count 3,100; ANC 1,890; and platelets 58,000,...all very good! The results from the bone marrow aspiration so far show NO BLAST CELLS!!! Wahoo!!! Now, we are just awaiting the results of the cytogenics/DNA/chromosome analysis to see if Bryce's bone marrow is 100 percent Mitchell's cells. This is what we are all praying for!!! We got out of the clinic around 10am and had an hour to waste before the PITC appt. to change his TPN bag, so we went to Perkin's for breakfast. Bryce ate a little bit of hashbrowns and a few little bites of toast! Yeah!!! He ate something, he ate something!!! We went to the PITC at 11:10, and we had to wait there until around 2:15 for the TPN and Lipids. The first batch came up from pharmacy without the lipids, so the nurses sent it back. Ugh. We got home around 3:15. Bryce went right back to the couch for a nap until maybe 5 o'clock. He woke up with a temp. of 100.3 F. He sat with us for supper and ate a few green beans (which we were very happy about) then, he went back to the couch, again. He went to bed around 7:30, he was ready...

The brothers, and Mom & Dad, are so glad to be together!!! I couldn't say it enough. Every night during prayers the boys all say that they are glad we are all home together and that Bryce is home! It is wonderful!!! So, we go back to the PITC tomorrow at 4pm, Saturday at 3:30pm, and Sunday at 6pm for his TPN bag change. We asked about hooking up the TPN at home but then we get into insurance mumbo jumbo. Hopefully, he won't need TPN starting Monday when he has labs and exam, again. Oh, by the way, we asked them to call us with the bone marrow cytogenics results which we will hopefully get tomorrow. We'll let you know tomorrow night,...hopefully! Thanks for all the prayers you're sending out. We have so much to be thankful and grateful for... It's all good....... Love to all!

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:25 PM CST

Day +29

Good Evening~

This one is gonna be short. Dad just had the update done and the computer lost it... Sooooo frustrating. So, Mom's here now. Not a whole lot new. Bryce still gets up a couple times during the night to use the bathroom. He always gets sick around 6/6:30am then, he is ok all day. Today he didn't feel well again around 12pm, though. He didn't get sick, he just felt nauseated and his tummy hurt. He's still not eating but a tiny bit, he drinks some milk. Dad took him down to the PITC at 1pm for the 2pm appt. for his 2-hour Ambisome infusion and TPN bag change. This was his last dose of Ambisone. We were hoping he would be off the TPN by tomorrow but it's not looking that way. He needs to be eating. It's a very difficult situation to be in. You are very understanding that your child does not show any interest in eating from lack of appetite and lack of taste from the chemo and radiation. But, you WANT him to eat so badly. We are being very patient and understanding but it's not so easy... We always tell him just a few bites of ANYTHING! We are working on it... On the way home, Bryce fell asleep. Tim woke him up to come in the house. He went right back to the couch to go back to sleep. He woke up at 8:30, took his meds, and went up to bed. It's sad to see your child like this but his body has been through so much. Maybe he is trying to fight something off, who knows. He has labs at 7am and exam at 8:15 tomorrow, and then I suppose we'll have to get the TPN bag change. So, Grandma Ann is here to get the brothers off to school and Ethan to Daycare. Quick note: Tim got the Kitty Kat fixed and picked it up last night. Bryce couldn't wait to get on it today. He rode it at least 30 minutes, his cheeks were so rosy and so happy!!! When he got off he slowly came in the house. He was pooped out! We also went through Math Facts today, he did great. It's been a month since we've looked at schoolwork...Sorry, Mrs. Pasch! We're working on that, too. I got out tonight for volleyball. That was a really good thing...It was so good to "do" something AND see the "girls". We'll update with good news tomorrow, I just know it!!! Keep the HUGE FAITH and thank God EVERYDAY for EVERYTHING!!!!

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Michelle, Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 8:45 PM CST

Day +28
Good Evening. Bryce had his bone marrow biopsy and spinal tap today at 10:15. It went fine, they are checking the spinal fluid to make sure it is still clear(no blast cells) and the bone marrow they will check the chromosomes in the bone marrow cells. The bone marrow should all be Mitchell's chromosomes (DNA) that is the goal. The results from the bone marrow test should come back early next week. The N.P. called late this afternoon and said the spinal fluid is clear. After the spinal tap/bone marrow biopsy we went to Saint Marys and got Bryce's TPN bag hooked up and left for home. He seemed to feel a little better today than the day before, got sick once this morning and the rest of the day was pretty good. We are working on getting him to eat something he has no interest yet.

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, January 23, 2006 8:02 PM CST

Day 27

Good Evening~

We hope you are all doing well and fine. Bryce's days go by so fast, especially now that we are home. He was up his usual 3 times during the night, the 3rd was when he got sick. His temp. at that time was 100.3, that was at 6:45am. He's been running a low grade temp. all day. His N.P. doesn't seem to be too worried, so we won't be either. We left for Roch. around 8:15, had labs at 9am, saw his N.P. at 10:15, and went to the PITC for his Ambisome and TPN bag change at noon. We got home at 3:45pm. He was very pooped out! He definitely needs a nap tomorrow. He was sleeping by 6:45 tonight. His labs are good! Hemoglobin is 10.8; white count is 3,900; ANC is 2,570; and platelets are 52,000. So, it looks as if he is producing blood cells on his own. His last transfusion was Wednesday of last week. This is all good! He is scheduled for his bone marrow biopsy and spinal tap(to recheck his spinal fluid) at 10:15am tomorrow, and his TPN bag change after that. His N.P. said we won't get the pathology results until Thursday and the chromosome analysis results until next Monday at appts. So, let's hear those awesome, powerful, incredible, thundering prayers tonight as we sleep!!!! We have a very good feeling from God that his results will be good. Remember, we want 100 percent "Mitchell" cells and no "Bryce" cells in the bone marrow. We also want his spinal fluid to be clear. On Wednesday, we go in for his Ambisome infusion and TPN bag change. On Thursday, we go in for labs, exam, and hopefully, we will be done with TPN. So, add a little prayer that Bryce is eating a little more each day. Also, pray for his temp. to be normal. Thanks!

Bryce is one, incredible, little red-headed, freckle faced 7-year-old cute-as-a-button boy MIRACLE!!!! HE IS AAAAALLLLLLL GOD'S WORK... Aren't we just sooo very fortunate to know and see God's plans in action and to know that God has a plan for EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US?! I love that!!! And, I love that for our children, most of all. Keep on asking for God's blessings and favors in your lives. And then, keep your eyes open because those blessings and favors will be much more noticable to you and you will appreciate them so much more, in my opinion any way. He is so good.... He wants so much more for all of us. Life is so good. We count our blessings each and every day. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR BRYCE AND OUR FAMILY!!! Love to all!!!

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:52 PM CST

Day +26

Hi everyone~ (Just felt like I needed a little change.)

We are doing well. Bryce was still up 2-3 times during the night. He used the bathroom but then, vomited at 5am & 6am. The 6am one woke up 3 of the brothers. At 6:40, he had a low grade temp. but nothing came of it. I stayed at home with him and he was just very mellow. I would catch him holding his head a few times. He still didn't eat much today--a couple bites of mashed potatoes, a little milk, a little hot chocolate, some water. Tomorrow, we go in for labs at 8:45, exam at 10:15, and a 2-hour infusion of Ambisome after, with TPN worked in sometime too. So, we'll see what they say about his eating. Dad took Bryce to the PITC today with Mitch & Joel. It was just a quick trip down to hook up a new bag of TPN. He was very tired tonight! I'm tired too so I'm gonna run...Quick story first: Mitchell was setting the table at lunch today and as he was grabbing out the forks he said, "Man, it sure is good to be grabbing out 7 forks, again." Diddo.......We are LOVING being home together sooooooooo much!!!!!!!!! Thank you God for bringing us to this point in Bryce's treatment plan!!!! With God, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE......BELIEVE....

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Saturday, January 21, 2006 10:20 AM CST

Day 25

Good Morning~

We are sooooo happy to be home!!! In fact, I was so happy and so into family time that I remembered that I needed to update at 10pm! I almost sat down to write 3 "we're ok" sentences and decided 'no', I don't want to interrupt time with my husband. So, here I am this morning...

We have not accomplished much at home, yet. We've done nasal irrigations, mouth care, four medications, and disconnected the TPN. Dad got up with Bryce during the night, twice to use the bathroom and once to unkink his tubing which made the pump beep. Mitch and Logan quickly alerted us to Bryce vomiting this morning around 6:45. He's been feeling good since then, he's had diarrhea once. So, the nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea have definitely slowed down. His counts yesterday were hemoglobin 10.5; white count 2,600; and platelets 46,000. He seems to be very glad to be home. The brothers all dug into the legos at 7:15am! They've played some Sega, and now I hear cartoons. They are very glad that we are all home together!!!! It is such a good feeling, I can't even put it into words...

Yesterday was interesting/busy... We said our goodbye's to the PICU nurses and then went over to 3 Francis to say goodbye to the nurses, Mary from Housekeeeping whom our boys (all 6 of them!) LOVE to pick on, and our chemo friends who are staying for treatments. Mitch, Bryce, and I left around 12:30 deciding to pick up medications from pharmacy when we come back for antibiotics in the afternoon. Pharmacy needed to get the anti-rejection drug from downtown so it was not ready. Julia, our Transplant Nurse Practitioner, set up our afternoon appts. at the 5 Mary Brigh PITC (Ped. Infusion Therapy Center) for 4:30. Bryce needed his Ambisone antibiotic which infuses for 2 hours and then, he needed to be hooked up to the TPN to start running at 6pm until 8am today. So, we went home to drop off our bags and get Dad, Logan, & Joel--we didn't really have anything to do in Roch., anyway. We planned on resting a little and maybe unpacking at home for a bit. But, on our way home, the PITC called and asked us to come in at 3pm instead of 4:30 because Pharmacy mixed up the Ambisone in the morning and it expired at 5pm. We got home at 1:15 and left at 2:15. It was fine because then, we got home earlier last night--6:45 rather than 8:30. Grandma & Grandpa kept Ethan who has a cold and is way too busy in a small room for 3 hours. We got the boys to bed at a good time. But, I forgot a couple of Bryce's meds! Well, it's a done deal now. I'm sure it will be fine. He got them all this morning.

Today, we need to head back to the PITC at 2:15 for a 3pm 3-hour infusion of IGH, his immunoglobulin medication that he receives once a month for three months; this is his 2nd dose. Then Dena, one of our favorite nurses from 3-F, will hook him up to his new bag of TPN and we will head back home. I think we are going to order pizza at the PITC tonight. The boys already have a movie picked out, too. We will go back to the PITC tomorrow at 6pm for our TPN bag change, again.

Bryce has appts. on Monday for labs at 8:30am, Julia (Transplant N.P.) at 10:15, and the PITC for his 2-hour infusion of Ambisone, again. Hopefully, he will be eating well enough so we can stop the TPN, then. The Ambisone is done on Wednesday. Tuesday he has his bone marrow biopsy. So, pray, pray, pray for 100 percent Mitchell cells!!! Thursday will be labs and Julia, again. We will get results of his bone marrow biopsy, then I'm sure.

Thank you, again, for all your support, prayers, and love!!! Again, all we ask for is many, many powerful prayers for Bryce and his friends (big or little) who are fighting their battles!!! Jamie is home, enjoying her little boys and their Christmas together. She is keeping everyone inspired as always. I miss seeing her so I guess I better call her! I also want to remind everyone to pray for Michelle. She was diagnosed with cancer of the bile duct and pancreas. It is already in her lungs and liver. She has her husband and twins baby's to live for! We need to pray for a MIRACLE for Michelle. I have another little friend named Rachel that needs lots of prayers, also. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor and is currently undergoing radiation treatments at Desk R. She lives in Iowa. Stop in and say HI to her at her webpage caringbridge.org/visit/racheltweeten. She would love it! Her parents are full of faith and strength! Send them some more....

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Thursday, January 19, 2006 8:07 PM CST

Day +23

Good Evening~

Today was a good day! He got up at midnight to use the bathroom and then, vomited. That was the last time he got sick today. Yeah! He did whimper during the night a couple more times because his tummy hurt, though. They gave him Fentynal, then. Bryce did not have many complaints today, just a couple about belly pain. He is not getting the Fentynal anymore, so instead he had Tylenol w/ Codeine. That seemed to help. That is what he will use at home. He hasn't complained about being nauseous, either. Wow! He looks great! They didn't order a CBC (complete blood count) for today, just some chemistry's. His liver enzymes are good, magnesium was a little low, and blood sugar was a little high. So, they tweeked the TPN for the last two. All of his biopsies from his upper and lower GI were negative. He still had diarrhea three times today. Hopefully, tomorrow it will slow down even more. Mitchell stayed again tonight, he LOVES being here!!! It's our LAST NIGHT at the hospital! We are ready to be home in our own beds under one roof together!!! .........Crazy.......... Just the thought of it.......... Wow............ The doctors said he still has a chance for fever, infection, Graft vs. Host Disease, etc. So, we will be coming in to the clinic twice a week. I'm not sure what the TPN schedule will be but I do know they are sending him home with it and a pump. He will still need to wear a mask in public and be out of school until at least April. Ethan has a cough and cold so that concerns us a little, but what can we do? The other brothers' go to school and it's THAT time of year... So, thank you again for everything that you do for our Brycer and our family! Your words of inspiration, encouragement, and love have carried us through this. Our faith was huge before Bryce relapsed but now..... NOTHING COULD BREAK IT DOWN!!! GOD IS SOOOOOO GOOD AND LIFE IS SOOOO GOOD. Now, I am going to bed because I couldn't fall asleep until almost 1:30am last night. No reason. I'm fine. I guess I kept thinking about how we are so blessed in soooo many ways!!! Thank you, God!!!

Jamie went home today. Say some extra prayers for her!!! I think she has appts. on Monday. I know she will sleep very well tonight! Pray for her inner peace, faith, and positive attitude with INCREDIBLE, MIRACULOUS HEALING FROM OUR GOOD LORD!!! We are leaving some friends behind here at St. Mary's so they can finish there rounds of chemo....Ethan, Alyssa, Wes, Austin, and others. Say some continuous prayers for them to rest well and feel well each night they are here. And then, say some prayers for the children coming back in for more chemo soon like Joshi. That little guy will win your heart over in seconds!!! Stop by and say to Joshi, he'd love to hear from you www.caringbridge.org/visit/joshi. His Mom is such an inspiration and strength to so many here at St. Mary's!! I have to leave some webpage addresses just in case you don't have enough little people to check on: www.caringbridge.org/visit/ethanstrenge, and www.caringbridge.org/visit/austinarnoldy. We ALL LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!!! We all appreciate your prayers!! These little people are so precious, it is just not fair that they have to go through so much! Please pray for their comfort and healing. They make all of us adults stronger! God bless you, all...

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:38 PM CST

Day +22

Good Evening~

Just a aquick one tonight, gang! Bryce got up a couple times last night with Dad. We both stayed. His diarrhea and vomiting have slowed down, yeah for that! Bryce did well with his procedures today. His upper GI looked good and his lower GI looked inflamed and irritated. Dr. Grothe, GI, took biopsies of both areas. She doesn't feel that it is GVHD but is checking for it anyway. She said, "It does look like a little boy with a lot of diarrhea". His counts today are hemoglobin 8.1 (he's getting red cells as I type); WBC 1,800; ANC 790; and platelets 46,000 (this is before they transfused even more this morning, again). He has had Fentynal a couple of times today for his tummy pain. He hasn't vomited since 5am. He has had a little diarrhea. He napped a good hour today, so that was very good. Dad went home and got Mitch after school so they are watching TV right now. Mom is a marshmellow tonight! We went to the Winter Theme Party in the activity room on 3-Francis tonight so that was fun for them. We challenged Wes in some Playstation 2, and I think Bryce has a jump on him because he says he doesn't know how to play it. Go Brycer! Sorry, Wes. We visited Jamie today. She looks great and will be going home tomorrow am with her appts scheduled.

Please send lots of extra prayers out tonight!! I am tired and ready for EVERYONE--big and small, to be healed from cancer!!! Like Wes says, we need to find a cure for childhood baldness! Thank God for everything you have, hug your baby's--no matter how big they are, be kind to others, and do something special for someone you know and someone you don't know. God works in mysterious ways...Let Him guide you!!! Thanks for all you do for Bryce and our family!!! We send our love and gratitude out to each and every one of you!!!!

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:11 PM CST

Day 21

Good (early) Evening~

Wow, can you hardly believe how on-the-ball I am tonight?! I am actually not yawning at the moment, probably because of my 2 o'clock cappuccino. I thought this would be the perfect time to update...

We are still at the hospital which is ok. Last night, Bryce vomited and had diarrhea at bedtime, 10:30, 3am, and 7:15am today. Changing the subject quick for a cute story (try to stay with me, it's the cappuccino!): Bryce woke up at 7:15am today, vomited and wiped his mouth with a kleenex (this isn't the cute part, it's coming). As he was looking down and recovering, he asked "Do you think Dad will have the Kitty Kat (small snowmobile) ready when I get home?" Just vomited and already thinking about boy stuff, and so early in the morning. hehe OK, back to his body... Because of his nausea, vomiting, and watery diarrhea (mostly the diarrhea), his doctor wants to check his GI tract to see if he has some GVHD (graft vs. host disease) or CMV (cytomegalovirus) going on. With GVHD, the patient usually has a rash but Bryce does not. She still wants to check because she has seen GVHD without a rash. So, he will go down to an O.R. between 9am-12pm tomorrow. Anesthesia will put him to sleep. The GI team will do an endoscopy and a sigmoidoscopy, (upper and lower GI tract) going in at both ends of his "world". Thank goodness, he wil be asleep! They will take some biopsies to check for the GVHD and CMV. The results will be back after 3pm Thursday. It could be just a GI virus or infection but the doctors want to know, if they can, so this is why we are doing this. I got all of this information over the phone from the GI doctor because I had gone home to have lunch with our big kindergartener, Joel! He was so happy to have Dad and Mom sitting on both of his sides at lunch! It was really sweet and really cute! Val from Child Life came to play Dirtbike Playstation 2 with Bryce and then, Grandpa Arnie came to hang out. I got back around 2:15. Bryce's counts are hemoglobin 8.8; white count 1,800; ANC 936; and platelets 32,000. He will get platelets tonight just to give him a boost before the procedures tomorrow. They would like to boost his platelets to 70,000. Otherwise, he has really not been complaining of any pain or nausea today. We are going to head out to the activity room to make suncatchers and we are going to try to catch Wes who is also back in for more chemo. I hear he stopped by today. I think we are going to have another Playstation 2 buddy!! How does that sound, Wes? By the way gang, you need to check out Wes' webpage. He's a hoot! And, he is so very thoughtful to all of the Peds Oncology children here at the hospital and clinic!!! Send him some extra prayers, too! His webpage is caringbridge.org/visit/weszitnay. Thanks!

Now, I know I always have requests but I also know how everyone is more than willing to send out lots of prayers for others. The Power of Prayer is amazing and intense!!! I have some additions tonight... First of all, send out some powerful prayers for our little friend, Alyssa who is from Montana and was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma when she was one month old. She and her parents have been at Mayo for many months now. She had an MRI today to see if the cancer in the liver was gone with the chemo or if it is still there and they need to do 3 more rounds of chemo. We, all of us, know what it is like to wait for results like these. It's not easy!!! Bob and Tawnia would appreciate your Power of Prayer tonight and every night for their precious baby girl!!! Her webpage is caringbridge.org/visit/babyalyssa. They'd love it if you left them a note and words of inspiration!!! We just love them so much!!! On another note, Bryce received a card today (in his mail haul!--thanks everyone!!!) from Heidi Gusenius and her Mom, Sue Sands. We checked her webpage and she went back to the U of M hospital yesterday for her final round of the Consolidation phase of chemo. She STILL does not have a bone marrow donor, and she really needs one!! So, please, please, please say some really powerful prayers for Heidi to find her donor and to feel well with this round of chemo. She is such a special person!!! Again, the link for the National Bone Marrow Registry is at the bottom of Bryce's webpage. Her webpage is caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Another request is to send out some powerful prayers for a woman named Michelle. She is a friend of a friend of mine who has twin baby's who are a year old. They just found cancer on Michelle's liver and lungs. Pray for her doctors to find the best treatment for her to live a long and healthy life with her baby's and wonderful husband!! Pray for her strength at this difficult time, also. It is all so new to her, and we need to lift her up in prayer! Of course, you must always keep Jamie on the powerful prayer list because she too is fighting her battle. Pray that her doctors, at this moment, are finding her master plan to make her cancer-free, also. Pray for the doctors to be close to God through all of this, and pray for her healing and strength. This darn disease is so nasty and discouraging! But remember, we ALL need to have our HUGE FAITH in God and give it all to Him so He can work His miracles on these special people just like He did on our little Brycer!!! God listens to every one of our prayers, no matter what! Remember, He can move mountains, and He can heal our loved ones! Don't sell yourself short either,...He wants to bless you and put His favor upon YOU, also! Who else could do all of this but God?! He loves it when we ask Him for His blessings and favor. So, keep asking!

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, January 16, 2006 10:58 PM CST

Day +20

Good Evening~

I just returned from a quick visit to Jamie and Zach. What a team!!! He's helping her with things and holding her hand. She asks him about past medical stuff. They finish each others sentences... Go O'Reilly team go!!! They are just hanging out together, waiting patiently and praying. I have so much respect for them. Wow... Give 'em all the extra prayers you've got, gang!

Bryce had a good day. He only woke up twice during the night but vomited this morning and tonight. He didn't have as much pain or nausea today. He didn't use his Fentynal during the day. We've been trying to get ready to be homebound, you know. He didn't eat a whole lot but I think that will improve when we are home. Before the mouth sores had set in, he told me he wanted his favorite Crescent Roll Hotdish the first day we were home, again--Tammy. I hope he still wants that because, of course, I am ready to get back in the kitchen and cook for my family! The doctors also said that he could be on TPN and lipids pump at home. We would come to the PITC at St. Mary's to change it everyday. His counts are hemoglobin 8.9; white count 2,400; ANC 1,400; and platelets 38,000. His liver enzymes and others are good. He played some Playstation 2 with Joel, Dad, me, and Val from Child Life today. He really mellowed out late this afternoon. Then, around 5pm he wasn't feeling well. At 6pm, he wanted to take a bath. When he got out of the bath, he vomited. And, then in the midst of the struggle, I smashed his big toe with my foot! Terrible timing!!! There was blood and tears. I felt just aweful. We did his bedtime duties and tucked him in with some anti-nausea and pain meds. His temp. had been at 37.7 but when he went to sleep it was 37.5. He's down to 37.2, now. He just got up with tummy pain and diarrhea. The nurse just gave him some Fenergren for nausea. He used his Fentynal, again for pain. I'm sure the night will be fine. I really want to get this tummy thing under control before we go home, though. We'll talk with the doctors tomorrow.

Keep all the prayers coming, LOUD & CLEAR!!! We are so grateful for all the prayers that you send out for Bryce, our family, and so many others! Your support has lifted us up many, many times! If you only knew.... Love to all!

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:29 PM CST

Day +19

Good Evening~

Today was a good day! Bryce was up three times during the night, twice to get sick. But, he didn't get sick at all during the day! He did say his tummy pain was at an 8 on the pain scale: 0 being no pain and 10 being the worst pain ever. The doctors are wondering if he is having heartburn because of the acid in his stomach. He started a new antacid today, so we'll see if that does the trick. He is getting less TPN and lipids at night, less pain med, and only two antibiotics (I think) via IV. He takes his anti-rejection drug orally, no problem. It's a liquid that doesn't have much for taste, thank goodness (Nancy)! His counts are hemoglobin 8.9; white count 2,600; ANC 1,800; and platelets 21,000. So, he received a platelet transfusion today. They had to add some IV fluids after it because his blood pressure dropped a bit. After the fluids were added, it was good. They stopped the GCSF today because his counts are so good. For the last five or six nights, he wakes up 1-2 hours after he has fallen asleep and is very sweaty with his pillow very wet. Dr. Boyce from Infectious Disease feels he may be having engraftment fevers for that little time span. After that little night sweat, he is fine. Interesting, isn't it? He ate 2 bites of peaches, 3 oz. of milk (total), and 3 bites of mashed potatoes today. Hey, it's a start. I keep talking about Tuesday to him,...maybe we can go home, then. He wants to go home, and he knows he needs to eat. But, nothing tastes good and he's not hungry. Slowing down the TPN and lipids will help him get a little more hungry and thirsty. Tomorrow will be better.

We went to visit our friends, Ethan on 3 Francis who was discharged today, and Jamie on 9 Mary Brigh around 11:45am. He wasn't so sure about leaving this morning but tonight he was ready to go and see Jamie, again. We got a picture of Ethan & Bryce with their green and blue hair that our cousin, Jody, made. (Yes, I will try to get it on the webpage). They looked pretty darn cute! Ethan watched Bryce drive his remote controlled pickup down the hallway as we left. It was like a Hallmark commercial, it was so sweet. Bryce had to stop and turn to wave goodbye to Ethan one more time.... Bryce was so funny when we went to see Zach & Jamie tonight. He brought another toy for Zach to see, I think he's trying to impress him... I got a great picture of Jamie & Bryce, (yes, I'll try to get that one on the webpage, also). Just don't rush me, you know how I am....not real computer-picture literate. We got to see Jamie's PICC line in her arm, so that was new and different. She looks wonderful!! All we can do now is be patient and PRAY LOTS!!!!! I know God is listening and He understands. We can give him our worries and doubts, and He will give us peace and healing. Please continue to ask your friends, family, and strangers to pray for Jamie. I know we already are, and we need to continue to, flood her and Zach with prayers....Thank you! And always remember to THANK GOD EVERYDAY FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE!!!! Life is sooooo good.... And, God is soooooo good....

Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Saturday, January 14, 2006 9:26 PM CST

Day +18

Good Evening~

Bryce is doing very well. Lori came to stay with him today and they had a good day! She came at 8:15am and left at 4:15pm. That's a full eight hour day! Each day gets even better for him. He got up at 12:30am and 6 :45am to use the bathroom, otherwise he slept all night. He only vomited once in the morning and felt nauseous a few other times tonight. His counts are hemoglobin 9; white count 1,700; ANC 560; and platelets 25,000. They slowed down his TPN to 14 hours a day, so that is from 6pm-8am. They stopped his IV Tacrolimus (anti-rejection drug) and are giving it to him orally. It was liquid tonight, and it went down fine. Dad and the brothers' came down late this afternoon, so that was good for him. It has been awhile since they have seen each other. They will be back tomorrow. Everyone is healthy, again! I didn't get a chance to visit Jamie today but it sounds like she had a good and restful day. I'm hoping to sneak up and see her for just a few minutes tomorrow. I'm guessing she will have family there and I hate to disturb the family time. So, we'll just see what the day holds... Keep the powerful prayers coming for Jamie & Bryce. God is holding them in His healing hands. They are his Miracles... And always remember to keep the HUGE FAITH!!!

It was a very memorable day at Grandpa's funeral. Grandpa touched so many lives, in so many ways! Grandma was strong and brave. We are so grateful that our boys' had this much time with their Great Grandpa, and I know I am speaking for each of the grandchildren and great grandchildren. His memory lives on, and he will NEVER be forgotten. Each of us can hear what he would be saying to us at every moment. What an impact he had on all of us! And now, we will all remember how important it is for our children to spend special time with their grandparents, always...We love you, Grandpa! We will all miss you so much!!! We will all take such wonderful care of Grandma Marcy for you!

We appreciate all of your cards and well-wishes in the guestbook. We also appreciate the privacy you are giving Bryce. Very soon, he will be done with all of this. Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Friday, January 13, 2006 10:18 PM CST

Day +17

Good Evening~

It is so good to be surrounded by so much love and support!!! I feel it everyday from ALL of YOU, and we felt it so much tonight when we were at Grandpa Buck's visitation. Your prayers, kind words of support, and hugs mean so much to us! Thank you for everything you have done and continue to do for Bryce and our family!!! We miss seeing our family and friends but know that it will not be long and we will be back in the swing of things. Watch out world!!! Grandpa's visitation was very nice. I know that Grandpa was there with us, listening to all the memories and stories, hearing all the thoughtful words and compliments about him. He was probably shaking his head, and nudging someone and laughing. His memory will be carried on forever...

On to Bryce, he is doing very well. He was quite ornery and quiet today. More so than usual... We are chalking it up to "one of THOSE days". Maybe he just wasn't "on". Who knows...the day is done. He only vomited maybe once or twice today. Wahoo! His tummy still hurt but not as much. His counts are hemoglobin 9; white count......900!!; ANC.........560!!!; and platelets 13,000. Incredible, isn't it?! For a transplant patient, the GCSF must kick in that quick, I'm guessing. He did receive a platelet transfusion today. My friend, Brenda, sat with him today from 3 until 8:30pm while we went home. Thanks, Brenda! He beat her in the motorcycle Playstation 2 so that was a confidence booster! That was the first time in a while that he went to the Playroom. I'm sure there will be more of that tomorrow when my friend, Lori, comes to stay with him. Be ready for some Playstation 2, Lor. I asked the doctors today what could be the earliest he could be outa here, and she said possibly by Tuesday. He must be eating, taking his oral medications, have good blood counts, no fever, have the tummy pain and nausea under control, and of course, no Graft vs. Host Disease going on. Any time we mentioned food today, we got a big 'ol scowl!! We're working on the eating thing... He took his bath when I got back, we did all of his "stuff", and tucked him in. His nurse tonight stayed for prayers! That was very special... Again, life is good....

Now on to Jamie. I spent an hour with her today. She is just beautiful! She is ready and waiting for her doctor to return from the conference (that he is leaving for tonight) with a very special plan for our very special girl. We talked about how we understand the waiting part with cancer and doctors. How it is out of our control and in God's hands, and we are ok with that. We are trusting in our Good Lord and counting every blessing we have... She is so great! She makes me a better Mom. You just watch Jamie O'Reilly, gang! She is already making a HUGE impact on this world!!! I won't see her until tomorrow night, that's gonna make me crazy...I'll tough it out, I guess.

We appreciate all of your cards and well-wishes in the guestbook. We also appreciate the privacy you are giving Bryce. Very soon, he will be done with all of this. Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for Great Grandma Marcy, and the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:23 PM CST

Day +16

Good Evening~

We are back with a late update,...(sorry, Ilene). Things are going well with Bryce. I am quite tired from the goofy nights rest last night, though. He fell asleep at 7:40pm, woke at 9:15--alseep at 10, woke at 12:20am to vomit, have diarrhea, get Adivan and get a little loopy, have conversation with Mom--asleep at 3am!!, awake at 6:15 to vomit--asleep at 7am, awake at 8:30 with doctors rounds. Whew! Again, his day was improved. The diarrhea was coming more often but slowed down after this morning. They sent another C. Diff (stool test) today. With his white count being so low, it can increase the bacteria to an infection. He just stopped the Flagyl for the first positive C. Diff yesterday morning. We just found out it's still negative. His mouth is almost completely healed along with his throat. He has no more pain or mucousitis in either. His tummy still hurts probably from the mucousitis and sores there. The mucousitis starts at the top and works its way down. A lot of the time a transplant patient will have sores at the "exit", as Tim calls it. But, it's not a guarentee. We'll all cross our fingers for Bryce... Dr. Kahn said he will have nausea and vomiting for quite a while, yet. His counts are hemoglobin 9.3; white count 400; and platelets 28,000. Dr. Rodriguez is starting him on GCSF, the medication that increases his white count. He was bucking the system on this because he didn't want the shot and his "white count will be 500 tomorrow anyway!" Well, it turns out that they ordered it IV. He told Dad, "I don't know why I need that." I think he is planning on doing more on his own like producing white cells, less nausea and vomiting without medication, etc. What a little grown up. It sounds like with a transplant, it takes longer for the white cells to reproduce. So, that is why they want him getting the GCSF. Makes sense. He drank a sip of milk, ate one cheeto, and one bite of a pear. This is progress. He still gets into the bath every morning when he wakes up. He says that he just doesn't feel good, like his whole body. He always feels much better and is ready to go after a nice warm bath. He got back up to three nasal irrigations today which is what he is suppose to be at, we just slowed them down when he had the sores in his nose. He's still on his Vancomycin and Gentmycin for antibiotics along with the Ambisone M, W, & F. He is still on his TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition) and Lipids for calories. And, he is getting Tacrolimus for his anti-rejection drug. This one will be until Day 100. All of these meds are IV. I'm so glad I'm not the nurses taking care of him and his mounds of meds.

I went back to see Grandma Buck and the family today. Grandma is doing well. It was good to hug her and see everyone again. But, so sad not to hear Grandpa's voice and laughter. His brother Cal was sitting at the table and I almost turned around to tease Grandpa back but it was Cal. Grandpa was one of a kind, as someone explained. He is missed by so many. We are so grateful to have our new Angel Grandpa. While Bryce and I were having our midnight "party" last night, he asked me why Grandpa died since he was younger than Grandma (1 yr.) and he hadn't been in the hospital but she was twice. After explaining to him that death is not always expected, he got quiet and said, "They should paint the roof black." I asked who? He looked up at the ceiling said, "Here. They should paint it black instead of white so you can see the Angels better." I asked, "Can you see the Angels?" He said, "Yes". I asked, "Are the Angels white?" He said, "Yes". I asked, "Can you see their faces?" He said, "No". I asked, "Do they talk to you?" He said, "Yes." I asked him, "What do they say?" He said, "They say 'Bryce'." Wow.....Puts a tickle in my chest.

Now on to our next Angel,...our Angel on Earth, Jamie. She is absolutely incredible, you guys!!! Many of you already know her. She was put on this earth to live life to its fullest with her husband, Zach, and their five adorable little boys. She is a wonderful Mother of five boys, and has incredible strength. Right now, she is recovering from a major surgery on Tuesday and is staying on 9 Mary Brigh. We are so glad to be together here at St. Mary's, supporting each other. She is so much about everyone else, and not herself. She always asks about Bryce and now, Grandma. She misses her baby's but is getting excellent care. Her and Zach are so happy about the attention she is receiving from so many of the medical staff. She's a VIP to us and to Mayo, and we are all going to get her better! God placed her in our presence for a very important task. She is inspiring so many people to be better. She's teaching others to fight and love life. So many people are so much more grateful for their lives because of the impact that Jamie O'Reilly has left on them. Tim & I, and our boys',are just a few of the many. THANK YOU FOR TOUCHING OUR LIVES IN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE, INSPIRATIONAL, AND MOTIVATIONAL WAY, JAMIE!!! YOU TOO, ZACH! Please stop by and say HI to Zach and Jamie on her webpage: www.caringbridge.org/visit/jamieoreilly. We must keep giving it to God and letting Him hold her and Bryce. When we've had to much, we must ask Him to take the sadness and stress from us and strengthen our soul. With God we have EVERYTHING, without Him we have nothing...Thank you, God for all of the many, many blessings you have given us in our lives..... Again, Life is sooooooo good. God is sooooooooo good.

We appreciate all of your cards and well-wishes in the guestbook. We also appreciate the privacy you are giving Bryce. Very soon, he will be done with all of this. Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:04 PM CST

Day 15

Good Evening~

Bryce is doing great! His mouth looks so much better! He is using less pain and anti-nausea meds. He's vomiting less and is a bit ornery today. So, that spunk is coming back into him. That is a good sign. He only woke up once last night to use the bathroom and then vomited. He vomited a couple of times today. His white count is 300 today and his hemoglobin is 10.1 and platelets are 38,000. That's wonderful!!! Dr. Kahn stopped by today and said he looks great. We will start watching for signs of GVHD (Graft Vs. Host Disease). The signs we are watching for are fever, rash, jaundice, and increased diarrhea. So far, all is good. He's had more diarrhea today and it is watery. I asked what the circumstances must be for him to be discharged and she said, he must be eating, taking his medications orally, and have an ANC of 500 or more for three days in a row. I told him this tonight and you could just see the wheels turning. It won't be long now...

On a very sad note, we received news that Grandpa Murland Buck, Bryce's great grandpa, died today at his home around 3:30pm. None of us were expecting this, so it came as a bit of a blow. He is one of God's Special Angels, now. Bryce has another very, very special Angel watching over him...We will all miss Grandpa so much!!!! He was a hero to all of us, in so many ways. His love for life, teasing and laughter, and twinkling eyes will always remain in our hearts and minds. If anyone left their mark on this world, it was Grandpa Murph. Grandpa knew almost everyone....but I wish EVERYONE could have known Grandpa. Please say many prayers for Grandma Marcy's strength. They were quite the team... Please also pray for their children; Linda (Tim's Mom--my Mom #2), Carol, Nilan, Rick, and Cindy and their family's. They are a very close family and will deeply miss their father and grandfather. Grandpa will be missed by many...

Now, for our continuous prayers for Jamie, Zach, and the boys....Again, I am asking all of you, EVERYONE!, to please send out super strong and powerful prayers!!!!! If there is anyone out there with any doubt in our good Lord, please set it aside, and give Jamie ALL of YOUR ENERGY in PRAYER!!!! She needs our power of prayer so much, right now. Please ask your family, friends, and strangers to pray for her. Her webpage is caringbridge.org/visit/jamieoreilly. As I always say, OUR INCREDIBLE GOD CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, AND HE CAN HEAL JAMIE!! HE HAS WORKED HIS MIRACLES THROUGH BRYCE, AND HE WILL WORK HIS MIRACLES THROUGH JAMIE!!! I have spent time with her today. I will go back again while Bryce is sleeping for a bit. We are so grateful to be only four floors apart, right now. We are asking Jamie to focus on the healing from this surgery. Please pray for her doctors to find the answers to her healing, hopefully at the conference he is attending this weekend. God is all over her life situation, we need to trust in Him. And, KEEP THE HUGE FAITH!!!!

We appreciate all of your cards and well-wishes in the guestbook. We also appreciate the privacy you are giving Bryce. Very soon, he will be done with all of this. Please pray for Bryce's continued strength, and quick healing. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out for Jamie throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our HUGE FAITH and BELIEVE that God will take her and HEAL her. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. I know she and Zach appreciate every single prayer that is said for her and for them!!! She is such a strong woman! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for her medical team of doctors and nurses. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:44 PM CST

Wednesday 12noon Update:

No worries for Bryce. He is doing great! His mouth looks better, he is using less pain and anti-nausea meds. He's vomiting less and is still a bit ornery, at times. He only woke up once last night to use the bathroom and then vomited. So, all is good. His white count is 300 today and his hemoglobin is 10.1 and platelets are 38,000. Wonderful!!!

My main concern and focus at this moment is Jamie, Zach, and the boys....I am asking all of you, EVERYONE!, to please send out super strong and powerful prayers!!!!! If there is anyone out there with any doubt in our good Lord, please set it aside, and give Jamie ALL of YOUR ENERGY in PRAYER!!!! She needs our power of prayer so much, right now. Please ask your family, friends, and strangers to pray for her. Her webpage is caringbridge.org/visit/jamieoreilly. As I always say, OUR INCREDIBLE GOD CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, AND HE CAN HEAL JAMIE!! HE HAS WORKED HIS MIRACLES THROUGH BRYCE, AND HE WILL WORK HIS MIRACLES THROUGH JAMIE!!! I spent about an hour with her this morning while Tim was with Bryce. I will go back again while Bryce naps and Tim is still here. Tim is going to see if Zach can catch some lunch with him soon. It is so great to be only four floors apart, right now. We are asking Jamie to focus on the healing from this surgery. She is awake and talking, asking questions. Please pray for her doctors to find the answers to her healing, hopefully at the conference he is attending this weekend. God is all over her life situation, we need to trust in Him. And, KEEP THE FAITH!!! Love to all.....


Day 14

Good Evening~

PLEASE READ JAMIE'S UPDATE BELOW AND THEN, SIGN HER GUESTBOOK. I KNOW SHE LOVES BEING LIFTED UP BY ALL OF HER FANS! GOD IS HOLDING HER IN SURGERY RIGHT NOW, AS WE READ.

Bryce is softly snoring as I type. He was out at 7:15 tonight because he didn't nap today. He was upset with me for turning out the lights so early because as he said, "You wouldn't let me take a nap!" He woke up at 10am again, and was ready for a nap around 2 or so. I'm just trying to get him back on schedule. We'll see what he does tomorrow...He was up only three times during the night, he vomited only at 5:15am! Wahoo! But, after he woke this morning until around 2pm, he vomited I think three times. But, I think today was an even better day than the last! He is vomiting less, hurting less in his tummy, throat, and mouth, and Dr. Rodriguez said his mouth looked better this afternoon. This morning it looked terrible!!! It was full of dried blood from sleeping, and then, he had a chunk of skin that was just hanging from inside his bottom lip (until he pulled it off around 2pm). He said, "Get me a mirror, Dad." And then, he yanked it off. At least he waited until the platelets were in, like the nurse told him to... His counts were hemoglobin 9; white count 200; ANC zero; and platelets 23,000. We are all hoping that tomorrow his white count will jump a bit. I can't wait to find out. Dr. Rodriguez said that once the mouth starts looking better, the counts go up. He is still having a lot of diarrhea, which is not very pleasant for him. But, he did take a sip of water, milk, and apple juice this afternoon. Celebrate!!! Plus, we did his nasal irrigations twice today. I think I may be boring you.... OK, so say many prayers for Jamie to have great results from surgery and say many prayers for
Bryce's counts to rise. THEY ARE THE TWO STRONGEST PEOPLE I KNOW!!!!!! BLESS THEIR HEARTS............I am going to try to sneak over and see Zach quick,...gotta go!

We appreciate all of your cards and well-wishes in the guestbook. We also appreciate the privacy you are giving Bryce. We keep telling him, and ourselves, that tomorrow will be a better day...today, we were right. We keep telling him that soon he will be done with all of this. Please pray for Bryce's strength, and quick healing, and for his counts to rise very soon. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

UPDATE: Jamie is still in surgery tonight. I know we have ALL been checking her webpage for the latest updates from Tammy. Please, please, please continue to send the prayers out to her throughout the night as you wake and think of her!!! We all have to keep our faith and believe that God will take her and guide her to good health this year. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team tonight. I know she appreciates every single prayer that is said for her!!! She has the strength of an Iron Woman, and she just doesn't know it, yet! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Please continue to say an extra prayer for her and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for the medical team with her next surgery. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, January 9, 2006 11:23 PM CST

Day 13

Good Evening~

Just a late, quick update tonight! I just talked with Tim and he told me Jamie goes in for surgery tomorrow! So, I need to go to bed and pray, pray, pray. EVERYBODY PRAY FOR JAMIE ALL NIGHT AND ALL DAY, AND THEN AGAIN THE NEXT DAY AND THE NEXT, etc!!! Bryce's day was better. He woke up four times last night. We changed the bed once at 3:30am after he vomited without knowing it was coming. This morning he slept through the doctors exams and woke up at 10am. He napped from 4:20-7pm and then went to sleep at 10:15 tonight. Goofy, huh? He has a little less pain, nausea, and mucous (we call it slime sometimes,...don't worry, Bryce does too). He's still spitting out a lot of bloody mucous. When you look in his mouth it literally looks like the skin was cut out, so that are is bleeding. He looked at the huge sore under his tongue tonight and asked if it would ever be normal again. But, one good thing is that when he vomits now, it is a little less bloody. We are hoping that he is making a turn for the better. His counts are hemoglobin 9.2; white count 100; ANC zero; and platelets 35,000. The transfusions helped yesterday. His CT Scan was ok. They think it is probably not Neutropenia Colitis. And, if it was that or Pneumatosis, he is covered by all of the MANY antibiotics he receives all day long. Tonight he took a bath, and then drove "the thing"--remote controlled car, in the bath tub while squirting it with the water pik for his mouth. He enjoyed this VERY MUCH! He had me get the nurse in there to see it herself. I'm sooooo glad the brothers weren't here for that!!! P.S. Sarah--it floats!

We appreciate all of your cards and well-wishes in the guestbook. We also appreciate the privacy you are giving Bryce. We keep telling him, and ourselves, that tomorrow will be a better day...today, we were right. We keep telling him that soon he will be done with all of this. Please pray for Bryce's strength, and quick healing, and for his counts to rise very soon. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

UPDATE: Jamie is going in for surgery TOMORROW!!! Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team tonight. She has quite a few big things coming her way and I know she appreciates every single prayer that is said for her!!! She has the strength of an Iron Woman, and she just doesn't know it, yet! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Please continue to say an extra prayer for her and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for the medical team with her next surgery. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, January 8, 2006 10:58 PM CST

Day +12

Good Evening~

I'm back on the clock...Big thanks to my honey at home for updating last night. I was afraid I would be a blubbering fool if I had updated. I was tired and felt absolutely terrible for my baby...But, today was a better day. We were up 5 times during the night but I felt like a new woman after 2 straight hours of sleep! Whew! Bryce did vomit but not as much and with less blood. He is still spitting/blowing out a bunch of mucous with blood all day long. The doctors said that this mucousitis can go all the way through the GI tract causing many sores. The blood cultures from last night are still negative. The doctor ordered an abdominal CT Scan today to check his belly for pneumatosis. No pneumatosis but Dr. Boyce from Infectious Disease thinks there is some Neutropenia Colitis going on. That is thickening of the intestinal wall or possibly infection. He will talk to the radiologist tomorrow to find out the definite results. He also commented that he is thinking Bryce's counts will start to come up by the end of this week. So, the good news is that Bryce is getting his Flagyl (antibiotic for positive C. Diff) IV now instead of orally. He is sooooo nauseated all the time and with the pain in his mouth and throat, he HATED taking the Flagyl. But, at that time, it needed to be oral. So, three cheers for Flagyl IV!!! His tummy hurts him ALOT. And, today he received platelets and red cells so that means you have to shut off the pain med because they are not compatable with anything. He couldn't get his pain med or anti-nausea from 7 until 10pm tonight because of the blood transfusion! He has been using three different anti-nausea meds to help him out. Each of them are 6 hours apart but can be taken within 2 hours of the other, if you understand that. So he is getting anti-nausea meds every 2 hours basically. He can push his pain med button every 10 minutes but he usually does it a couple times an hour. I'm rambling again, I was going to make this short...."Hi Honey"--he's shaking his head right now....OK, labs are Hemoglobin 8.1; white count 100, ANC zero; and platelets 30,000. Dr. Rodriguez wanted him to have platelets today because of all the blood he was spitting and vomiting up. We only got one nasal irrigation in today because we are trying to take it easy on the sores in his nose. Overall, Bryce seemed in a pretty good mood today. I think he even talked a little more. His mouth is so full of sores and dead tissue that it is just easier to communicate by motioning to us. He did play on the computer and play some Sega today, too.

We are so grateful to our awesome and incredible God for getting us to this point with Bryce!!! We hate to have to see Bryce go through all of this because it is just terrible and yucky!!! We hate the thought of any one else having to go through this. At this point, I have to say HE IS SUCH A TROOPER!!! It's hard to believe that people actually have to go through what he is going through to stay alive. On the flipside, we are sooooooooo grateful that we have this awesome medical facility with these incredible doctors and nurses, and medicine!!! "It's almost done"..."We're almost home"...I am sooooooo anxious to get all seven of us under one chaotic roof, again, very soon...

We appreciate all of your cards and well-wishes in the guestbook. We also appreciate the privacy you are giving him. His favorite Child Life person, JoHanna, stopped by today. She noticed that he didn't really even look at her. She feels that maybe he just doesn't want her to see him this way, and I wonder if she is right. We keep telling him, and ourselves, that tomorrow will be a better day...today, we were right. We keep telling him that soon he will be done with all of this. Please pray for Bryce's strength, and quick healing, and for his counts to rise very soon. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

UPDATE: Jamie is home and waiting for a surgery date. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team tonight. She has quite a few big things coming her way and I know she appreciates every single prayer that is said for her!!! She has the strength of an Iron Woman, and she just doesn't know it, yet! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Please continue to say an extra prayer for her and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for the medical team with her next surgery. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Saturday, January 7, 2006 10:14 PM CST

Day 11

Good Evening. Dads at home now, we switched later this afternoon. Last night went ok for Bryce, sleep 2-3 hours and wake-up for one thing or the other nauses, bath room, nurse, or blood draw. This morning he had alot of mucus he was spitting out and felt very nauses. This afternoon he seemed to feel a little better. He spends the day in bed pretty much, bathroom breaks and a bath or shower are about the only reason to get out, the energy level is pretty low. I talked to Susie tonight Bryce had a little fever so they are running blood cultures. His counts were good enough today so he didn't need any transfusions, platelets 45,000, 8.7 hemoglobin, 100 WBC, ANC 0. The doctors say he is doing good, just have to hang in there until the counts come up, hopefully that will start this week. He doesn't like to talk, it must hurt the sores in his throat and mouth, so you have to learn Bryces sign language. He said the sores feel a little better today. He showed me the inside of his front lower lip today, lets just say ouch!!

Thanks to everyone for all you do.
GOD BLESS
LOVE
THE BREU CREW

Friday, January 6, 2006 9:30 PM CST

DAY +10

Good Evening. Bryces day was about the same as the last few, he did sleep pretty good last night. Hung out in bed most of the day, not alot of energy. His hemoglobin was 7.6, had a transfusion for that today, along with a platlet transfusion, his platlets were 12,000, ANC 0 and WBC 100. The doctors say he is doing good, if he can maintain (just nauses, throat and mouth sores and no temp) this until the new cells engraft. On the home front Mithell and Logan have colds so they won't be able to come and visit for a while. Susie stayed at home Thursday night and tonight, for a little bonding time with the rest of the crew.

Take care
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
THE BREU CREW

Wednesday, January 4, 2006 9:49 PM CST

Day 8

Good Evening~

Today Bryce'day started out pretty yucky. But, it has ended fairly well! He was up many times last night getting sick or whimpering in pain. His mouth is very sore along with his throat. I did notice that he was not spitting or suctioning out as much mucous later today and tonight as he usually does. So, that was good to see! We're hoping that the mucous is slowing down! There has been soooooo much mucous!!! His counts are hemoglobin 8.2; WBC 100; ANC zero; and platelets 13,000. He received a platelet transfusion early this morning. His blood cultures from last night tested positive for Streptococcus (not a specific type, yet). It is very common for a transplant patient to get this infection in their blood. The two antibiotics, Cephipime and Vancomycin, that they started him on last night will work for Streptococcus. So, he should be covered. The doctors ordered an abdominal x-ray this morning to rule-out pneumatosis (air in the abdomen) again and the x-ray looked good. The pneumatosis from the last hospital stay is completely healed! His tummy pain is from being nauseated and vomiting so much. He vomited at least three times this morning, again, but only once this afternoon. His nurse, Donna, kept his pain under control today, that was wonderful!!! We will have her the next two days. He woke up from his nap crying because his right ear hurt. The resident looked at it and said the canal is red and irritated. So, we will do his ear drops twice a day for two days. The doctors told us that if he scratches too hard it could irritate his skin enough or cause a wound that could cause an infection. There is a lot to think about!!! We're not stressin' though, life is still very, very good. Nancy Hinrichs stopped by today while she was visiting her Dad here. It was a very quick and nice visit! If anyone understands how Bryce feels right now it is Nancy. She had a bone marrow transplant 6 years ago. Bryce didn't talk but he knew it was ok. I, as his Mom, love to see that connection... It was great to have Dad here with us last night and this morning. He will stay here tomorrow night, and I will stay at home with my other boys! We are feeling like these few days will be the hardest days for Bryce. Our trust in God is so strong. We feel very good about how Bryce will do these next few weeks. God is aaaallllll over it.....He's in the driver's seat.....Our Brycer is in His hands.

Please pray for Bryce's quick healing and for his counts to rise. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

UPDATE: Jamie is home from the hospital tonight. She called earlier and was going to visit and play with her boys for a bit tonight! They put a PICC line in her arm today for future use. She has a recheck appt. tomorrow but no date for surgery, yet. I'm sure that will come very soon. Please say a tremendous prayer for her, her family, and her medical team tonight. She has quite a few big things coming her way and I know she appreciates every single prayer that is said for her!!! She has the strength of an Iron Woman, and she just doesn't know it, yet! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Please continue to say an extra prayer for her and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for the medical team with her next surgery. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 8:02 PM CST

Day +7

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GRANDPA PETER!!!

Good Evening~

We are doing ok. This has definitely been the yuckiest day for Bryce. He now has a sore under his tongue and redness on the inside of his cheeks, so possibly sores starting there also. His throat still hurts a lot. He is still very nauseated and vomiting up bile and blood. His temperature got up to 37.9 today, then it went back down, again. He has been in bed all day except for using the bathroom. He just feels crummy. He slept for 3 hours this afternoon. He was up a few times last night to use the bathroom and vomit. He also had some right ear pain so the resident on-call came in and looked at it. He had a blood clot on the tube that was probably causing the pain. The tube and the ear looked fine, it was just the clot. The clot was probably from his nasal irrigations. When we flush his nose, sometimes the water comes out of his ears. Who'd ever thought that would happen?! His ear seemed to be ok today. We put drops in it last night. The good thing is that he did sleep until 8am. His counts are hemoglobin 8.6; WBC 100; ANC zero; and platelets 21,000. He could have used some more platelets today but they decided to give his body a day of rest. He will get platelets tomorrow and probably red cells, too. They are increasing his TPN tonight to give him more calories. Dad is coming down to stay with us tonight. We just took his temp. at 6:45 and it was 38.2C (100.7F) so they drew blood cultures and the resident on-call came in to do a quick exam. He took his shower, we did his site care on his central line, nasal irrigation, and changed his bedding. He is ready for bed. He's looking a little rough but toughing it out and doing well. Love to all! And, God Bless.....

Please pray for Bryce's quick healing and for his counts to rise. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

WE HAVE TO STEP IT UP A NOTCH FOR JAMIE, GANG!!! SHE NEEDS OUR POWERFUL PRAYERS!!! She is at Methodist Hospital in Rochester for free air in her abdomin. I spoke with her last night, let me tell you,...she is just a gem! She is waiting patiently for her abdomin to heal from the free air--her pain is much better than it was. She will be hearing more from the doctors this week about her upcoming surgery to look for any more cancer cells. She misses her boys x5 soooo much and they miss their Mommy! Their family has had a few "bugs" in the house over the past few weeks ,and it is just getting to be enough! She already has so much on her plate! That girl has the strength of an Iron Woman, and she just doesn't know it, yet! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Please continue to say an extra prayer for her and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for the medical team with her next surgery. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Monday, January 2, 2006 6:20 PM CST

Day 6, Post Transplant

Good Evening~

The day has gone by very fast. Bryce & I were up four times during the night with bathroom duties, nausea, and lab x2. We are trying to keep his throat pain under control but it was not so easy today. I do believe that today is the worst pain that he has had in his throat. That is a major struggle. You don't want your child to be in pain but you hate seeing him "loopy" from the pain medicine. Dr. Kahn said his throat will be getting better by the end of the week. We also had to disconnect him from the Fentinol PCA pump for quite a bit of the day because it would interfere with the platelets, packed red cells, and antibiotic he received. Today is the lowest his counts have been, probably hitting the bottom. His counts are hemoglobin 7.6; WBC 100; ANC zero; and platelets 21,000. I'm guessing he'll need both platelets and red cells tomorrow, again. He is probably feeling his worst, right now. He only got out of bed to use the bathroom today and to watch the computer games for a bit. Dad, Mitch, Logan, & Joel came to visit today. The nurse told me that Joel was looking for Dad & I at one time, and he said to her, "Have you seen my Mom & Dad? They are called 'Mom & Dad' ." Aren't they just so funny at times?! He can really come up with some good ones... So, we are doing ok. I can tell I'm getting a little caught up in the rollercoaster ride of cancer again with Bryce's 24/7 ups and downs. Plus, seeing my boys and saying goodbye to my boys. And, I miss my husband. But,...as I keep telling myself, we will be done with all of this soon.... I asked Dr. Kahn when Bryce will have a bone marrow biopsy next and she said on Day 28. That would make it January 24th. We will continue to pray for 100% "Mitchell cells" in Bryce's bone marrow!!! We are so grateful that God has brought us this far! Remember, it's a bunch of steps that we take day by day..... I'm gonna run and get Bryce in the shower. He will probably be asleep by 7:30 tonight...I hope. He needs it, even though he did have a good nap.

Please pray for Bryce's quick healing and for his counts to rise. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

WE HAVE TO STEP IT UP A NOTCH FOR JAMIE, GANG!!! SHE NEEDS OUR POWERFUL PRAYERS!!! She is at Methodist Hospital in Rochester for free air in her abdomin. I spoke with her last night, let me tell you,...she is just a gem! She is waiting patiently for her abdomin to heal from the free air--her pain is much better than it was. She will be hearing more from the doctors this week about her upcoming surgery to look for any more cancer cells. She misses her boys x5 soooo much and they miss their Mommy! Their family has had a few "bugs" in the house over the past few weeks ,and it is just getting to be enough! She already has so much on her plate! That girl has the strength of an Iron Woman, and she just doesn't know it, yet! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Please continue to say an extra prayer for her and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for the medical team with her next surgery. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Sunday, January 1, 2006 10:17 PM CST

Day 5, Post Transplant

HAPPY 2006 TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY'S!!!

Good Evening~

Sorry it is so late! We are doing well. Bryce received some platelets today and he will receive red cells tomorrow. His counts are hemoglobin 8.2; WBC 200; ANC zero; and platelets 15,000. His potassium and magnesium are good. I believe his liver enzymes are all still normal. Yeah for that! His throat sores are terrible!!! We feel so bad for him! He will not eat or drink anything by mouth because the pain is so bad. He will only take his oral meds by mouth because he HAS to. He is spitting out mucous from his mouth and gets some up from his throat too. You could almost cut the mucous, it is so thick and continuous. His throat is bleeding from the sores, this is what happens with a transplant. He is using his Fentinol PCA pump during the day, and at night, they have him on a continuous drip with the PCA pump. He is still in a lot of pain, though. He wants to know when the sores will get better. I'm not sure... The Fentinol makes him pretty glazed over and tired which is sad to see your child this way. I don't know if he will remember a lot of the days with the Fentinol or not. Jamie said that it helped her pain when she used it but didn't remember a lot of the day. It will be nice when he doesn't need it anymore! Other than that, he really is not complaining. He didn't vomit at all today, so that was great! He still gets out of bed a couple of times a day to go to the bathroom and drive his "remote's". That is a good sign. Dr. Kahn said, "If he stays like this, it is good. We like to see him this way", meaning no worse. He now has 4 pumps on his 1 IV pole and 6 different tubings going into his double lumens into his central line. Today he had visits from two more of his favorite nurses from 3-Francis, Angie & Kim. He says he DID notice they were here but...he was on Fentinol and Sega (hand held TV game!!!) so you just never know.... We sure do appreciate the quick visits from his past nurses, though!

We had a good night for New Year's Eve! I think I ate MOST of the junk food, though. We watched a movie, got in a nap for Ethan & Bryce during the day, ran the "remotes", and snuggled each other. Tim & I were up until 10:30. Not bad. I slept in the sleep room, and he and Logan stayed with Bryce. We had a very special visitor, my nephew Tony. He is home for the holidays from the Air Force Base in San Antonio. He and Bryce share birthdays and have always had a soft spot for each other. He spent most of the day with us--playing games, watching a movie, and entertaining Ethan while we tended to Bryce when he was sick. We enjoyed our time with him so much!! THANKS, TONY FOR COMING BY!! We love you!

Again, I want to thank all of you who are praying for Bryce & our family...Your prayers are getting us through this, and we are almost over one of the hardest parts. Mitchell's cells should start engrafting within 2 weeks. Once Bryce's counts come up, and he is eating, we will probably be able to go home. We will still need to come back twice a week for appointments, and he will not be back in school until April, possibly. But, the overall outcome is to heal Bryce. Long term gain for short term pain... We are doing this!! Thank you to our parents, again, for everything you do for our boys and Tim & I! Thank you for the food you are all bringing to the house! Thank you for the cards, gifts, and guestbook entries! It was so fun to read what others were doing on New Year's Eve. But, most of all, THANK YOU TO OUR AWESOME, INCREDIBLE GOD WHO WORKS MIRACLES,...ESPECIALLY IN OUR LITTLE BRYCER.......Thank God EVERDAY for EVERYTHING you have...........

Please pray for Bryce's quick healing and for his counts to rise. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for Mitchell's marrow to be the ONLY marrow in Bryce's bone marrow. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

WE HAVE TO STEP IT UP A NOTCH FOR JAMIE, GANG!!! SHE NEEDS OUR POWERFUL PRAYERS!!! She is at Methodist Hospital in Rochester for free air in her abdomin. I spoke with her tonight, let me tell you,...she is just a gem! She is waiting patiently for her abdomin to heal from the free air--her pain is much better than it was. She will be hearing more from the doctors this week about her upcoming surgery to look for any more cancer cells. She misses her boys x5 soooo much and they miss their Mommy! Their family has had a few "bugs" in the house over the past few weeks ,and it is just getting to be enough! She already has so much on her plate! That girl has the strength of an Iron Woman, and she just doesn't know it, yet! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Please continue to say an extra prayer for her and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for the medical team with her next surgery. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Schumacher & Diercks family's today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Friday, December 30, 2005 9:41 PM CST

Day 3, Post Transplant

Good Evening~
*Please read Jamie's update below...

Bryce has had another good day! He continues to be in great spirits and keeping a positive attitude! What a trooper! He has sores in his throat from the chemo and radiation so they started him on a Fentinol PCA pump. He can push the button and get a small dose to help with the pain in his throat. Tonight they started it as a continuous drip, also, because he was still having so much pain. It's hard to eat with those sores. He did eat most of a 1/2 of a popsicle tonight. We are still trying to get some calories in him other than the applesauce he uses with his oral pill meds. They started him on TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition) this afternoon. That is IV food, we call it that anyway. He had it during his last hospital stay. That will help him get some more calories in. He has been losing a little weight. He continues to be nauseated. He was sick this morning, noon, afternoon, and night. He vomited twice today, it always seems to be morning and night. He gets Zofran for nausea. I can tell Bryce is not as comfortable as he usually is. Meaning, he's not feeling as well and has less energy. It's to be expected at this time. His counts are hemoglobin 9.8; white count 200; ANC zero; and platelets 56,000. His stool came back positive so they started him on a new oral antibiotic three times a day. He vomited it up tonight so we had to wait for pharmacy to get it here, it went somewhere else....So, needless to say, he was woke up a few times. Once was for one of his favorite nurses to stop by. I know he didn't mind being woken up for Jill! He also got to see Dena earlier, and Sarah for a minute tonight! Whew! What a day! Plus, his nurse, Gina, set up a driving course in the main area of the Unit while he was napping today so he could drive his remote control vehicles! She was sooooo creative! She must have some Child Life skills in her! Dr. Kahn set up a play date with Bryce's friend, Ethan, and his family to "cruise" around with the cars up here! She even stopped by for the event! And then, Wes and his Mom stopped by for a visit before he left the hospital. I apologize, Wes, for Bryce zoning in to the TV while you were here. That's pretty typical. He did notice you, but he was also trying to NOT think about throwing up! Nothing to do with you, of course! haha. Ethan and Wes look great! They are both here for chemo. Wes left tonight and Ethan leaves tomorrow. Bryce doesn't understand why they get to leave already and he doesn't! I tried explaining it to him...

For New Year's Eve, we are having a family party in Bryce's room. Dad and the brothers will be here after Ethan's nap. We are going to do what we love doing on special occasions,...eat junk food and drink pop, play games, watch a movie, and eat more junk food. We won't be staying up until midnight though. At least, I don't think we will be. Please let us know via the guestbook what you are doing for New Year's Eve. I know the boys would love to hear about it and picture you at your event, where ever it may be....We are ready to ring in the New Year with lots of wonderful blessings in our life!!! God's blessings to you on the last day of the year!!!

Update: Thank you for your continued prayers Mitchell's healing and kind words for his gift to Bryce. He was running through the hospital hallways yesterday, jumping to touch all of the clocks on the ceiling!!! Yep, he's feeling much better!!! He is such a hero to all of us!!! Please pray for Bryce's quick healing as we know his counts will be dropping soon. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Heads up: No chicken pox in the O'Reilly house!! That's good news! But, Jamie is back in the hospital for abdominal pain and cramping. Please send out HUGE, EXTRA, ENORMOUS, POWERFUL, WONDERFUL PRAYERS FOR HER!!! WE HAVE TO STEP IT UP A NOTCH FOR JAMIE, GANG!!! She already has so much on her plate and so little time at home before her next surgery in January. That girl has the strength of an Iron Woman and she just doesn't know it, yet! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Please continue to say an extra prayer for her and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for the medical team with her next surgery. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE MUST FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST FIND HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:23 PM CST

Day 2 Post Transplant

Good Evening~

It has been another good day for Bryce. He's in a great mood almost the entire day! Dr. Kahn told him "boring is good and that she likes to hear that he is bored". He has not said this, yet. But, I'm sure we'll hear it at some point! He has been a little nauseated morning and night, so we've started the Zofran, again. He is also complaining of his throat hurting so that means he probably has sores in his throat, like mouth sores from the chemo. He has had a lot of diarrhea, too. This is probably from the chemo, also. We have to measure ALL of his intake and output because he is a transplant patient. We measure what he eats and drinks, and how much urine, bm's, and vomit output he has. It makes life interesting, let me tell you... They sent a sample of his diarrhea to the lab because when your Neutrophils are low, the normal bacteria in the intestine can grow out of control and cause an infection. He's had this same test during his last hospital stay. His counts are hemoglobin 9.6; white count 300; ANC zero; and platelets 82,000. So, we are washing all the time and watching all the time. His temp. is good, I think his energy level is decreasing. He wants to play Playstation 2 Lego Star Wars, a lot but it's in the playroom. We are getting pretty good at it. He is especially!

Grandma & Grandpa came to stay with him while I went back to Jim Schumacher's visitation. It was really good to see his family! They all look great and strong. I know they miss him so much already. Marie, it was great to see you and hug you! Bryce would love to see you in the future! I told the family how Bryce and I, both, had a very strong feeling of Jim's presence on Tuesday afternoon while we were resting. I looked at the clock to "document" it at 3:21 and Bryce asked me on Wednesday what time Jim died. It turns out that both of us did feel him near within 50 minutes of his last breath. I truly believe that God sends us our Angels to watch over us... Grandma Ann is staying at the house again tonight so Dad can stay at the hospital. Carol & Jer tooks the big boys to a movie tonight. And, Ethan was with Amanda A. again until Grandma got there. Boy, when we decided to have 5 children, we didn't think about "covering all of our many, wonderful, blessed bases"! It's a big job! But, we LOVE our "job"!!!! And, we are soooooo grateful for our "job"! God has blessed us beyond measure............

Update: Thank you for your continued prayers Mitchell's healing and kind words for his gift to Bryce. He was running through the hospital hallways yesterday, jumping to touch all of the clocks on the ceiling!!! Yep, he's feeling much better!!! He is such a hero to all of us!!! Please pray for Bryce's quick healing as we know his counts will be dropping soon. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

WE HAVE TO STEP IT UP A NOTCH FOR JAMIE, GANG!!! She and her family have had the flu at their house over Christmas, now Jamie isn't feeling so hot again, and one of the boys has the chicken pox!!! She already has so much on her plate and so little time at home before her next surgery in January. That girl has the strength of an Iron Woman and she just doesn't know it, yet! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Please continue to say an extra prayer for her and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for the medical team with her next surgery. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

WE GOTTA FIND PAUL A DONOR!!! So, please continue to pray your powerful prayers for Paul. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

WE MUST GET HEIDI A DONOR!!!! Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 9:41 PM CST

Day 1

Good Evening~

Today was a GOOD DAY!!! Bryce is still feeling very well! AND, he was in a great mood! He has yet another favorite nurse, this time she is a Transplant Unit Nurse and her name is Tina. You just couldn't even imagine how good it is to see your child bond with, and trust, his nurses. It does not happen real often. He still has his favorite 6-8 nurses from the 3-Francis peds floor that he talks about and misses a lot! It gives us so much comfort to know he trusts them, and he knows that they really care for him!!! It's a good thing, as Martha would say. His counts are hemoglobin 9.9; white count 700; ANC 580; and platelets 95,000. The white count and ANC are dropping fairly quickly. I'm not sure where the potassium and magnesium are at. He is still doing the daily supplements for them. He did not eat much, though. Then, tonight at bedtime, his tummy and hurt and he vomited. So, we got some Zofran on board and he was feeling better. But, after that he said his head hurt. By then, it was time to go to sleep after all of his patient duties like nasal irrigations, mouth care, medications, potty, etc.

Grandma & Grandpa actually got a break (they don't think of it that way) from some of our boys and came down to visit while Grandma Ann stayed with three of the boys. But then, when they got here, they got to stay with two of our boys so Tim & I could go out to eat with some special friends!! It was wonderful! Thanks to our parents!!! You are all soooooo helpful, loving, caring, considerate, patient, kind, helpful--did I say that already? They are the BEST!!!! They should win an award or something!

Thank you for your continued prayers Mitchell's healing and kind words for his gift to Bryce. He is such a hero to all of us!!! Please pray for Bryce's quick healing as we know his counts will be dropping soon. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to keep his positive attitude, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good. You will be sooooooo glad you did.......We are.

Jamie and her family have had the flu at their house this past week so that is a real bummer! She already has so much on her plate and so little time at home before her next surgery in January. That girl has the strength of an Iron Woman and she just doesn't know it, yet! I know God has a very special plan for her and I tease her that she will be giving speeches someday to thousands of people!!! Please continue to say an extra prayer for her and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and for the medical team with her next surgery. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

Continue to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for this very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

Heidi Gusenius has a different Leukemia. It is AML, and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were in the exact opposite "waiting positions". He was trying to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY SITE!!! SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR HEIDI! I KNOW SHE IS SOOOOO VERY GRATEFUL! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page at caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Rachel, Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace within.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew
Tim & Susie, Mitchell, Logan, Bryce, Joel, & Ethan

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Day 0, Transplant Day!!!

Good Evening~

9:45 Update

"Dec 27 2005 Special Day" This is what Bryce wrote on his room board tonight after reading many of your journal entries!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

We are doing well here at the hospital. Bryce has done really great with the transplant! His heart arrhythmias were caused by too much fluid intake by IV and donor cells. So, the nurse gave him some Lasix which gets rid of the fluid by using the bathroom! And he did, and his heart was back to normal! He caught a 1/2 hour nap today, too. He needed that. Now, we will start watching for any signs of infection, healing, or engrafting. Engrafting is when the donor cells are accepted by the recipient and take over the body which can take 2-3 weeks. Please pray for 100 percent engraftment of Mitchell's cells into Bryce!!! Bryce's counts today were hemoglobin 9; platelets 125,000; white count 1,500; and ANC 1,340. Yesterday his white count was 3,000 so we are thinking they are starting to do their expected drop from chemo and radiation. Pray for Bryce's health and to be infection-free!

Mitchell took a couple of naps and was still sick tonight. But, Tim said that he ate a little bit before bed. He is not complaining of any back pain tonight. Tim had given him a couple of Tylenol earlier that seemed to help. He was even teasing Logan a little tonight. You know he is feeling better...Tomorrow he has a blood recheck at 9am and he sees Julia, the Transplant N.P. at 10:30. They will come to the hospital either before or after.

Please send out some huge, loving prayers for the Schumacher Family! Jim is now one of God's special Angels in Heaven. It's amazing how God works his timing into EVERYTHING!!! God took a very special life of a very special husband, father, grandpa, and friend today, and God gave a little boy a NEW very precious life today. God works in such miraculous ways! Bryce now has a new Angel watching over him. Jim cared so much about Bryce and everything that he was going through. I feel so much comfort in knowing that Jim is very near us in spirit. Bryce cared so much about Jim, too. He wanted to make sure that Mitchell knew about Jim when he called home to check on Mitch. We said our special prayers for the family again tonight. Please stop by their web page and give them peace and strength. It is caringbridge.org/jimschumacher. Thank you!

3:05pm Update
Well, Bryce is trying to close his eyes for a much needed nap but his monitor keeps going off and the nurses keep coming in... He's had a pause on the heart monitor and they are going to do a 12 Lead EKG. They just want to check to make sure everything is ok after receiving Mitchell's marrow. The nurse said it is nothing to be alarmed about. **They just did the EKG and he has arrhythmias. Not sure why but they are looking into it and keeping a close eye on him by their monitors. The PICU doctor came in and listened to him, too. He did excellent through the whole infusion, though! It finished around 1:25. Everything was stable and they were very impressed that he did SO well. Sometimes, the blood pressure will rise, if anything. On to Mitch: Tim & Mitch got to St. Mary's around 12:45. Mitchell rode in a wheelchair and still was not feeling well. He vomited a few times while he was here, and he looked pretty pale. Tim left for home with Mitch & Logan around 1:35. He just called and said that Mitch slept the entire ride home, and then dry heaved when he got in the house. He is going to lye down in our bed and lay low. I'm not sure what he is thinking of all of this, yet. I know in a few days, it will be a different story to him... Grandma Ann left around 1pm, and Grandma Linda is keeping Joel & Ethan overnight, again, so they won't be bugging Mitchell. Logan was told he is the Big Guy of the house today and tonight and to be a big helper. He looked very proud to be temporarily taking over Mitchell's job! Thanks for all the notes you are leaving us! We can feel your prayers! We can see and feel God in our presence the entire time. I don't think I have actually taken the time to absorb what is actually going on, yet! I think I'll go do that, now.... Love to all!!!!

11:40 Update
I (Mom)am back at St. Mary's with Bryce. I don't know if he realizes I'm here yet because he is deep into the portable Playstation 2 on wheels in his room with Dr. Hartman. Yes, he does know I'm here but I'm sure he has forgotten already. He has more important stuff to do. I called St. Mary's before 11:00 to see how things were going and his nurse said the cells were here already and she was pushing through his pre-meds. So, I hustled through Methodist and Mayo to catch the shuttle back to St. Mary's where I practicly ran to get to the unit. I didn't want to miss ANYTHING!! Tina, his nurse, finished his pre-meds and started the marrow infusion at 11:35am! Wow!!! It is one bag of red cells, a whole 473ml's!! That's a 1/2 liter! Tina said it will run through in about 1 1/2 hours. Tim called within minutes from Methodist to check on us. He said, Mitchell drank a cup of water and ate a little bit of ice cream but had to stop because his stomach was turning. Tim was not sure if Mitch would make it back to St. Mary's to see the infusion. Please send Mitch an extra prayer for him to feel better very soon. I know this meant a lot to him. The infusion is going fine for Bryce. They are monitoring his heart, temp., and respiratory. He definitely NEEDS a nap today!!!! He has shown me that a couple of times already! JoHanna from Child Life just showed up with a "Horray, Horray! It's Bryce's Transplant Day!" banner. She also brought "Way to Go, Mitchell" and "Thanks for your support, Logan!" signs to hang. They think of everything!

10:32am Update
Mitchell got back around 10:20. He is very quiet and sleepy. He does not have any nausea. He says that it hurts a little where they put the needles in in his lower back. His IV is running slowly. He is trying to sleep right now but I'm not sure he will. He keeps opening his eyes. He is drinking a little water and has a dry barky cough and hoarse voice from the tube they put in his throat. It feels like it is still there, he said. I am getting a vanilla shake ready for him when he has tolerated enough water. Bless his heart....

9:36am Update
The nurse just came in and said that they just took Mitchell back to the recovery room. She said he would probably be back there for about a 1/2 hour.

8:44am Update
We just got back to Station 3-5 at Methodist Hospital where we checked-in for Mitchell. The nurse just popped her head in and said that surgery called and they just made the first incision. The incision is for the needle insertion because it is multiple times. Mitchell is doing great with all of it so far! He & I have been taking lots of pictures with his and my cameras. He is very mellow and brave, and a bit excited. He kept saying, "This is awesome." I think he might be enjoying being a patient for a few hours. We'll see what he thinks later... He went to sleep just fine with the mask and gas. They didn't have rootbeer, so bubble gum it is! Tim is asleep on the bed here. We had some breakfast and I called to Bryce's room to check on them. Grandma Ann is there, since 5:20, and says that Logan & Bryce are in the Unit playroom playing Playstation 2. Of course, Grandma is trying to get him to eat something and he, of course, is not hungry. You just don't tell a grandma that, do ya?! We are expecting that Mitchell will be in the surgery room until 9:30/10:00. Then, he will go to recovery for an hour or so, and then back to us here. We'll keep the updates coming. HI to my boys at Grandma & Grandpa's!!! We love you, Joey & Ethan!!!


6:38am: This is Mitchell signing in--Mom is typing for me. Thanks for your support. The nurse just took my blood pressure and my temperature. I'm feeling fine, just a little tired. I fell asleep at 9:15pm and woke up at 5:11am. I'm feeling anxious. I got to talk to Bryce before I left. We talked about what scent I was going to have when I go to sleep. Bryce was filling me in about how they smelled and stuff. He just told me about the bubble gum. I am going to pick the rootbeer, though. Here I am laying in bed now with a gown on. My socks are really "CUTE"! Gotta go, someone is here to take me down. I'm still smiling! Back later!

Please continue your prayers for Mitchell's healing. He is such a hero to all of us!!! Please pray for Bryce's healing as we know his counts will be dropping soon. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to be positive, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good.

Please continue to say an extra prayer for Jamie and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and answers about her future medical plans. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

Continue to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for the very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

I am so excited that Heidi Gusenius found Bryce's web page and signed it!!! Please continue to pray for her!!! She is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Monday, December 26, 2005 9:53 PM CST

Day -1, Day of Rest, (the day before transplant)

Hello everyone~

We are finally back with an update. Sorry for the delay. No special reason, just taking time off. I knew you would understand. It's a bit of a surreal feeling around here. We are extremely excited and anxious, yet a bit cautious. Our Christmas together was fine. We opened many gifts, had a great meal, and enjoyed every minute together, right up to the end where the younger two were needing to get home to bed. I hugged the boys and said, "Next year, we will have the best Christmas ever!" And Logan said, "Mom, I think THIS is the BEST Christmas EVER." As always, it's takes the innocence of a child to make you realize how good you really have it!!! Tim took the brothers home early to bed. Everyone is pooped out! Bryce & I have been getting up MANY times during the night, Saturday & Sunday, going to the bathroom because they turn the IV up to flush his bladder and his system. Dad came with Mitch & Logan this morning. Mitch had his one last "healthy" check with Dr. Kahn at the PITC. He's great. His blood was sent off for a study that he and Bryce will be in as a pair. It is being sent to California to a colleage of Dr. Kahn's. There will only be five medical facilities doing the study with five pairs at each facility. All that it requires of Mitch & Bryce is a little extra blood being drawn a few times. If we can help, at all, with future Leukemia Transplant patients, then so be it! Bryce started his anti-rejection drug yesterday. He will be on that until Day 100. The doctors have started the countdown at Day -7 which was December 20th. So, that is why today is Day -1. Bryce's counts are slowly getting lower. His hemoglobin was 8.5, platelet 122,000 but white count and ANC are 3,000. His potassium and magnesium are still low so they are supplementing him. They said his white count and ANC will drop about a week after chemo. Yesterday's chemo went fine, too. He was nauseated at 9pm and 4am, though. They added Adivan at 5am, he's already been taking Zofran every six hours. Other than that, he has been in great spirits! It's like he realizes that the transplant is a good thing and it will help him get better. I know that he & Mitchell are ready...

So, the day has finally come. Like we have been doing,...we will take it day by day. (Jodie, you've got me singing the song, now!) We just called Methodist for Mitchell's check-in time and it is 6am! So, I'm trying to make this quick but you know how I am!!! Tim & I will check him in at Methodist. They will give him some sleepy gas through a mask to put him to sleep on his tummy. They will start his IV for fluids. Dr. Rodriguez and a person from the bone marrow team will each take marrow from his hips, just below his waistline. They will need to go in multiple times to get enough marrow. When they are done they will wake him up, he will rest a bit, and we can go. We were told he will be very sore and to take him home. He already told us he DOES NOT want to go home! He wants to see Bryce and see the marrow infusion as it is happening. We knew he would! Once the cells are collected by needles and syringes, they are put into bags and sent to St. Mary's on ice. The bone marrow transplant or marrow infusion for Bryce will be a simple procedure of hanging the bags of Mitchell's bone marrow and running it into his central line within an hour or so. The doctor is guesstimating that it will be here at the hospital for Bryce around 12 or 1pm. He will have many pre-meds to help him so he won't react to it, hopefully. They said he will probably sleep most of the day. I doubt it though,...it's just too exciting of a day! When we were tucking Bryce in to bed tonight, he asked me "Was yesterday Christmas?" I said, "Yes." He said, "God didn't give me my Christmas gift yet. He is waiting until tomorrow." Out of the mouth of a babe..........

I'm not promising anything but I am going to try to update throughout the day. Tim will scold me for committing to this but I know everyone wants to know how it is going. I'll do my best.... Thank you for everything that you do for our Brycer and our family. Please continue all of those powerful prayers for our Brycer & Mitchell and all of our family, everyone!!! It is a very tender and emotional time for us. Thank you for the phone messages and guestbook notes you have been leaving us. You are all soooooo incredible, wonderful and amazing!!! We are soooooooooo blessed!!! Thank you to Amanda Albers for watching Joel & Ethan today! Thanks to Grandma Linda & Grandpa Arnie for helping us out tomorrow with all of the brothers and Grandma Ann, too! Please pray for Bryce's healing as we know his counts will be dropping soon. Pray for his body to accept the bone marrow without any complications or infections. Pray for the rest of us to stay healthy and positive. And, pray for Bryce to be positive, also. Positive healing with God along with HUGE FAITH is the ONLY way to go!!!!!!! Continue to build your faith in God, as we have. He is soooo good.

Please say an extra special prayer for Jim Schumacher and his family. He is fighting his daily battle with a brain tumor. Hospice has been coming out to their home to help out. He is not eating or drinking any more. They believe it will only be a few days before he becomes one of God's Angels. He, his wife, and their entire family, are so great! Pray for their strength and their peace. You can stop by Jim's web page (new caring bridge--jimschumacher) to say HI, I know they appreciate ALL of the visits and special words!!

Please continue to say an extra prayer for Jamie and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and answers about her future medical plans. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

Continue to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for the very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

I am so excited that Heidi Gusenius found Bryce's web page and signed it!!! Please continue to pray for her!!! She is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Saturday, December 24, 2005 10:45 PM CST

Let's just take a moment to give all of our cares and worries to God. Let's thank him for everything we have. Let's take an extra five minutes to pray, everyday. Love everyone up and enjoy every moment. Build many memories and laugh a lot! We had supper tonight in the cafeteria, then we went to the main entrance of St. Mary's. Logan heard carolers. We sang along,...fighting off the tears. Life is sooooooooo good, gang. Life is soooooo good. Thank you, God for everything you have given me including all of you who touch our lives every single day. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now, please stop and say a special prayer for all of the people in the hospital and all of the people fighting their battles out of the hospital. They could use lots of extra prayers....

Bryce is doing well. The chemo was hitting him tonight. Not sicklike but tired and pale. He is such a trooper, though. He's not gonna let that stop him. He didn't have to shower every four hours, that was a different chemo. Thanks to all the Grandma's for the gifts! We miss all of our family's! We're so glad you had a good night. Big Christmas Hugs to YOU!!!!

Thank you for the Christmas cards and gifts you have sent our family!! We appreciate ALL of them!! We need to start addressing ours. Have a very blessed Christmas from the Breuer Home!!! Cherish every moment and every memory. Live it likes it's your last,...enjoy each other. There are so many people out there wishing they were home or together or thinking of loved ones they have lost. Pray for them. Send them the feeling of peace and comfort with God. Life is sooo good. Remember, Jesus is the Reason for the Season!!!

(I want our new visitors to know about all of these special people, too.) Jamie had appts. on Wednesday and her doctors gave her some options for a treatment plan. She & Zach have some big decisions to make at such a young age! Please continue to say an extra prayer for Jamie and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and answers about her future medical plans. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

Please say another special prayer for another Goodhue community member, Jim Schumacher, who is fighting his daily battle with a brain tumor. Hospice came out to their home today to help out. They are having their Christmas tomorrow night. He, his wife, and their entire family, are so great! Pray for their strength. It is a difficult time for them also, especially at Christmas. You can stop by Jim's web page (new caring bridge--jimschumacher) after Jamie's,...Thanks so much!!! And, remember to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for the very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

I am so excited that Heidi Gusenius found Bryce's web page and signed it!!! Please continue to pray for her!!! She is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Wes, Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Friday, December 23, 2005 9:07 PM CST

Merry Christmas Eve Eve...

I hear it is CRAZY out there!! It's kind of nice being indoors or at least when you are not on a Gold Cross Ambulance ride to the Charlton for radiation. We are done with radiation. I am happy, and I think Bryce is going to miss the people at Desk R. I will too, they are so nice!! Just like you said, Brenda (Ethan's Mom) & Jodi (my friend who use to work there). But, we are sooooo glad that Bryce can sleep in now every morning! (Hopefully, we haven't started an "early" habit!) Today was a very good day for Bryce!!! He had lots of happy attitude! I told him it was written all over his face but also all over his tooshy! He was shaking that thang like he's aaaalllll that! It was kinda funny, it was great seeing him feeling so good! Tim's cousin, Brent and his wife, Lana, came to visit today. It was soooo great seeing them! Lana is due in February with their first child, and she is adorable with her tummy!!! They brought this HHHHUUUUGGGEEE Batmobile in for Bryce! That thing is a monster, and Bryce is soooooo proud to be driving it! It is remote controlled and quite loud. So, we check if the other three patients here are awake, and then he drives it, if there awake, of course. It also makes him very happy!! I made sure to tell him that he cannot give Ethan rides on it...Don't even think about it Mitch & Logan! Other than the radiation today and our visit with Brent & Lana, it was pretty quiet. Dad came along to radiation this morning, and our timing worked out so that we just happened to see Jeff & Becky, Jared & Drew when we were going to our afternoon radiation so they got to see the B room. We call it the Bryce room. Pretty cool, huh guys?! P.S. Becky is a SUPERSTAR!!!

I gotta get back on track here, I am aaaallll over the place. So, Dad is back home getting the brothers to bed early, and Bryce is sleeping. We are still working on the eating. It is a bit frustrating for him because nothing has taste to him. Remember, the chemo affecting the taste buds journal entry? So, we are trying to focus on the "getting the nutrition in" more than the "nothing tastes right" problem. He is being a very good sport about it all....Eating, nasal irrigations, ear drops, oral care, showering, etc. Tomorrow he starts his Cytoxin, the very high dose of chemo. They connected him to his IV at 6pm tonight and cranked 'er up (as Dad would say) to 120ml/hr. This means he will be up using the toilet many times tonight. They need to flush his system to get him ready for the chemo. He will have quite a few pre-meds, and then the chemo will start around 1pm. He will need his Mesna to protect the bladder but he will also need to bathe every four hours because the chemo is excreted through the skin, too. I'm not sure how many times he will need to bathe but we WILL make it fun! He already asked if he could take the "thing" (his remote controlled vehicle from Santa that goes through dirt and water) in with him. Of course, I said yes. We'll just have to be extra careful, oh wait, unless the nurse says no. I'll let you know tomorrow night.

So, tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Isn't this just the best time of year?! I love Christmas!!! I hope you are all ready and excited. I'm sure your kids are, if you have kids. I know you are all wondering if we are ok being in the hospital. Yes, we are. Sure, we wish we could be at home so it could be a normal Christmas Eve but, remember, we are looking at the outcome of Bryce's health. We do this now, so we can have many, many Christmas' together in the future!!! We will be ok, plus we had a wonderful Christmas with the boys last Saturday! We are going to make the most of it, and we are going to have a wonderful, wonderful Christmas next year at home!!! We have not got a set schedule, yet, for tomorrow (movies, games, junk food, good food, messes). But, so far, we know Dad and the Brothers are coming down, sometime. I'm not sure if they are staying overnight or not. We will be together again on Christmas Day. Bryce has his 2nd day of chemo, then. Monday is a day of rest and Tuesday is transplant day. It sure has come up quick!!! I knew it would. We are ready...Bryce & Mitchell are too. Oooohh, I just got a nervous little tickle in my tummy.

Thank you for the Christmas cards and gifts you have sent our family!! We appreciate ALL of them!! We need to start addressing ours. Have a very blessed Christmas from the Breuer Home!!! Cherish every moment and every memory. Live it likes it's your last,...enjoy each other. There are so many people out there wishing they were home or together or thinking of loved ones they have lost. Pray for them. Send them the feeling of peace and comfort with God. Life is sooo good. Remember, Jesus is the Reason for the Season!!!

(I want our new visitors to know about all of these special people, too.) Jamie had appts. on Wednesday and her doctors gave her some options for a treatment plan. She & Zach have some big decisions to make at such a young age! Please continue to say an extra prayer for Jamie and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and answers about her future medical plans. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

Please say another special prayer for another Goodhue community member, Jim Schumacher, who is fighting his daily battle with a brain tumor. Hospice came out to their home today to help out. They are having their Christmas tomorrow night. He, his wife, and their entire family, are so great! Pray for their strength. It is a difficult time for them also, especially at Christmas. You can stop by Jim's web page (new caring bridge--jimschumacher) after Jamie's,...Thanks so much!!! And, remember to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for the very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

I am so excited that Heidi Gusenius found Bryce's web page and signed it!!! Please continue to pray for her!!! She is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:15 PM CST

Good Evening~

We are back with an update on our Brycer. He had a good nights rest last night but was really wiped out from radiation and no nap. He tried to nap today but that didn't work out, again. I think it is the new room and new people. The nurses here are also great! His nurses from 3-Francis came to visit him last night so that was quite a special moment for him!!! He loved seeing most of his favorite nurses! I think they miss the little guy, too. They are all so sweet and caring! Santa and a magician also came last night with tricks and gifts. Ya can't complain about that! He got another remote control vehicle, a pickup this time. He loves anything that he can drive and it doesn't matter HOW MANY he has! He stills loves them all and never gets bored with them. He also had the special time with Dad, last night. I went home with the brothers. My friend, Brenda, came over this morning and helped me get A LOT of stuff done! I never know how much I have to do until I get there and she had perfect timing with her phone call this morning. I wanted to get some important things out of the way, and I wanted to get to the hospital ASAP. Thanks, Brenda! I should be good for awhile, now...haha

Bryce and Dad got up bright and early for radiation. Bryce took his shower without complaining, too. Everything went fine with both radiations today, he did not get sick with either one of them. But, the nurse did give him Zofran this morning before they left. And, after the 3:00 radiation, we went back to the hospital directly to the O.R. waiting area and then, right back into surgery for his tubes at 4:30. Everything went fine. He had a lot of thick fluid. They were glad they did the tubes. He asked me before the procedure, "Are they going to take my ears off to do this?" Is that innocence, or what?! PLEASE DO NOT TELL HIM I TOLD YOU THIS (at least not for quite a few years!!!) OR HE WILL BE MAD AT HIS MOTHER! You just never know what they are thinking, do you? We are doing ear drops 2-3 times per day, along with the sinus irrigation still 3 times a day. Oral care is 4 times a day because mouth sores are a big part of the chemo and transplant thing. He has two mouth sores starting already. Other than that, there is not a whole lot new. He is having a hard time finding something that he wants to eat. Nothing has taste to him. His tastebuds change from the chemo he received. They will go back to normal when this is all done. Tomorrow is the last day of radiation, hooraaaayyyyy!!!!!!!!!

The brothers are all good. Mitchell is waiting patiently and knows he has a very important job! Ethan did not come down last night because he had a runny nose, again. He stayed with Grandma & Grandpa Breuer and went to his cousin, Carson's Christmas program at church. My mom is staying at our house tonight so Tim can stay here with us. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed again with ALL of IT... It's not just about your child being sick, it's so much more. (Remember now, this is my therapy.....) There is so much at home with the boys and organization. There is the hospital appts., meds, irrigations, drops, etc. at the hospital. Plus, watching your child go through all of this and wanting so badly to help him feel better when it's almost always out of your control. Then, when you leave the hospital, you don't want to leave so that causes stress. And, you feel guilty that you are not with your other children. Thank goodness for our Mom's and our family and our friends!!!! I don't know what we would do without them!!! They are the listening ears that I vent to, occasionally. But, when it all gets overwhelming, I remind myself to lean on God. Sometimes, it takes me a while to remember that. Isn't that terrible?...That I take so long to remember to give it to God. Don't get me wrong, we are not a mad screaming, stressed out, crazy household. Although, I can admit, that I have lost my temper way to quickly with my boys since this all began again. Overall? The end result is that life continues to be sooooo good. Bryce is alive. Bryce is in remission. We have Mitchell as an exact match. We have Mayo and its excellent doctors, nurses and support staff. We have four more healthy, special boys. We have a great marriage! But, most of all, we have our super powerful, amazing, incredible, mountain-moving God!!! We have our FAITH!!! And, I completely visualize Him holding Bryce in His hands. Thank you God for everything you have given me in my life.

Please say lots of prayers for our family and the many others that can relate to these kinds of stressors. Pray for our strength and communication with each other and the doctors. Pray for our inner peace. We are so excited to be joyfully celebrating Christ's birth with our children. I pray for all the children in the world to find their inner peace where ever they are. And, that they too will find the Lord our God. Don't forget to remind them that Jesus is the Reason for the Season.....

(I want our new visitors to know about all of these special people, too.) Jamie had appts. on Wednesday and her doctors gave her some options for a treatment plan. She & Zach have some big decisions to make at such a young age! Please continue to say an extra prayer for Jamie and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and answers about her future medical plans. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

Please say another special prayer for another Goodhue community member, Jim Schumacher, who is fighting his daily battle with a brain tumor. Hospice came out to their home today to help out. They are having their Christmas tomorrow night. He, his wife, and their entire family, are so great! Pray for their strength. It is a difficult time for them also, especially at Christmas. You can stop by Jim's web page (new caring bridge--jimschumacher) after Jamie's,...Thanks so much!!! And, remember to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for the very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

I am so excited that Heidi Gusenius found Bryce's web page and signed it!!! Please continue to pray for her!!! She is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 9:30 PM CST

Good Evening, Bryce had a busy day. First day of TBI (total body irradiation), the treatment is down town at the Charelton so an ambulance crew comes up to the room, straps him down and hauls him down to the Charelton and when the treatment is done they bring him back. The treatment went fine, it takes about 40 minutes, he has to sit still, he can watch a movie during it. He got sick between 10:00 and 11:00, 5 times, he made sure to tell people that. They gave him an anti-naseau med that helped. The afternoon treatment was at 3:15, saw a radiation doctor before and saw the ENT doctor after she wants to put tubes in his ears tomorrow to drain the fluid, the fluid will only get worse and could get infected. Got back to the room at 6:00, didn't eat much supper. I brought Mitch, Logan and Joel down tonight,they had a supper here tonight for the peds kids and there familys. Santa came with a present for all the kids. Tomorrow will be about the same TBI is at 8:00am and 3:00pm, the tubes in the ears will be the last thing for the day.
Take Care
Gods Blessings to All
The Breu Crew

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:37 AM CST

Good Morning~

**I updated last night but something must have been goofed up with the caring bridge...so, here it is. Sorry....But, the night went well!

We are back at St. Mary's, and we are in the Transplant Unit. Bryce seems to be doing very well with this so far. He had a few moments today like when we had to do his am and pm nasal irrigations (but who wouldn't get grumpy with them?), when we told him he will need to shower every day because transplant increases the chances of skin infection, and when the pulmonary function test lady kept telling him "You just need to do it ONE MORE TIME"! He had enough of that! Other than that, it was a good day. We ran into people we knew like the Dr's. Warner who are both Anesthesiologists at Mayo and are wonderful people!! And, Rachel who finished up her chemo treatments for Leukemia in July. She was diagnosed right after Bryce. I wish you could ALL meet Rachel!!! She is the most grown up 4 1/2 year old girl I've ever met! She is adorable! Her parents are great and it, again, was God's plan for us to have blood draws at the same time today. That was wonderful. Thanks for the pennies for the wishing well, Rachel, Sue, & Burnell! It was great seeing you!

We have a corner room in the Transplant Unit, and it is nice! There are only 4 rooms in this Unit. The entire Unit, including the nurses desk and play room, are Hepa Filtered for prevent infection. Bryce will be here until he is discharged sometime in late January. I have changed the room number and phone number on the web page because you cannot use your cell phones here. Bryce & I got a little Playstation 2 in tonight, we read a few of our friends web pages, and then, S L O W L Y got ready for bed. He was tired! He was asleep by 9pm. He is getting an infusion of IV IG (Immunoglobulin) to help him build his immune system. He will have it once now, and then again once a month for the next three months. Our little friend, Chase, has this every month. He will be able to teach us a thing or too! Bryce has been driving his new Remote Control Car around the Unit, mostly his room. He LOVES that gift from Santa!!! I do too, it's just that it really hurts the back of the ankles...and Grandma's new wall... She didn't mind a bit. Who knows, she may even frame the "dent" it made! haha.

Tomorrow, we will need to leave by the Gold Cross Ambulance around 7:45am for Total Body Radiation at 8:15 at Desk R in the Charlton Building downtown. The ambulance ride is because he is a hospital patient and radiation is done at Desk R. Then, we will come back to the hospital for some shut-eye. They said that the radiation will make him very tired. Then, it is back on the ambulance around 2:15 for a 2:45 appt. with the radiation doctor, 3:15 Total Body Radiation again, and 3:55 ENT doctor appt (we'll probably be a little late to that one). Total Body Radiation is supposed to take 45 minutes all together. It will make him feel sick, probably, unless he just "toughs it out" as we say at our house. The brothers are coming down with Dad after school tomorrow for the children's Christmas Party. Rumor has it that Santa is making a visit!! He even visits the Transplant Unit which we are so glad! The doctors told us today that Bryce is in lock-down, he can't leave the Unit. There are too many bugs out there that can do too much harm to him, now. We had to sign some consent forms for the transplant. So, everything is just plugging away. We even had a visit from our new Pastor Mike for communion today. That was a very pleasant surprise. I have to say that he is just falling right into our congregation! He had a really great sermon on Sunday which was so fitting in our church with all of the people who are fighting their battles including Audrey, Jamie, Audrey, Jeannie, and Bryce. He spoke of many stories about people who had huge events in their life that God healed. The sermon was called 'With God, Nothing Is Impossible'. WE HAVE TO BELIEVE. WE HAVE TO TRUST IN GOD. WE MUST THANK HIM EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR EVERYTHING WE HAVE. GOD IS SOOOOOO GOOD!!!

Thank you for all of the awesome, powerful prayers that you send out for our Brycer!!! Thank you for signing the web page and reminding him about how many people care for him and for others. What a life lesson that is! Please tell one more person today that Jesus is the Reason for the Season so that we all will remember why life IS so good and why God is so good.........Our love to all!

Jamie had some appts. today and her doctors gave her some options for a treatment plan. She & Zach have some big decisions to make at such a young age! Please continue to say an extra prayer for Jamie and her family, every time you think of her! Pray for her/their strength, healing, and answers about her future medical plans. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her!

Please say another special prayer for another Goodhue community member, Jim Schumacher, who is fighting his daily battle with a brain tumor. Hospice came out to their home today to help out. They are having their Christmas tomorrow night. He, his wife, and their entire family, are so great! Pray for their strength. It is a difficult time for them also, especially at Christmas. You can stop by Jim's web page (new caring bridge--jimschumacher) after Jamie's,...Thanks so much!!! And, remember to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for the very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

I am so excited that Heidi Gusenius found Bryce's web page and signed it!!! Please continue to pray for her!!! She is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Monday, December 19, 2005 10:00 PM CST

Hi everyone~

It's a quick update tonight and an early one for Ilene, my mom's cousin, who sent us her Christmas card and said that she can't go to bed until she reads the update...I hope you get some GOOD rest tonight, Ilene!!! haha. Thanks and we love you!

Bryce's appts. today went fine with the exception of dental--we got it all straightened out, though. Tomorrow he has labs at 8:40, his last cranial radiation at 9:30, he sees his doctor and N.P. at 10:15, and has another pulmonary function test at 11. He needs to do better on that one for his transplant. We are thinking we will do something, not sure what, and then go to the hospital to stay. He will be admitted to the Transplant Unit for treatment, transplant, and recovery until he is discharged which we are guessing will be around the end of January. He will start total body radiation on Wednesday, twice a day, through Friday. Saturday and Sunday will be high doses of Cytoxin, a chemo med. The 26th will be a day of rest, and the 27th will be transplant. Wow,...One week away.... Pray for his strength, healing, and recovery. Also, pray for his positive attitude and faith in God. These things are sooooo important for the healing process!!! This kid is incredible!!! He has been talking to us a lot more. I know Mitchell is ready, and I think Bryce is too.

On a different note, tonight I want to thank all of the school, daycare, and at-home children who have sent big cards, small cards, huge turkey cards, and all of the 'From the Heart Cards' to Bryce & our family! You are all such wonderful kids, teachers, and parents!!! We have appreciated all of them! Many have hung on Bryce's doors or walls to remind him of everyone who is thinking and praying for him. I am so delighted to see how many children are sooooo willing to pray for Bryce, a complete stranger, and are sooooo considerate for others at such a young age! I think all of the teachers, daycare providers, and parents should pat themselves on the back for doing such thoughtful and caring things with the kids! You should be so proud of the kids and yourselves!!! We received a BIG PACK from WI tonight from a teacher who had been where we are six years ago. Her daughter had Neuroblastoma at the young age of two, and she is now eight years old and in 3rd grade! Thank you for everything, Angie and kids!!! WE ALL ENJOYED THE LETTERS AND PICTURES! Some of them were soooo funny! Thank you to all of the kind, considerate adults who are teaching these children how to make others feel so special and so cared for. All of the "packs" that we have received are precious and saved for Bryce to see whenever he wants. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Thank you for all of the awesome, powerful prayers that you send out for our Brycer!!! Thank you for signing the web page and reminding him about how many people care for him and for others. What a life lesson that is! Please tell one more person today that Jesus is the Reason for the Season so that we all will remember why life IS so good and why God is so good.........Our love to all!

Jamie just got out of the hospital again today. She was in for dehydration, and I'm sure she is very glad to be home. She has some appts. tomorrow and will probably find out some imporant information for a treatment plan. Please continue to say an extra prayer for Jamie and her family. Pray for her/their strength, healing, and answers about her future medical plans. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her, also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her! Please say another special prayer for another Goodhue community member, Jim Schumacher, who is fighting his daily battle with a brain tumor. He has a hit a rough road, again. He, his wife, and their entire family, are so great! Pray for their strength. It is a difficult time for them also, especially at Christmas. You can stop by Jim's web page (new caring bridge--jimschumacher) after Jamie's,...Thanks so much!!! And, remember to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for the very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. Look at the life and salvation we received from Jesus! We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

I am so excited that Heidi Gusenius found Bryce's web page and signed it!!! Please continue to pray for her!!! She is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Sunday, December 18, 2005 10:53 PM CST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TWO OF OUR VERY SPECIAL NIECES AND COUSINS~

JORDAN MARIA'S 12th birthday is December 19th!! So, celebrate, everyone!!!

KELLI ANN LAVONNE'S 15th birthday was on December 13th!! You got it,...her auntie forgot that day! I feel terrible and I've been meaning to get it on the web page since.

GET SPOILED ROTTEN, GIRLS!!! YOU DESERVE THE BEST! YOU ARE BOTH SO BEAUTIFUL, INSIDE AND OUT!!! We love you!!!!


Good Evening~

Update 8:30am: Jamie O'Reilly is in the Methodist Hospital for dehydration from vomiting and diarrhea. She has been there since Saturday afternoon. I forgot to put this in last night and Tim reminded me this morning. Sorry! Please pray your powerful, continuous prayers for Jamie and her family!!! She needs us right now! Let's give her that powerful feeling of prayer in her chest, and Zach's! God WILL heal her, I just know it! Remember, it's all in FAITH & TRUST in God!!! We need to send her some positive vibes and sign her guest book (caringbridge.org/visit/jamieoreilly). We all love you, Jamie!!!!!! Hang in there!!!

I hope everyone has had a great weekend! We have at the Breuer Home! Bryce had a great day at Grandma's house!!! He was smiling when I left and he was smiling when we picked him up. He is feeling good. We continue with the meds and nasal irrigations three times a day. We went to church this morning but I forgot his mighty mask so we sat in the narthex and got him out to the car before it was over.

We are definitely feeling the Christmas spirit here at our home...We had a bunch of Santa's little elves stop at our house this morning at 7:50am! It was Linda's (Tim's mom) two sisters, Carol & Cindy, and their husbands, Gary & Dave, along with Maggie & Steve, and Tom. The Buck family got together and went shopping for our family. We have all the necessities that we should need for a long time!!! I joked that we shouldn't have to go to Wal-Mart for two years! They also gave us a bunch of gift cards for around town. All of it is VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!!! Thank you, everyone! And then when we got to church, two more of our (Tim's) cousins, Jody & Lyn, gave Bryce a beautiful quilt! Sewn into it is his song 'Brave', our family picture, and 'Angels Walk Among Us'!!! It makes me tear up every time I think about it! Thank you!!! The 'Pins for Bryce' event is going great for the Goodhue wrestling team. All of our wrestlers are inspiring us to do incredible things for others and love what we are doing!!! We are sooooo proud of you! Thank you for everything you are doing for our Brycer and our family!!! Thank you also to Auntie Manda for representing Bryce at the Honolulu Marathon!!! We got to see Amanda tonight and hear all about it! WOW!!! She said it was incredible, emotional, inspirational, and powerful. She recommends anyone who is considering to do this for someone or something to do it! She says she would definitely do it again!!! We are sooooo proud of you, Amanda!!! What an experience of a lifetime!! She and her cheering section also went over to my brother and sister-in-laws home for some awesome grilling out food by Chris. They had a great time! We can't wait to see the video that Maggie & Steve have brought us.

I want you ALL to know how much we appreciate you...You are all offering to help us and sometimes we take you up on your offer and sometimes we pass on it. I hope this doesn't bother anyone because we truly love and appreciate you all! The prayers for Bryce & our family and the care of our children are the most important. We are mostly trying to keep the brothers with us (mom & dad), if possible, or with their Grandma's. It is such a difficult time with the sensitivity of Bryce's health. We have to be so careful!!! It will only be for now and not forever. That is what we try to focus on. My family is soooooo awesome to offer the help, also. I wish it was more simplified but it's not. We will be taking you up on your offers but we need to get over this hurdle first. Thank you for offering, understanding, and praying. You are wonderful! A very special THANK YOU to our brothers and sisters who are always offering to give us a hand with their nephews!!! We WILL take you up on it in the very near future...and they will LOVE it!!!

Tomorrow is dental, cranial radiation, radiation dr. consult, and IV antibiotic at the PITC at St. Mary's. We're hoping to be heading out of Roch. by 2pm. We only have to more nights at home before we go back to the hospital so we are enjoying every moment... Thank you for all of the awesome, powerful prayers that you send out for our Brycer!!! Thank you for signing the web page and reminding him about how many people care for him and for others. What a life lesson that is! Please tell one more person today that Jesus is the Reason for the Season so that we all will remember why life IS so good and why God is so good.........Our love to all!

Please continue to say an extra prayer for Jamie and her family. Pray for her/their strength, healing, and answers about her future medical plans. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her! Please say another special prayer for another Goodhue community member, Jim Schumacher, who is fighting his daily battle with a brain tumor. He has a hit a rough road, again. He, his wife, and their entire family, are so great! Pray for their strength. It is a difficult time for them, also. You can stop by Jim's web page (new caring bridge--jimschumacher) after Jamie's,...am I getting bossy now? (thanks!) And, don't forget to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for the very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

I am so excited that Heidi Gusenius found Bryce's web page and signed it!!! Please continue to pray for her!!! She is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

Saturday, December 17, 2005 9:46 PM CST

Good Evening~

We are back! We have had a very busy week so I'm just trying to catch my breath...

Yesterdays appts. went well. Bryce had radiation at 8:30am, then we went to St. Mary's to check in for his surgery for his central line. They prepped him and started the procedure at 10:55. Dr. Ishatani came out to us to update by 11:15. Everything went well. He took out Bryce's port and placed a central line (Hickman Catheter) in his chest. We got to go back to Bryce at 12:45. The first thing he said was "Where's my port? I want to see the scratch the lady put in it." Funny! The first thing he thinks of when he wakes up is the time a nurse told him he may be able to see the scratches (in his port) when they missed the "well" in the center. He remembered when one of the nurses missed the center of the port and kept sliding it all around until I told her she had missed and she needed to come out. Guess what?! There are two scratches! He thought it was pretty cool to have his port and keep it. Of course his brothers thought it was pretty cool, too. After the surgery, we went to the PITC for his Ambisone infusion into his new central line. Tiffany & Sarah taught us how to do sterile site care. We actually had to do it ourselves. We left for home around 4pm. Tim & Bryce dropped me, and all of our gifts, off at Becky's in Pine Island to have a few friends help us wrap gifts. It was wonderful!!! We had 7 women wrapping and 3 men chatting upstairs. Bryce loved the triple wrap, Becky! Everyone was so impressed with your wrapping, Carol... The guys loaded the vehicle, of course. I do not like wrapping presents, at all, so this was a huge relief to me!!! One big stressor removed from our lives,...Thank you, God! I told them WE should have a gift wrapping party for US every year!!! haha. Did I mention that I do not enjoy, whatsoever, wrapping gifts?? Thank you everyone!!!

Today was a very special day for our family. We had Christmas early per Dr. Arndt, and Santa even came last night!!! We had asked God to send a message to Santa to see if he would consider making an early delivery to the Breuer home. And, he did! It was great!!! The boys' LOVED their gifts and the note from Santa. We loved to see them so happy in their home, in the undies (don't tell them I said that!), playing with their toys, having so much fun!!! Dad & I cooked up a feast of turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, and cheesy vegitables plus pie! (we bought the pie) They ate great! Bryce is still working on his appetite but he ate more than he has lately. We did site care (the changing of the guard) on Bryce's central line today. It went pretty well. After Ethan's nap, we went to Wal-Mart (w/ the mighty mask on) and finished our Christmas shopping. We even spotted a few deer on the way. We ate more of the feast when we got home and tucked them into bed around 8:15. They are all sooooooo pooped out! They will sleep well tonight... Ethan has a runny nose and occasional cough which makes us very nervous about Bryce getting it before transplant. We are trying to be sooooooo careful!!! We appreciate all of you being so considerate of Bryce's health and of our time together this week. We are wondering if Bryce's cough and nose drainage is getting a bit worse. We are still doing the sinus irrigation 2-3 times a day. He is such a trooper with it!!! The nurses even shivered when they did the irrigations with Bryce. It's not so pleasant...

Tomorrow we have church (w/ the mighty mask), and then Bryce will spend the afternoon at Grandma Linda's which he has been asking for for a LONG time! She is so great about keeping everything "clean and safe" for him. We appreciate that so much! Monday is more appts. starting at Dental at 8:25am, 9:30 cranial radiation, 10:15 radiation care visit (dr.), 11am PITC Ambisone infusion finishing up around 1pm. Bryce's counts were all good on Thursday. On Friday, the doctor told us that the chromosome analysis reports showed NO ABNORMALITIES!!!! WAHOO!!!! The one before had 2 abnormalities out of 20. We are releived about this good news.

Now,...LET'S PRAISE GOD ALL WEEKEND LONG FOR EVERTHING WE HAVE!!! We are feeling so good about our lives. We are staying positive and continue to have our HUGE FAITH!!! There is no other way to be. Bryce is so glad to be home with his brothers and sleeping in his own bed. We know we will be going back to the hospital Tuesday night so we are enjoying every moment at home together that we can. Life is good. God is soooo good. Yes, it is extremely stressful right now (we don't have a lot of time to think!!!) but as I am typing I am feeling good. This journaling that I/we do is such good therapy. You are all so great to be here for us. Thank you for all you do for us!! You are incredible....

Please continue to say an extra prayer for Jamie and her family. Pray for her/their strength, healing, and answers about her future medical plans. I know she went back to her doctors today to remove some drains. Hopefully, she also got some more information. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her! Please say another special prayer for another Goodhue community member, Jim Schumacher, who is fighting his daily battle with a brain tumor. He has a hit a rough road, again. He, his wife, and their entire family, are so great! Pray for their strength. It is a difficult time for them, also. You can stop by Jim's web page (new caring bridge--jimschumacher) after Jamie's,...am I getting bossy now? (thanks!) And, don't forget to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for the very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

I am so excited that Heidi Gusenius found Bryce's web page and signed it!!! Please continue to pray for her!!! She is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:38 PM CST

Hi Everyone~

Really late. Really tired. Gonna make it quick.

Bryce's appointments went well today. Cranial radiation at 9:30, labwork for Mitch & Bryce at 10:30--both of their counts are good. Pulmonologist appt. at 11:30, we will recheck Bryce's lungs on Tuesday. We need his lungs in good shape for transplant. Lunch. 2pm paperwork for Mitchell being the donor. 2:45 Transplant N.P. and doctor exams for both--fine. We talked to the doctor while the boys went for ice cream with Donna our first N.P. This is a very critical time for the next few months. They are soooo glad that Bryce finally got to this point. Keep all your prayers coming, it won't be a breeze for Bryce but WE WILL GET HIM THROUGH IT!!!! Our child life specialist, JoHanna, came out to the clinic and explained things even more to Mitchell. She's great! He is looking forward to this big event. He wants to help Bryce get better, and he thinks it might be cool to have an IV. Funny. We got home at 5:30. Ethan had a blast at Carol's today! Thanks to all of our helpers, as always! You are the best!

Tomorrow will be a big day with radiation, new central line (Hickman Catheter), and then PITC for his Ambisone infusion. We are going to try to get into radiation early to get us home earlier,...we'll see. Love you all!!!

Please say an extra prayer for Jamie and her family. Pray for her/their strength, healing, and answers about her future medical plans. I know she went back to her doctors today to remove some drains. Hopefully, she also got some more information. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her! Please say another special prayer for another Goodhue community member, Jim Schumacher, who is fighting his daily battle with a brain tumor. He has a hit a rough road, again. He, his wife, and their entire family, are so great! Pray for their strength. It is a difficult time for them, also. You can stop by Jim's web page (new caring bridge--jimschumacher) after Jamie's,...am I getting bossy now? (thanks!) And, don't forget to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for the very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

I am so excited that Heidi Gusenius found Bryce's web page and signed it!!! Please continue to pray for her!!! She is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 10:36 PM CST

Good evening. Bryce had a good day, seems to be a little better every day. Joel came along today, Bryce had his first appointment at 9:00 today, cranial radiation, 9:30 was to get his body measured for total body radiation, 10:00 was a visit with a radiation doctor. Everything went good we were back to the vehicle by 10:00. Next we went to St. Marys for a IV antibiotic and learned how to care for the new central line he will get on Friday. We got home around 2, picked up Mitch and Logan and went out to the Huemanns for some sliding, snowboarding, snow ball fight. Bryce wanted to do some sliding, he needed a little help up the hill but had fun going down. Thursday we take Mitchell along, he gets a check up and they need a blood sample for some tests. We decorated the Christmas tree tonight. The boys' were all very excited about that! But, we lost our helpers half-way through...funny how that happens. They kept some special ornaments aside for Bryce's tree at the hospital.

Please say an extra prayer for Jamie and her family. Pray for her/their strength, healing, and answers about her future medical plans. I know she went back to her doctors today to remove some drains. Hopefully, she also got some more information. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her! Please say another special prayer for another Goodhue community member, Jim Schumacher, who is fighting his daily battle with a brain tumor. He has a hit a rough road, again. He, his wife, and their entire family, are so great! Pray for their strength. It is a difficult time for them, also. You can stop by Jim's web page (new caring bridge--jimschumacher) after Jamie's,...am I getting bossy now? (thanks!) And, don't forget to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for the very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

I am so excited that Heidi Gusenius found Bryce's web page and signed it!!! Please continue to pray for her!!! She is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 0:14 AM CST

Good Evening~

We've had a busy couple of days but we are survivors,...right?! Whew! I forgot to mention that Bryce got to ride in the Gold Cross Ambulance to his morning appointments yesterday with Travis Goodman (on the way back to the hospital). Travis is also from Goodhue and use to drive our bus in the afternoon. So, that was really fun for Bryce! Today we woke Bryce up a little before 6am to do meds, nasal irrigation, and take off for appointments. He had a renal function test at 7am which started around 7:30. That involved drinking water and peeing in a large cup x3 while watching a movie, not at the same time, of course. They also accessed his port and drew blood. We left around 9:45 or so. We're glad it's done. Then, we went to Desk R for Bryce's first day of cranial radiation. We were suppose to be there at 9:30 but had called to let them know we were going to be late. They are very nice at Desk R. Thank goodness people are so nice because this cancer thing is not so easy.... Dad & I got a little sad watching Bryce get prepped for and going through the radiation, even though we were outside the room. They had made his mask yesterday so he wouldn't move his head. So, seeing him today with his mask holding his head still, lying on the table/bed, and just knowing what was happening was a little difficult. We know it will get easier every time. We also know that this is helping Bryce. After radiation, we went to Desk L-5 for a hearing test. He has fluid in his ears probably because of his sinuses being full and the pneumonia. So, his hearing isn't the best right now but he did a special thing to find out how his actual hearing is and it is 100%. They will recheck his ears in 6 weeks. The guy there was great. He gave Bryce a little plastic shovel with plastic bugs on a table in front of him. Every time Bryce heard the sounds he was to launch a bug off the shovel! It was quite funny for us in the sound-proof room with bugs flying everywhere. He loved it! He hit Dad a bunch of times and Mom only a few. Not, that he wasn't aiming for me... After that, we went to E9 to get him deaccessed and get more appointment times. On the way home, Bryce got sick and got a headache. He went right to the couch when we got home and took a nap. He felt much better when he woke up!

Tomorrow, we will leave the house around 8am. Joel will come along so that will be nice. We go to Desk R to do bone marrow measurements, radiation, and a care provider visit. The last is unsure to us, we'll know more on that tomorrow. Then, we will go to the PITC on 5 Mary Brigh so Bryce can get his IV antibiotic. We will head home after that so Bryce can get a nap in and meet with his tutor. He is also planning on getting in some sliding at his friend, Garett's house. He is very excited about this!!! We are going to try to get over there Wednesday and Thursday because Friday he has surgery to take out his port and put in his Hickman Catheter. After that, we have to be extremely careful of the Hickman. So, the rough boy stuff happens before!

A special thanks to the Grandparent's again!!! Grandma Ann stayed last night, got the boys ready for school, and cleaned the house this morning. Grandpa Arnie took Ethan to daycare, the brothers to school, picked Logan up after wrestling practice, and picked up Ethan from daycare. Grandma Linda came over after work, fed the boys, put them to bed, and stayed until 10pm so Tim & I could finish Christmas shopping. I don't know what we would do without them!!! Again, thank you for the food, cards, gifts, and prayers. Our life is so good!!! Sure, we have lots of "stuff" going on right now but our "plan" is to get through this, together!! Remember to thank God every day for everything you have...

Please say an extra prayer for Jamie and her family. Pray for her/their strength, healing, and answers about her future medical plans. I know she went back to her doctors today to remove some drains. Hopefully, she also got some more information. Stop by her web page and say HI (new caring bridge--jamieoreilly). We know how much strength you have given us through our caring bridge. Thank you for the continued support that you give her also. She is such an incredible woman and such an inspiration to soooooooooo many!!! I just adore her! Please say another special prayer for another Goodhue community member, Jim Schumacher, who is fighting his daily battle with a brain tumor. He has a hit a rough road, again. He, his wife, and their entire family, are so great! Pray for their strength. It is a difficult time for them, also. You can stop by Jim's web page (new caring bridge--jimschumacher) after Jamie's,...am I getting bossy now? (thanks!) And, don't forget to add Paul to your prayer list, also. I just know that there is a very special gift of a Type O kidney out there for the very special guy! Again, we need to give it all to God and give God all the glory for everything we have in our lives!!! Life is such a precious gift from God. We all know it is in God's hands. We all know that we need to trust in God and have HUGE FAITH. Our road will be getting rough again, also. We are enjoying our precious time together...

I am so excited that Heidi Gusenius found Bryce's web page and signed it!!! Please continue to pray for her!!! She is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Paul, Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Monday, December 12, 2005 11:06 PM CST

Good Evening~

!!!!!!!!! WE ARE HOME !!!!!!! and glad to be here...together...in our own beds...waking up together...in each other's hair...oh so happy to be home.....HOME SWEET, LOUD, CRAZY, CHAOTIC, LOVING HOME!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO AUNTIE MANDA WHO COMPLETED HER HONOLULU MARATHON FOR THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY IN HONOR OF MR. BRYCE YESTERDAY!!!! We knew you could do it, Amanda! We are sooooooo proud of you! She crossed the finish line and started crying....Isn't that great? I'm sure they were "tears of joy" (hi Mason) and not "tears of pain". Right, Amanda? She said she thought of Bryce the whole time and thought, "If he can do what he does everyday, then I can do this today." What an inspiration she is to so many!!! Including myself... Thank you so much, Amanda, again for being who God created you to be! You are the BEST!!!!

Bryce had five appts. today starting at 7:45am, resting at the hospital room from 10:30-2pm, and going to the next appts. at 2:15pm and getting back to the hospital to pick up our massive amounts of "stuff" after 5pm. Thank goodness for our friend, Becky, who stayed with Bryce while we went and did a little shopping from 11:30 until 1:45. Did I mention that she PACKED EVERYTHING UP FOR US?!!!!!!!!! Let me tell you about Becky... Well, what do I say?...We ALL have flaws, correct?? I have not found even one little flaw with THAT GIRL!!! Oh sure, she likes to tell me she has a bad-girl side of her but I don't believe it for a minute! Did you know my least favorite thing about staying in the hospital is packing up??? She saved an additional 6 years on my life. Now, I will live to be 91!! Isn't that great for Tim and the boys', they are stuck with me even longer because of our dear friend, Becky! You rock, Superstar!!

Tomorrow Bryce has a renal function test at 7am. So, we are off at 6am. Grandma Ann is spending the night to get the brothers' off to school, along with Grandpa Arnie's help by giving them a ride. Grandma Linda had Joel & Ethan all day today. Bryce can't wait to spend HIS day at Grandma's house, maybe this weekend, because he has appts. everyday this week. I just made up a Microsoft Excel worksheet for his appts. and meds...Ugh! He will have cranial radiation Tuesday through Friday at 9:30am. He got fitted for his mask for cranial radiation today. It keeps him from moving during radiaton. He has many other appts. during the week including a hearing test, and IV antibiotic injections on Wednesday & Friday in the PITC at St. Mary's. Mitchell's appts. are on Thursday with Bryce's. They decided not to do the sinus wash in the O.R. today because he is improving so much. He will see Dr. Thompson next week. He will go to surgery on Friday to get his Hickman Catheter placed in his chest and to get his port removed. So, everything is a go for transplant on the 27th.

It IS a lot to remember!!! Yes, I do (I'm not sure about Tim) feel a little overwhelmed. But, what do we do? We have to get our Brycer better!!! The doctor told us a little of what we need to prepare ourselves for before, during, and after transplant. I told her we felt very 'good' about this, we have a pretty good idea, and we are going to be positive and trust in God.... I know she is planning on speaking to Tim & I alone on Thursday while Bryce & Mitch go to get ice cream with our N.P. I do not wish this for any child or parent... But, we are here and we have come this far because of the love of God, our faith in God, and the support of our family, friends', and incredible Bryce Breuer Fan Club. THANK YOU!!! This will be a Christmas to remember.........

We are asking to have some family time at home, when we are at home. We are trying to finish up our Christmas shopping because our doctors told us we need to have Christmas this weekend with the boys while Bryce is feeling good and at home. Thank you for understanding and respecting our family time together until we go back to the hospital next Tuesday night, the 20th. (Unless, of course, he gets a fever.) We only have a week together including school time, appt. time, drive time, sleep time, etc.... We appreciate you, all!!!

Now, I hate to sound like a broken record but I just feel so strongly in my heart that we must continue our very powerful prayers for all of these special people fighting their battles!!! I must include one more person who has always had a special place in my heart. His name is Paul, and he has known me since I was a young teenager almost causing problems-haha. He is one of the most wonderful men you could meet, and he is in need of a kidney transplant. For many years, he took his dad to dialysis and now, he is going through it himself. Please add him to your prayer list for Type O Donors. He and his wife, Gloria, are some of the best parents and friends a person could ever know. He has so much time left to live and he always lives it to the fullest. We all send out our thoughts and prayers to you, Paul! You are loved by so many!!!

I feel very, very strongly about giving it to God, as you know, and I don't think it hurts to hear it a few a times. And finally, we need to BELIEVE IN GOD (as you said, Lana) and TRUST IN GOD. Jamie needs us to pray, pray, and pray some more for her and her family. She needs us to give her strength, support, and lots of love. We have all been doing this alot already but now we need to kick it into high gear... This whole cancer thing is a total emotional rollercoaster ride. We jump for joy on the mountain tops, and we grow in the valleys. I know God is going to heal her, we just need to find the path...it all starts with Him. Let's make the Power of Prayer for Jamie absolutely incredible!!! On another note, my mom saw Heidi's mom and sister. We know the feelings they are going through, the waiting and wondering. We need to continue those strong, powerful prayers for her too. I beleive she is on her last round of chemo for awhile finishing up before Christmas. We need to find her a match!

So now, I know all of you are still praying just as hard, if not harder, for our little Brycer and that is great! Keep those prayers coming because already we have seen how wonderful our God is!!! Like I've said before, He can move mountains and He can heal our Brycer!!! He can also heal our Jamie, so keep those powerful, faith-filled prayers coming for her too. Pray for her strength and healing. She is fighting the fight! God knows we will have fears with the situations we face in life. But, He wants us to have complete trust in Him. No doubts.... I know, I know, we are all "human". In my opinion, a few moments of doubt, panic, shock, and fear are all normal. It's the part about letting go of the doubt and giving it to Him that is so important. Yes, as Bryce's mom, I am a little worried about how he will handle all of the treatments. I don't want to see him down and out like that, again. But, right now, we don't have a choice. God is in the driver's seat and I KNOW HE IS GOING TO GET BRYCE AND JAMIE THROUGH THIS!!! Please give your doubts and fears to God, we all have them. Trust in Him and watch the incredible changes that will happen in your life.

GIVE IT ALL TO GOD, and GIVE GOD ALL THE GLORY......

Thank you so much for all that you do for Bryce and our family!!! Words cannot express the appreciation that we feel toward all of you!!! A special THANK YOU goes out to the Grandma's who are always there for us!!! Grandma Linda & Grandma Ann are always stopping their lives to help us continue on with our's. We love you soooooo much!!! More thanks to our family's, friends, and volunteers for supper. It is so good to have delicious meals brought to our home and to know that our boys' are eating the "good stuff"! Thank you to everyone who has sent cards to Bryce and our family, and for the gifts! But, most importantly...THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR POWERFUL PRAYERS!!! Keep 'em comin'!!! God is good. We love you, all!

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:21 PM CST

Good Evening~

This one will be short. I just woke up from lying down with Brycer and we have early appointments. The day was great! Bryce is coughing less, blowing less, and eating a little more. The nasal irrigations we are doing 3 times a day are definitely helping! We'll see what ENT thinks about going down for a sinus wash in the morning. They will stop by around 6am. Bryce has a 7:45 appt. at the Plummer Building for a Pulmonary Function Test, 9am Simulation Films at Desk R (Radiation area), 2:15 with Julia, the Transplant Nurse Practitioner, and 2:45 with Dr. Kahn. I don't know if we will get a day pass to take him or if he will ride with the Red Cross Ambulance because he is in the hospital. He is a busy boy! We made it home for the church Christmas program which was very cute as always! I know many of you can relate to this one...Every year I hear the same wonderful story about Christ's birth by these incredible children and every year I tear up or cry... I love the meaning of Christmas!!!

In my heart, I feel this is the most important information of the evening because we have soooooo many people we need to pray for!! Plus, I feel very, very strongly about giving it to God, as you know, and I don't think it hurts to hear it a few a times. And finally, we need to BELIEVE IN GOD (as you said tonight, Lana) and TRUST IN GOD. I spoke with Jamie tonight and she needs us. She needs us to pray, pray, and pray some more for her and her family. She needs us to give her strength, support, and lots of love. We have all been doing this alot already but now we need to kick it into high gear... This whole cancer thing is a total emotional rollercoaster ride. We jump for joy on the mountain tops, and we grow in the valleys. I know God is going to heal her, we just need to find the path...it all starts with Him. Let's make the Power of Prayer for Jamie absolutely incredible!!! On another note, my mom saw Heidi's mom and sister last night. We know the feelings they are going through, the waiting and wondering. We need to continue those strong, powerful prayers for her too. I beleive she is on her last round of chemo for awhile finishing up before Christmas. We need to find her a match!

So now, I know all of you are still praying just as hard, if not harder, for our little Brycer and that is great! Keep those prayers coming because already we have seen how wonderful our God is!!! Like I've said before, He can move mountains and He can heal our Brycer!!! He can also heal our Jamie, so keep those powerful, faith-filled prayers coming for her too. Pray for her strength and healing. She is fighting the fight! God knows we will have fears with the situations we face in life. But, He wants us to have complete trust in Him. No doubts.... I know, I know, we are all "human". In my opinion, a few moments of doubt, panic, shock, and fear are all normal. It's the part about letting go of the doubt and giving it to Him that is so important. Yes, as Bryce's mom, I am a little worried about how he will handle all of the treatments. I don't want to see him down and out like that, again. But, right now, we don't have a choice. God is in the driver's seat and I KNOW HE IS GOING TO GET BRYCE AND JAMIE THROUGH THIS!!! Please give your doubts and fears to God, we all have them. Trust in Him and watch the incredible changes that will happen in your life.

GIVE IT ALL TO GOD, and GIVE GOD ALL THE GLORY......

Thank you so much for all that you do for Bryce and our family!!! Words cannot express the appreciation that we feel toward all of you!!! A special THANK YOU goes out to the Grandma's who are always there for us!!! Grandma Linda & Grandma Ann are always stopping their lives to help us continue on with our's. We love you soooooo much!!! More thanks to our family's, friends, and volunteers for supper. It is so good to have delicious meals brought to our home and to know that our boys' are eating the "good stuff"! Thank you to everyone who has sent cards to Bryce and our family, and for the gifts! But, most importantly...THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR POWERFUL PRAYERS!!! Keep 'em comin'!!! God is good. We love you, all!

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Saturday, December 10, 2005 11:42 PM CST

Good Evening~

I hope everyone is doing well and having a great weekend. You'll notice it is very late, again so you'll notice that I have copied and pasted a lot of my journal from last night. In my heart, I feel it is the most important information of the evening because we have soooooo many people we need to pray for!! Plus, I feel very, very strongly about giving it to God, as you know, and I don't think it hurts to hear it a few a times. And finally, we need to BELIEVE IN GOD (as you said tonight, Lana) and TRUST IN GOD. I spoke with Jamie tonight and she needs us. She needs us to pray, pray, and pray some more for her and her family. She needs us to give her strength, support, and lots of love. We have all been doing this alot already but now we need to kick it into high gear... This whole cancer thing is a total emotional rollercoaster ride. We jump for joy on the mountain tops, and we grow in the valleys. I know God is going to heal her, we just need to find the path...it all starts with Him. Let's make the Power of Prayer for Jamie absolutely incredible!!! On another note, my mom saw Heidi's mom and sister last night. We know the feelings they are going through, the waiting and wondering. We need to continue those strong, powerful prayers for her too. I beleive she is on her last round of chemo for awhile finishing up before Christmas. We need to find her a match!

Now on to Bryce, he had a great night last night. It is so wonderful when he is unhooked from his IV...he only got up once to use the bathroom and then, woke up after 8am. His counts are: hemoglobin 10.7; white count 5,900; ANC 5,050; and platelets 290,000. His potassium is getting low so they are supplimenting with IV and oral potassium. His liver function is going up, so they switched antibiotics. His back is still a little sore from the bone marrow biopsy but otherwise, he feels great! His cough is dry when he wakes up but then becomes more productive. By the end of the day, he is rarely coughing. He did get sick twice today. Once was from a potassium drink, and the other time was from a magnesium pill. He has not eaten a whole lot today. It is hard for him to find the things he likes that taste good. His favorite Nurse Practitioner, Donna, brought over some homemade chicken noodle soup today. We will give that a try tomorrow. He and I went down to the Teen Lounge tonight and made Cream of Broccoli soup that he thought he wanted, he only took a sip of it. So, that is a little hard. The ENT doctors are going to watch him and his nose this weekend and decide on Monday if they still need to do the nasal wash in the O.R. It would be less of a procedure because he had his sinuses cleaned out once already. He is not real excited about them! He has been funny and silly today, riding around on his tractor most of the day. The boys' have our church Christmas program tomorrow so I am hoping we'll go back for that. Otherwise, we are doing great on the hospital front! Please send out those much needed prayers I keep asking for. You are wonderful!!!!

So now, I know all of you are still praying just as hard, if not harder, for our little Brycer and that is great! Keep those prayers coming because already we have seen how wonderful our God is!!! Like I've said before, He can move mountains and He can heal our Brycer!!! He can also heal our Jamie, so keep those powerful, faith-filled prayers coming for her too. Pray for her strength and healing. She is fighting the fight! God knows we will have fears with the situations we face in life. But, He wants us to have complete trust in Him. No doubts.... I know, I know, we are all "human". In my opinion, a few moments of doubt, panic, shock, and fear are all normal. It's the part about letting go of the doubt and giving it to Him that is so important. Yes, as Bryce's mom, I am a little worried about how he will handle all of the treatments. I don't want to see him down and out like that, again. But, right now, we don't have a choice. God is in the driver's seat and I KNOW HE IS GOING TO GET BRYCE AND JAMIE THROUGH THIS!!! Please give your doubts and fears to God, we all have them. Trust in Him and watch the incredible changes that will happen in your life.

GIVE IT ALL TO GOD, and GIVE GOD ALL THE GLORY......

Thank you so much for all that you do for Bryce and our family!!! Words cannot express the appreciation that we feel toward all of you!!! A special THANK YOU goes out to the Grandma's who are always there for us!!! Grandma Linda & Grandma Ann are always stopping their lives to help us continue on with our's. We love you soooooo much!!! More thanks to our family's, friends, and volunteers for supper. It is so good to have delicious meals brought to our home and to know that our boys' are eating the "good stuff"! Thank you to everyone who has sent cards to Bryce and our family, and for the gifts! But, most importantly...THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR POWERFUL PRAYERS!!! Keep 'em comin'!!! God is good. We love you, all!

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Friday, December 9, 2005 11:09 PM CST

Good Evening~

We are just soooooo excited here about our great news!!! The doctors have been ordering the preliminary tests and so far Bryce has had an echocardiogram and eye exam done. Monday will be a pulmonary function test and some others. Tim got a whole list of appointments for Monday. They must have forgotten the Hickman appointment. They will place that in his chest so they can have more accesses after transplant. (I feel a little out of the loop because I was at home last night and today!) The ENT resident came in tonight and put a scope up Bryce's nose and feels that Bryce has some infection going on. He is planning on another sinus wash Monday morning. It is the same thing they did a while back. We will see Dr. Thompson in the morning about it. They are planning on starting Bryce's cranial radiation on Tuesday. They don't want to wait too long, again, for fear the Leukemia will come back. So, as it looks now: Bryce will have 6 days of cranial radiation--13th-16th, 19th, and 20th; then 3 days of total body radiation--21st-23rd; and then 2 days of chemo--24th and 25th. He will have a day of rest on the 26th, and he will have his transplant on the 27th. HOW'S THAT FOR A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GIFT?!!!! Jesus is the Reason for the Season.....

As I sit here and type, I am anxious and hesitant. It is soooooo wonderful to see Bryce riding up and down the hallways on the green tractor with his BLUE HAIR (Thanks, Jody! It's so funny!!! But, it got a little hot after his tractor riding workout so he had to take it off.) I will put pictures on the web page of that! He has his spunk and attitude, too. It makes us soooo happy to see him this way, again!!! We are so anxious to get this transplant done but we are not looking forward to seeing him when his counts are down to nothing, again after chemo and radiation. We just keep thinking about the outcome... Our Bryce will be done with all of this. He'll be back to school playing with his friends and brothers. We can hardly wait!!!

He is unhooked from his IV and trying to eat more. It is so important to get his appetite and eating habits back to somewhat normal before all of the treatments. They did not check his counts today. I think they are checking them less often now because they are sooooooo great! His counts are like your's and mine! Wow!

So now, I know all of you are still praying just as hard, if not harder, for our little Brycer and that is great! Keep those prayers coming because already we have seen how wonderful our God is!!! Like I've said before, He can move mountains and He can heal our Brycer!!! He can also heal our Jamie, so keep those powerful, faith-filled prayers coming for her too. Pray for her strength and healing. She is fighting the fight! God knows we will have fears with the situations we face in life. But, He wants us to have complete trust in Him. No doubts.... I know, I know, we are all "human". In my opinion, a few moments of doubt, panic, shock, and fear are all normal. It's the part about letting go of the doubt and giving it to Him that is so important. Yes, as Bryce's mom, I am a little worried about how he will handle all of the treatments. I don't want to see him down and out like that, again. But, right now, we don't have a choice. God is in the driver's seat and I KNOW HE IS GOING TO GET BRYCE AND JAMIE THROUGH THIS!!! Please give your doubts and fears to God, we all have them. Trust in Him and watch the incredible changes that will happen in your life.

GIVE IT ALL TO GOD, and GIVE GOD ALL THE GLORY......

Thank you so much for all that you do for Bryce and our family!!! Words cannot express the appreciation that we feel toward all of you!!! A special THANK YOU goes out to the Grandma's who are always there for us!!! Grandma Linda & Grandma Ann are always stopping their lives to help us continue on with our's. We love you soooooo much!!! More thanks to our family's, friends, and volunteers for supper. It is so good to have delicious meals brought to our home and to know that our boys' are eating the "good stuff"! Thank you to everyone who has sent cards to Bryce and our family, and for the gifts! But, most importantly...THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR POWERFUL PRAYERS!!! Keep 'em comin'!!! God is good. We love you, all!

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce were the exact opposite in "waiting positions" for a while. He was trying and waiting to get into remission, and now he is in remission!!! He has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents who are Ray & Sue Sands from the Polka Dots band. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also @caringbridge.org/visit/heidigusenius. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Thursday, December 8, 2005 9:10 PM CST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GRANDMA LINDA

Good Evening. Susie went to the elementary christmas program tonight, so your stuck with Dad, I went this afternoon the kids did a great job. Bryce had a good day once he gets past that first hour of getting his throat clear of the drainage from his sinuses. He had a CT scan of his sinuses this morning, his sinuses are full, so we started a 15cc antibiotic wash.(shoot 15cc of fluid up each nostril 3 times a day) Bryce ate a little more today, they stopped his IV food for tonight, maybe this will help him feel a little more hungry. He said something tonight about wanting one of the meals they have at school. (school food that good or hospital food that bad?) Counts went up some more hemoglobin 12.1, platlets 328,000, white blood 10,600 and ANC? The spinal fluid from Wednesday tap came back clear no blast cells. We will be shifting into the pretransplant mode soon. Lots of base line tests, lungs, heart, eyes etc. Susie's got a whole page of notes here. We will keep moving along as quick as possible to transplant, they don't want to give the leukemia a chance to come back. I'm sure we will learn more tomorrow, I'll leave a few details for Susie to type in, she hates to be left out.

God Bless.

LOVE

THE BREU CREW

Wednesday, December 7, 2005 11:23 PM CST

Good Evening~

I am soooo excited because we are getting closer and closer to transplant!!! Praise God!!! Bryce's doctor came in this afternoon and said the bone marrow aspirate was clear. The aspirate is the most basic test of the bone marrow. The chromosome analysis results will be a few days, yet. She said they would repeat the CT Scan sometime within the next week to check that he is completely healthy, EVERYWHERE. She will be ordering the preliminary tests like the echocardiogram, and pulmonary function test, etc. in the next few days to get the ball rolling. She does not want to put things off too long for fear that the Leukemia would come back. I know I'm jumping ahead but she said that the week before transplant, Bryce will have total body radiation and possibly to the head and spine as a extra boost. He will also have very high doses of Cytoxin, a chemo medication. So basically, his marrow will be depleted down to nothing, again--hypocellular. We need to get and keep him healthy so it doesn't set him back any longer. We do not know when we will start any of these hard treatments again or when the transplant will be. We are so grateful to God for his love and mercy. God is soooo good.....

It's a little weird to be happy that your child is getting closer to transplant because we know what difficulties it entails. Transplant is going to be very difficult and scary. But, we are willing to tough it out with him and pray extremely hard for him during that time. I have noticed that when we talked about it today, he got quiet. I am wondering if he is a little scared. We will do a little talking tomorrow. We did see the Transplant Unit today with JoHanna from Child Life. I know that is getting him thinking. It is really nice there and not far from here. I told the boys that we will have a short term pain for a long term gain,...Bryce's health. They know this is not going to last forever and that the outcome will be their brother and parents with them at home, ALWAYS!!!! They seem to be doing very well. They are going to school with their hand antiseptics tomorrow. We need to be healthy so we can be together more... We are so very proud of each one of them!!! They are awesome!

Bryce's day was good. He woke up at 5am coughing, though. Other than that, the night was pretty good Tim said. Everything went well with the bone marrow biopsy and spinal tap. The results of the tap are not back, yet. They took bone marrow from both hips. He was a little sore tonight. His counts are: hemoglobin 10; white count 7,000; ANC 5,670; and platelets 238,000. Whew! He and Joel had a good day together. Bryce and I wandered into to our friend and "neighbor" , Ethan's room tonight. By the end of our short visit, Bryce was chuckling at Ethan. He is such a cute and funny little guy. I think they will spend a little time together tomorrow after Bryce's sinus x-ray. After that we went to the play area and we had a pleasant surprise from one of Bryce's classmates, Katelyn! She was here visiting her Grandpa who just had surgery. I think that her visit was the highlight of the evening!!! He really enjoyed her being here. He even had to show off a little by showing her how he goes up the hallway ramp on the little tractor and flies down the ramp with his feet up and makes the corner on "one wheel" (so, he thinks). He was pooped out after that show, though. We gave her and her mom, Sheila, the grand tour of 3-Francis. It was a very nice visit. Thanks, Katelyn & Sheila

Auntie Amanda stopped by tonight to say goodbye. She flies to Hawaii tomorrow morning for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Marathon. It just so happened that she was here when the doctor came in. That was a blessing from the Big Guy because she was a little sad about leaving Bryce. So, she got the good news when she needed it.

I spoke with Jamie tonight. She is doing well. She is such an incredible person! She got to see her boys today and that was wonderful! She will have an MRI tomorrow. They still do not have any definite plans for her. Sometimes the waiting is the hardest part. Please keep those very strong and powerful prayers coming for her! I just know she will be giving speeches someday, and lifting people up, even more than she is right now....

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Wednesday, December 7, 2005 9:58 PM CST

Good Evening~

I am soooo excited because we are getting closer and closer to transplant!!! Praise God!!! Bryce's doctor came in this afternoon and said the bone marrow aspirate was clear. The aspirate is the most basic test of the bone marrow. The chromosome analysis results will be a few days, yet. She said they would repeat the CT Scan sometime within the next week to check that he is completely healthy, EVERYWHERE. She will be ordering the preliminary tests like the echocardiogram, and pulmonary function test, etc. in the next few days to get the ball rolling. She does not want to put things off too long for fear that the Leukemia would come back. I know I'm jumping ahead but she said that the week before transplant, Bryce will have total body radiation and possibly to the head and spine as a extra boost. He will also have very high doses of Cytoxin, a chemo medication. So basically, his marrow will be depleted down to nothing, again--hypocellular. We need to get and keep him healthy so it doesn't set him back any longer. We do not know when we will start any of these hard treatments again or when the transplant will be. We are so grateful to God for his love and mercy. God is soooo good.....

It's a little weird to be happy that your child is getting closer to transplant because we know what difficulties it entails. Transplant is going to be very difficult and scary. But, we are willing to tough it out with him and pray extremely hard for him during that time. I have noticed that when we talked about it today, he got quiet. I am wondering if he is a little scared. We will do a little talking tomorrow. We did see the Transplant Unit today with JoHanna from Child Life. I know that is getting him thinking. It is really nice there and not far from here. I told the boys that we will have a short term pain for a long term gain,...Bryce's health. They know this is not going to last forever and that the outcome will be their brother and parents with them at home, ALWAYS!!!! They seem to be doing very well. They are going to school with their hand antiseptics tomorrow. We need to be healthy so we can be together more... We are so very proud of each one of them!!! They are awesome!

Bryce's day was good. He woke up at 5am coughing, though. Other than that, the night was pretty good Tim said. Everything went well with the bone marrow biopsy and spinal tap. The results of the tap are not back, yet. They took bone marrow from both hips. He was a little sore tonight. His counts are: hemoglobin 10; white count 7,000; ANC 5,670; and platelets 238,000. Whew! He and Joel had a good day together. Bryce and I wandered into to our friend and "neighbor" , Ethan's room tonight. By the end of our short visit, Bryce was chuckling at Ethan. He is such a cute and funny little guy. I think they will spend a little time together tomorrow after Bryce's sinus x-ray. After that we went to the play area and we had a pleasant surprise from one of Bryce's classmates, Katelyn! She was here visiting her Grandpa who just had surgery. I think that her visit was the highlight of the evening!!! He really enjoyed her being here. He even had to show off a little by showing her how he goes up the hallway ramp on the little tractor and flies down the ramp with his feet up and makes the corner on "one wheel" (so, he thinks). He was pooped out after that show, though. We gave her and her mom, Sheila, the grand tour of 3-Francis. It was a very nice visit. Thanks, Katelyn & Sheila

Auntie Amanda stopped by tonight to say goodbye. She flies to Hawaii tomorrow morning for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Marathon. It just so happened that she was here when the doctor came in. That was a blessing from the Big Guy because she was a little sad about leaving Bryce. So, she got the good news when she needed it.

I spoke with Jamie tonight. She is doing well. She is such an incredible person! She got to see her boys today and that was wonderful! She will have an MRI tomorrow. They still do not have any definite plans for her. Sometimes the waiting is the hardest part. Please keep those very strong and powerful prayers coming for her! I just know she will be giving speeches someday, and lifting people up, even more than she is right now....

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Tuesday, December 6, 2005 9:11 PM CST

Good Evening to all. Bryce had a good day, his counts are still doing good. Hemoglobin 9.9, platlets 198,000, white blood 6,800, ANC 5,650. He had a CT today to look at his chest and abdoman. They both looked better, his lungs are clearing up, his abdoman has less air in it so they started him on clear fluids tonight. Tomorrow he will have his bone marrow biopsy and do a spinal tap. The bone marrow biopsy they will take marrow out of both hips to compare the two spots. We don't get a time when the biopsy will happen, so if it is late in the day we may not get results until Thursday or later. Joel came down to spend the night and keep his brother on his toes.

Take Care.

Thanks for All you do for us.

LOVE

THE BREU CREW

Monday, December 5, 2005 10:34 PM CST

Good Evening~

I'm going to say it in the beginning tonight. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR BRYCE AND OUR FAMILY!!!!!! You are all so great.... What a reflection you are onto us and your own family's! Have you ever thought of that???

Bryce had another good day. The night was a little rough as usual with the bathroom breaks every 2 hours and vomiting twice. He did get sick twice today, too. Otherwise, he really doesn't feel nauseated the rest of the time. His counts are good: hemoglobin 9.9; white count 4,700; ANC 3,980; and platelets 169,000. We went to Fleet Farm for about an hour this morning. Before we left he asked me, "Does Fleet Farm have toys?" Does Fleet Farm have toys???? That probably says a little bit about his father who, when we are in Fleet Farm, is almost always in the hunting section....Just teasin', honey! We had a nice trip. He was tired out from the pneumonia which is to be expected. The doctors think he still sounds crackly in both lungs. He has his CT tomorrow. I am curious to see how the pneumatosis looks. I hope better. I wish he could eat something. They also told us they will be checking his spinal fluid on Wednesday during the bone marrow biopsy. They didn't do it last week because they felt it was not necessary.

Auntie Manda leaves for Honolulu, Hawaii on Thursday to run in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Marathon in Bryce's honor. We are sooooo proud of her and excited for her!!! She raised the most funds for the L & L Society in the state of Minnesota!! Isn't that awesome?!!!! Amanda--I could never say enough great things about you. You are who God created you to be and we all love that about you!!! Go get 'em, girl!!! She will be meeting up with my brother, Chris & Gloria and their family while she is there. I can't wait to hear all about it next weekend!

Amanda came here for awhile tonight while I went to visit Jamie. That girl is such a trooper! Chad & Brandy, and Zach were there. We all had a nice visit. I wanted to hug her tight but I'm afraid I will break her...She's like a PRECIOUS JEWEL, you know. Someone who goes through so much inside her own body, has 5 adorable little boys and a wonderful family, and now has to go through even more... She's one tough cookie and she will have triumph and victory, just like our little Brycer!!! Keep those special prayers coming for Jamie & Bryce & Nikki and everyone else fighting their battles. Just think about the inner-strength that they have! Amazing, isn't it??? It was so great to see Jamie and touch her hand. She knows everyone is praying for her so much. She is waiting patiently to speak with the doctors about what will happen next. So, keep those prayers coming! Speaking of prayers, Tammy who updates Jamie's web page has been spending time here at St. Mary's with her Dad who is having tests done on his heart. Please send out some extra prayers for him, Tammy, and their family's. Tammy is always taking care of everyone else, let's take care of her now with the Power of Prayer...

Mitchell is here tonight so they were pretty excited about that! Plus, Bryce got to visit with a bunch of his favorite nurses today and tonight. How cool is that? They just love him. But, then again, who wouldn't? Hey, I can say that....I am his mother. Speaking of his father, Tim will be updating tomorrow night because I will be at home with the rest of The Crew. I am looking forward to getting a straight night of sleep--no interruptions--knock on wood.

HEY NIKKI! YOU'RE LOOKING GOOOOOD!!! THANKS FOR BEING SUCH A CONSIDERATE PERSON TO ALL THE OTHER PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL!! YOU ARE TEACHING ALL OF US SO MUCH BY YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS....I want to say a special HI to Nikki who is also fighting Leukemia. She is downstairs on 2-Francis with her awesome Mom. Send an extra special prayer out for Nikki. She wants to bust out of this place and hang out at home. I don't blame her. She is almost 18 and has more important "stuff" to do!!! Right, Nikki?! You're a doll!

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care

God Bless You All

LOVE

THE BREU CREW

Sunday, December 4, 2005 9:11 PM CST

Good Evening~

We are back with a quick update, again. Bryce has had a great day! He did have some coughing and vomiting during the night and was awake since 6am today. We saw the doctors at 8am and flew the coop at 8:15!!! That's right, Bryce came to church with us so we could all be together to light the Advent Candle!!! I could tell that his doctor really wanted him to be there. He wore his mask and was very quiet. I think he was very unsure about it but while we were there, we saw him holding Mitchell's hand and getting a little silly with Mitchell. We stopped at home quick before and after, and then headed back to the hospital. (He is already wondering if he can get out for a few hours in the morning, again, to go back home to do nothing--just to be there). His nurse hooked him back up to his IV for his antibiotics, and he was back to the play room. In between, we took family pictures for Grandma & Grandpa Breuer. It was a little less chaotic than it usually gets,...what's up with that??? I think it was because Jen, the funny nurse from Texas, was helping to get all 6 of the grand-boys to smile. Whew! That's a big job!! Bryce spent the whole afternoon playing in the activity room which most definitely pooped him out. He was sleeping by 7:10pm tonight. But then, graceful mother spilled his water glass which woke him up and we had to change his wet clothes... Anyway, his spirits are good. These nurses on 3-Francis are great and that helps alot! We say our prayers every night, and I ask God to give him strength, healing, and a positive attitude. His teacher comes tomorrow, he has a CT Scan on Tuesday, and a bone marrow biopsy on Wednesday. His nose is still full of drainage a lot of the day, and he still coughs quite a bit in the am & pm. Oh, I almost forgot, for you detail people like myself, his counts are hemoglobin 10.5; white count 6,300; ANC 5,820; and platelets 146,000. Still looking awesome!!! Way to go, Big Red! We all love you soooooo much!!!

We had a very special surprise for him at home... I told him about a bunch of our friends from our community who wanted to "DO SOMETHING!!" so they got together yesterday at 9am at our house and put up brand new Christmas lights on the house!!! They also set up a Nativity Scene, Frosty the Snowman, snowflakes, candycanes, and Santa, along with some garland. It looks awesome!!! The boys are so excited because it is wwwwaaaaaaayyyyyy more than Dad & Mom do every year!!! They all chipped in for everything and even brought a boom (?spelling) truck over to put them up. Bryce had a huge smile when I told him about it! He wouldn't let me tell him what exactly they put up because he wanted that to be a surprise when we drove in. He and his brothers are learning from ALL of YOU what friends do for each other. And, that it feels soooooo good to help out and work together. Thank you!!!

Thank you for your prayers, food, cards, gifts, and support! Please continue the prayers for the small children, the extended family, and the close friends. They are all so special to us, and they need the strength, also. Our boys' seem to be doing very well. We had the "Don't Put Your Fingers in Your Mouth Lecture" tonight. It went over fairly well. I think they heard us... We told them this is an extremely important time in our lives, right now. We must be healthy. Logan is coughing, again though. A few nurses tonight told me that we should get Mitch, Logan, & Joel instant hand antiseptic to carry with them at school because it is so important that they don't bring in any sickness, right now. We could be very close to transplant... We will know more on Friday after receiving the bone marrow biopsy and CT reports.

I spoke with Jamie for a minute tonight. She has been reminded by all of us many times that we are all praying for her and fighting with and for her...So we will continue our very special task tonight. Jamie & Zach have received news that she will have surgery again next week to remove more cancer cells. She & Zach have a lot to think about, once again. Please, please, please send them HUGE prayers for their strength and for her healing strength. They need US to lift them up. Part of the healing process is being positive. Let's give them a shoulder to lean on. Those 5 little boys need their Mommy, and Zach loves his wife dearly. I don't question God about why these things are happening because I don't believe He wants any one of us to suffer. He only wants the best for us. For some reason, Jamie needs to fight even more. When she is having less energy to fight, let's fight for her. EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE HUGE FAITH IN THE LORD OUR GOD!!! He wants us to get our hopes up, He wants us to believe in Him, and give Him all of the control. Please go to Jamie's webpage, it's the Caring Bridge jamieoreilly. You have all been so great to follow her story, and I know it will have a wonderful 'last chapter'! Like I said before, we will all be telling Jamie's story, including Jamie, for many years to come! Send her the Power of Prayer!!!!

I want to say a special HI to Nikki who is also fighting Leukemia. She is downstairs on 2-Francis with her awesome Mom. Send an extra special prayer out for Nikki. She wants to bust out of this place and hang out at home. I don't blame her. She is almost 18 and has more important "stuff" to do!!! Right, Nikki?! You're a doll!

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care

God Bless You All

LOVE

THE BREU CREW

Saturday, December 3, 2005 5:22 PM CST

Good Evening~

Just a quick one tonight...

Bryce's day has been good. We've had a family day including the activity room, movies, naps, and lots of hugs for Mom!! Bryce seems to be feeling ok. He did get sick 3 times during the night. He was up to the bathroom 3 times, also. The nap today was much needed. His counts are excellent: hemoglobin 10.5; white count 7,500; ANC 6,870; and platelets 113,000. AWESOME!!! Tomorrow we will light the advent candle at church. We are looking forward to that...A time to celebrate Christ's birth! I love Christmas and I love teaching my boys that Jesus is the Reason for the Season!!!! Supper is in the oven downstairs on 2-Francis. Gotta go get it out before it burns! Thanks again for all the meals!!! We love them!!!

KEEP ALL THE HUGE FAITH AND PRAYERS COMING FOR EVERYONE!!! THANK YOU!!!

Again, we have a very special task tonight. Jamie & Zach have received news that she will have surgery again next week to remove more cancer cells. She & Zach have a lot to think about, once again. Please, please, please send them HUGE prayers for their strength and for her healing strength. They need US to lift them up. Part of the healing process is being positive. Let's give them a shoulder to lean on. Those 5 little boys need their Mommy, and Zach loves his wife dearly. I don't question God about why these things are happening because I don't believe He wants any one of us to suffer. He only wants the best for us. For some reason, Jamie needs to fight even more. When she is having less energy to fight, let's fight for her. EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE HUGE FAITH IN THE LORD OUR GOD!!! He wants us to get our hopes up, He wants us to believe in Him, and give Him all of the control. Please go to Jamie's webpage, it's the Caring Bridge jamieoreilly. You have all been so great to follow her story, and I know it will have a wonderful 'last chapter'! Like I said before, we will all be telling Jamie's story, including Jamie, for many years to come! Send her the Power of Prayer!!!!

I want to say a special HI to Nikki who is also fighting Leukemia. She is downstairs on 2-Francis with her awesome Mom. Send an extra special prayer out for Nikki. She wants to bust out of this place and hang out at home. I don't blame her. She is almost 18 and has more important "stuff" to do!!! Right, Nikki?! You're a doll!

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care

God Bless You All

LOVE

THE BREU CREW

Friday, December 2, 2005 9:33 PM CST

Good Evening~

First and foremost, "We must all listen to God." I just fell asleep with Bryce for a few minutes and that is what I heard as I woke up. God is speaking to all of us,...are we listening? Faith endures over everything. God is our Creator, we must trust in him.

We have a very special task tonight. Jamie & Zach have received news that she will have surgery again next week to remove more cancer cells. She & Zach have a lot to think about, once again. Please, please, please send them HUGE prayers for their strength and for her healing strength. They need US to lift them up. Part of the healing process is being positive. Let's give them a shoulder to lean on. Those 5 little boys need their Mommy, and Zach loves his wife dearly. I don't question God about why these things are happening because I don't believe He wants any one of us to suffer. He only wants the best for us. For some reason, Jamie needs to fight even more. When she is having less energy to fight, let's fight for her. EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE HUGE FAITH IN THE LORD OUR GOD!!! He wants us to get our hopes up, He wants us to believe in Him, and give Him all of the control. Please go to Jamie's webpage, it's the Caring Bridge jamieoreilly. You have all been so great to follow her story, and I know it will have a wonderful 'last chapter'! Like I said before, we will all be telling Jamie's story, including Jamie, for many years to come! Send her the Power of Prayer!!!!

Bryce's day was good. He woke up 3 times during the night to use the bathroom, as usual. He was coughing more when he woke up. I guess all of those white cells are going to the pneumonia now to heal it, so that will cause him to cough up more "stuff". He didn't complain of being nauseated at all today, and he only vomited this morning while coughing. His counts are: hemoglobin 9.6; white count 4,800; ANC 4,416 ; and platelets 92,000. The doctor told us today that we will do another CT Scan on Tuesday and a bone marrow biopsy on Wednesday of next week. The CT will be checking his chest and abdomen. She also said that his bone marrow chromosome analysis came back and out of 20 bone marrow cells collected on Monday, 2 of them still had the Leukemia abnormality chromosome. When someone has Leukemia, they have this abnormality in their chromosomes. But, his bone marrow from Monday was "clear" of blast/Leukemia cells so they were hoping there would not be any in the chromosome analysis. Once again, we are giving it to God. There are miracles happening every single day because of God and His Son. I truly believe deep in my heart that Bryce Andrew Breuer is one of His special miracles-in-the-works!!! Do you believe it? This is our son and we will celebrate his life everyday. He looks great for someone who is going through what he is going through. He was silly again today and really enjoyed the Game Cube in the activity room. He rode the little tractor tonight in the hallway. It pooped him out but he did it! Dad and the brothers came tonight and are staying over. We are all very happy about that! We are so happy to be together.

I hope I don't sound like I am being bossy or anything but you know what? Life is too short, gang. Let's ALL be thankful for everything we've got! Let's pray for these small children like the O'Reilly boys, our boys, and all of the little people from family and close friends who have to deal with these situations already at such a young age. They are all so precious. They are the best gift from God, EVER!!!!

Thank you for your support and most of all, your prayers... God is listening. He is lifting us up. He is the Almighty Healer. Thank Him everyday....

I want to say a special HI to Nikki who is also fighting Leukemia. She is downstairs on 2-Francis with her awesome Mom. Send an extra special prayer out for Nikki. She wants to bust out of this place and hang out at home. I don't blame her. She is almost 18 and has more important "stuff" to do!!! Right, Nikki?! You're a doll!

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care

God Bless You All

LOVE

THE BREU CREW

Thursday, December 1, 2005 9:26 PM CST

Good Evening~

Bryce has had a good day! Mitchell & Dad stayed overnight while I went home with Logan & Joel. Grandma Linda had Ethan sleeping when we got home. I went across the street around 6:30 to the Canadian Honker with my friends from high school/Wanamingo. It was fun and relaxing, and it was great catching up and getting away for a little while. Thanks, girls! Bryce had a good nights rest but woke up this morning when Mitchell woke up which is almost always a little earlier than everyone else. So, Bryce was a little tired tonight. Tim & Mitch came back home by noon because we had parent lunch day at school with Mitch & Logan. That was wonderful! It always go so fast! It was nice seeing friends and smiles of excitement for Bryce. Grandma & Grandpa Breuer came to stay with Bryce for the day. They had a nice day together! They said Bryce fell asleep for 20 minutes but woke up coughing. I know they all enjoyed their time together. Grandma & Grandpa even played some Nintendo with Bryce! Mrs. Pasch came today, also. She is great. She'll be back tomorrow. I got here around 3:30.

The doctors didn't make rounds until after Tim had left, so Dad called Tim on the phone while we were having lunch to talk to Dr. Arndt. Bryce had a abdominal x-ray this morning and it still looks the same. That is better than it looking worse. She was very pleased with Bryce's white count, again. We didn't get the counts updated for yesterday. Here are yesterdays first followed by todays: hemoglobin 10.6/10.9; white count 1,400/2,200(!); ANC 1,350/2,068(!!!); platelets 62,000/75,000. It's amazing what the blood will do with the GCSF shot and no Leukemia cells, isn't it?! So,.....Bryce has been given the boot! You got it,...he is free to leave his room with a mask on! He didn't want to tonight around 5:30 but I made him. We went to the activity room where he met a new friend, saw different walls, played Game Cube, and Chutes & Ladders. We stayed there for almost 2 hours!!! It was a good thing. Tomorrow I'm hoping we will do an hour of school work, go to the activity room for a while, nap, and then be ready for Mrs. Pasch again. Bryce's sinuses were full this morning. So, we are hoping he is not getting a sinus infection, now. He is sleeping very soundly, now.

We are very anxious to get these infections cleared up. We are hoping that with his white count jumping so much that all of those white cells will go directly to those areas and heal them!!! We are thanking God as much as possible for the good news that the blasts are absent from his bone marrow. When they check his bone marrow in a few weeks, if it comes back with normal, healthy cells in it, then they will say he is in remission. Please keep all of those prayers coming for remission!!! Keep the prayers coming for his great white count and for quick healing. We all need to stay positive and full of faith because our God is awesome and powerful!!! He is healing Bryce as I type and as you read! Some of you have said to me that you appreciate life so much more these days, and that is sooooooooo wonderful to hear! I think sometimes we all forget how precious life is and how good God is. Trust me, Tim & I definitely know how precious and good life is. Life is sooooooo good and God is soooooo good. We are all so blessed, even when we have a tough day. We just need to look a little bit harder for the good in everything, don't we? Can you tell we had a really good day at the Breuer Home and hospital?????

Thank you for EVERYTHING you do for us! You are all so wonderful and faith-filled! God is working in all of us to keep all of us strong on those difficult days. (It shows by the guestbook entries.) And, no matter what, there is always someone who has it worse! I met a very special mom the other day with her precious little 6-month-old daughter. When I left their room, I felt so good about my life. God sent her to me that day when I was feeling down. I LOVE THAT!!! God always knows... God is always there... God is always listening...

Please continue those awesome prayers for Jamie! She is doing great! I am hoping to get to Methodist to see her tomorrow or Saturday. Tammy is doing a great job updating her webpage. I know she is going to love to read all of your entries in the guestbook! Thank you for doing that! Her doctor was beaming from ear to ear when she came in to see her this morning, Tammy said. That says something in itself. Jamie will be getting up and about before we know it because she is one tough cookie and she is a fighter! She's got a great attitude. She's got spunk! And, she's leaning on God. Way to go, Jamie! We are all so very proud of you!!! And, you too Zach! He has been so strong these last couple of days.

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care

God Bless You All

LOVE

THE BREU CREW

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 5:04 PM CST

Good Afternoon~

I want to say a couple special HALLELUJAH's for Bryce & Jamie!!!
(Warning: This is a L O N G entry!)

Bryce's doctors came in and said that his bone marrow is hypocellular. This means that there are very few cells in his bone marrow, none of which are blast cells. Bryce is NOT in remission. His bone marrow is HYPOCELLULAR with NO MALIGNANT CELLS NOTED. So, this is step number (?) in the process of (?) steps.... In all reality, there are many, many steps to this bone marrow transplant! I DID NOT realize how many steps it would take. But, I do realize why they only take us this route. There is no guarentee, and there are no promises made. They do not want to overwhelm us. They only lead us by each step, just as we take this all day by day.

Now what do we do, you ask? WE WAIT................
Bryce NEEDS to be HEALTHY.

He needs to be fever-free. He had a slight temp. last night, otherwise he has been doing well for over 24 hours without a high temp.

He needs to clear up his pneumonia. He was coughing more last night. We stopped his pill (last night) that helps with the coughing because we are wondering if it is causing a rash over his body. He was coughing more last night, again. So, we gave him some Robitussin with codeine. They will do a chest x-ray in 1 1/2 weeks to see how it is looking. They said the pneumonia will take some time to heal, especially with a low white count.

He need to clear up the pneumatosis. His white count needs to continue to rise so the pneumatosis (inflamed intestine) will heal. We also need that perforation in his bowel to heal on its own and the free air to be absorbed. They will do abdominal x-rays every 2-3 days to watch the perforation and free air. If there is no change, that is good. If it heals itself, that is great! If it starts to leak fluid or stool, or if the perforation gets larger, it can cause a major infection in his abdomen and he will probably need surgery. The pediatric surgeon told us that he "does not want to do surgery on a child with a low white count because they do not heal well. It's much easier to do surgery on a child with an ANC of 1,000." Remember, the ANC is a subcategory of the white count. The ANC is the healthy white cells. We asked if his ANC gets up to 500, would he be able to get out of his room? She said, "We will talk about it when it gets to 500. I do not forsee his ANC getting to 500 any time soon." That's ok, we can deal with that....

Remember, we are heading toward the Big Picture--no more cancer....

Once he is back to good health, they will do another bone marrow biopsy. That biopsy will most likely be in 2 weeks. If the biopsy shows all healthy cells, we can go right into radiation and then, transplant. The biopsy could show Leukemia cells, again. She did not say what we would do then. I would guess that he would go back into hard chemo, again. I asked Bryce's Transplant Nurse Practitioner, "What are his chances that he will have healthy cells fill his bone marrow?" She said, "Bryce is unique. And, this is the first time we have ever used Clofarabine, and that is a big dog, so we don't know what his chances are of having healthy cells or Leukemia cells return. I couldn't even guess." We all know Bryce is UNIQUE--haha. But, she meant unique by how it took him so long to respond to a chemo medication after he relapsed.

So, we need to pray for Bryce's white count to continue to climb with the help of the GCSF shots he has been getting everyday. We need to pray for his perforation to heal. We need to pray for Bryce to be fever-free. We need to pray for the pneumonia to clear up. We need to pray for no further infections. We need to pray for all healthy cells to fill his bone marrow. We need to pray for a positive, healing, faith-filled attitude for Bryce. That's so important!!! We WILL have TRIUMPH & VICTORY for our Brycer!!!

Now, after all of this Bryce-update, I hope I haven't sounded negative in any way. Because really, I am just very focused... I never realized how many steps there are to this relapse-transplant process. Tim & I, and our family members, feel very strongly that God would not have made Mitchell a match if He didn't need him for Bryce. God works in mysterious, miraculous ways. He is going to get Bryce through this. Bryce has been in a good mood today until the doctors came in. Funny, huh? Not so! I am working with him on that. I know, I know. He is going through a lot. But, he still needs to be polite to them. They are helping him. His counts are still pending after redrawing them at 1:15pm.

Now on to Jamie O'Reilly's Hallelujah....Her surgery is complete. Her webpage is updated. Her tumor has been removed, she received radiation, and she is on her way to a strong recovery!!! She's a strong, incredible woman, and she will be telling everyone her story someday! We will all say, "There is Jamie O'Reilly. Have you heard everything that she has overcome? You have to meet her! She is INCREDIBLE and SO INSPIRATIONAL to soooooo many!!!" Her tumor is a Peripheral Nerve Sheath Sarcoma, Grade IV. The doctors got all of the tumor and will be watching her very closely, especially for the next 2 years. Please continue those extra powerful prayers for Jamie and her family! Pray for her healing, strength, and recovery. Pray for strength for her husband and 5 little boys. They are such a wonderful family!!! Please send her a special hello on her caring bridge.

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care

God Bless You All

LOVE

THE BREU CREW

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:13 PM CST

Good Evening~

Bryce slept good last night. He was only up once or twice to the bathroom. He woke up with a fever at 3:15am and was in a great mood. So, we turned on the tree and the Christmas music and waited for Tylenol, blood cultures, and a nebulizer treatment. He slept in until 8:40! He had his repeat CT Scan of the abdomin today. The free air in the abdomen is unchanged which is good. If he starts to leak any fluid from the bowel where it is perforated, it could lead into a very bad infection which he could have a lot of trouble fighting off with a very low white count. He is maintaining his counts: hemoglobin 9.9; white count 400 (moving up!); ANC zero; and platelets 47,000. He worked with Mrs. Pasch today and really enjoyed being silly with her. We waited very patiently for results today and obviously it will be tomorrow. There are quite a few tests to be done on the bone marrow. I wish we had more to tell you...

Zach & Jamie O'Reilly stopped by tonight when Auntie Shelley & Carson were here. Jamie had a huge, long day of appointments, and she still wanted to stop by and see our little Brycer. They brought him a cool gift that Zach had to help him with while Jamie and I talked. She, too, is fighting cancer. Her cancer is Nerve Sheath Sarcoma. Her surgery to remove her tumor is tomorrow, the 30th. She has a whole "A" team of surgeons that will be there with her because they are unsure of what they will exactly find. She is nervous and a little scared about all of the events happening for her tomorrow but who wouldn't be? She is leaning on God and praying for the best. They filled her in on the details of the surgery but I know you will find everything out on her caring bridge tomorrow from Tammy. Please send out some extra prayers for Jamie & her precious family!!! Please go to her Caring Bridge and wish her well, it is the new caring bridge with her first and last name (without the ' in O'Reilly). We cannot get Jamie and her family off our minds!!! I know God is holding her in His hands, also. I know she feels comfort in the Lord. She is so strong and full of faith. When she stopped by last week to see Bryce, there was a connection between the two of them, much like the connection Bryce has with Nancy Hinrichs--an incredible woman and cancer survivor from Goodhue. I feel so much comfort in that connection because, as Bryce's mom, I always want to know how he is feeling and I want to know what is going on inside of him but I truly cannot know what he is feeling because I am not going through it. It gives me such relief for Jamie to sit down with him and feel that connection. Am I rambling? I don't mean to. I hope you can understand what I am saying... It just gives me comfort to know that at least Jamie, or Nancy, or any other cancer fighter and/or survivor can know what he's thinking and feel what he's feeling so that maybe he knows he is not alone. I just don't want my 7-year-old son to feel like he is all alone with his battle... He is just so precious and so brave. Bless his heart.......

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Ellen, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care

God Bless You All

LOVE

THE BREU CREW

Monday, November 28, 2005 10:27 PM CST

Good evening, Dad's turn so I know it will be short. Bryce seems to feeling pretty good, has some energy to tease and cause problems. He still seems to get the fever every six hours after the tylenol wears off. He had his bone marrow biopsy today, we might see some results tomorrow, the final report may not be until Wednesday. They did a CT scan today on his lung and abdoman. The pnemonia in the right lung looks the same. His abdoman has some free air in it, so there may be a perforation some where. A peds surgeon stopped by and checked him, he has no pain or discomfort to the touch, his belly is soft, so we need to watch if that changes, they will do another CT in the morning to double check. The surgeon doesn't want to do anything because of the low white count. His counts today are hemoglobin 9.3, platelets 51,000 and white blood 300. The best would be if his white blood count keeps going up and he starts to produce ANC. The perforation may heal itself then or if the surgeon needs to fix it he could. All in all he looks good and seems to feel good, the cough is less and he's slept good the last few nights.

I have a very special prayer request for our very special friend. I wish all of you could meet Jamie O'Reilly. She is married to Zach, and they live on a farm outside of Goodhue. I have so much respect for them and their incredible relationship. She is 29 and a very busy mother of 5 very handsome little boys. Their ages range from 6 years to 2 years. She is funny, witty, sassy, and sweet. She lights up a room when she enters. As one of her very close friend's put it last night, she lives, laughs, and loves life to the fullest. She, too, is fighting cancer. Her cancer is Nerve Sheath Sarcoma. She will have surgery tomorrow, Wednesday, November 30th. She has finished her chemo and radiation and will know much more Wednesday after surgery. She has a whole "A" team of surgeons that will be there with her because they are unsure of what they will exactly find. I am asking you to send out some very, very powerful prayers for Jamie, Zach, and the Fabulous Five. We have always had a bond with our 5 boys. But, in July after her diagnosis, we bonded a bit more in a way we wish we didn't have to. Please go to her Caring Bridge and wish her well, it is the new caring bridge with her first and last name. We cannot get Jamie and her family off our minds!!! I know God is holding her in His hands, also. I know she feels comfort in the Lord. She is so strong and full of faith. We are soooo excited to spend more time with her and Zach. When she stopped by last week to see Bryce, there was a connection between the two of them, much like the connection Bryce has with Nancy Hinrichs--an incredible woman and cancer survivor from Goodhue. I feel so much comfort in that connection because, as Bryce's mom, I always want to know how he is feeling and I want to know what is going on inside of him but I truly cannot know what he is feeling because I am not going through it. It gives me such relief for Jamie to sit down with him and feel that connection. Am I rambling? I don't mean to. I hope you can understand what I am saying... It just gives me comfort to know that at least Jamie, or Nancy, or any other cancer fighter and/or survivor can know what he's thinking and feel what he's feeling so that maybe he knows he is not alone. I just don't want my 7-year-old son to feel like he is all alone with his battle... He is just so precious and so brave. Bless his heart.......

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care

God Bless You All

LOVE

THE BREU CREW

Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:03 PM CST

Good Evening~

I am finally back with an update! I had good intentions to update yesterday before Tim & I left and, again, early this morning, and then, again, this afternoon. We are all fine! It has actually been a pretty good day!

Last night, Tim & I went to Jamie O'Reilly's dinner party at the Hubbell House. It was wonderful!!! I wish all of you could meet Jamie. She is married to Zach, and they live on a farm outside of Goodhue. I have so much respect for them and their incredible relationship. She is 29 and a very busy mother of 5 very handsome little boys. Their ages range from 6 years to 2 years. She is funny, witty, sassy, and sweet. She lights up a room when she enters. As one of her very close friend's put it last night, she lives, laughs, and loves life to the fullest. She, too, is fighting cancer. Her cancer is Nerve Sheath Sarcoma. The party was a fun get-together to celebrate "Jamie" before her surgery on Wednesday, November 30th. She has finished her chemo and radiation and will know much more Wednesday after surgery. She has a whole team of surgeons that will be there with her because they are unsure of what they will exactly find. I am asking you to send out some very, very powerful prayers for Jamie, Zach, and the Fabulous Five. We have always had a bond with our 5 boys. But, in July after her diagnosis, we bonded a bit more in a way we wish we didn't have to. Please go to her Caring Bridge and wish her well, it is the new caring bridge with her first and last name. We cannot get Jamie and her family off our minds!!! I know God is holding her in His hands, also. I know she feels comfort in the Lord. She is so strong and full of faith. She will be stopping by tomorrow to spend some time with us before her appointments at 1pm. We are soooo excited to spend more time with her and Zach. When she stopped by last week to see Bryce, there was a connection between the two of them, much like the connection Bryce has with Nancy Hinrichs--an incredible woman and cancer survivor from Goodhue. I feel so much comfort in that connection because, as Bryce's mom, I always want to know how he is feeling and I want to know what is going on inside of him but I truly cannot know what he is feeling because I am not going through it. It gives me such relief for Jamie to sit down with him and feel that connection. Am I rambling? I don't mean to. I hope you can understand what I am saying... It just gives me comfort to know that at least Jamie, or Nancy, or any other cancer fighter and/or survivor can know what he's thinking and feel what he's feeling so that maybe he knows he is not alone. I just don't want my 7-year-old son to feel like he is all alone with his battle... He is just so precious and so brave. Bless his heart.......

OK. So, Bryce slept much better last night! Grandma Linda & Grandpa Arnie stayed at the hospital with Bryce while Tim & I were gone. Grandma Ann stayed at home with the brothers. Joel got the stomach flu around 10pm. We thought we were done with it... Tim stayed at the hospital with us and got up with Bryce each time he woke up. So, I got some good sleep just waking up a few times. But, before we even left the hospital Bryce started fevering and vomiting. He still told us to go. We knew he was in very good hands with Grandma & Grandpa. They ended up drawing blood cultures and doing a portable abdominal x-ray while we were gone. He went to sleep around 10pm and slept hard. The nebulizer treatments seem to be helping. He is still wheezing occasionally but coughing less. Sometimes it is the same deep cough but sometimes it is lighter. He has been having Tylenol for his fevers which have been pretty consistent since last Monday. His temp. right now is 39.2C/102.5F. All of his cultures are coming up negative, still. His abdominal x-ray looked pretty much the same with the pneumotosis. His counts were hemoglobin 7.7; white count 200; ANC zero; and platelets 39,000. So, he got platelets this afternoon and he is getting red cells right now. The doctor told him he could have clear liquids today but he was not at all interested! The great part of the day is that he woke up talking this morning. Ususally, he has to take awhile to wake up and he will be grumpy. But, this morning was much better at 8:45! He needed that awesome rest! He still had his fever at 7am and 2:30pm and vomited a couple of times today but other than that he had a great day. He has not had a good day like this in awhile...

We had many visitors: Kristi & Mark who are the parents of a Nikki who is also battling cancer, Jer & Carol and the girls who are family and close friends, Pastor Glen, and Auntie Julie, Jordan & Collin. Mitch & Logan also spent the day here. Tim & I ran to Wal-Mart for a couple of hours while Julie hung out here with the kids. They had a blast! Games, movies, and fun. Julie also brought him a Christmas tree for the room which gives it the start of the Christmas Spirit. Tim left with the boys around 6:30. Grandma Linda kept Ethan and Joel. Joel is feeling much better today. Cross your fingers for the rest of the Crew. Tim, Logan, & Bryce are the only ones left who have not got it.

Tomorrow, Bryce will have his bone marrow biopsy. They will also draw out some spinal fluid to make sure it is still clear while he is asleep. I just hope he does not have to wait too long, again. I am not sure if they will repeat his CT Scan tomorrow or later this week. The CT will be rechecking his pneumonia, sinuses, and pneumotosis. I am sure we will not receive any results until late Tuesday morning. I am sure they will have his treatment plan all mapped out by then, too. I know you are all saying some extra powerful prayers for Bryce, right now. Please keep them coming! Tim & I are not allowing ourselves to think too hard into it. We are praying for patience, strenght, and healing. We have given it to God by choice. We need to keep our faith, and our trust, in God. I also pray for all of you and I hope you are doing the same. I know this is not easy for all of you whether you know Bryce or not. About a year ago, I was checking on a little girl named LaKota every single day and praying so hard for her. She received her stem cell transplant and is doing great today. We will also have victory and triumph for our little Brycer. We have to believe. We have to be strong for Bryce. Yes, it does get very scary when we "think" about it. Yes, I do feel a little anxiety in my chest. No, we are not always strong, we have our weak moments. But, when it comes down to your child, you HAVE to have FAITH. You must let God lead you. I am so grateful that God has given me such an incredible husband, best friend, and soul mate. I don't know what I would do without him. I wish everyone could have what we have. We have it because we trusted in God. We listened to God. And, we need to listen, now. Once again, I think I may be rambling..... Oops.

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Friday, November 25, 2005 8:49 PM CST

Good Evening~

I WANT TO SAY A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GOODHUE WILDCAT FOOTBALL TEAM FOR AN OUTSTANDING GAME!!! We didn't get to watch it from St. Mary's but we did hear how fantastic you played! You may not have brought home the final victory but you are all CHAMPIONS in our community's eyes!!! You should all be so very proud of yourselves! We are trying to teach our children to play like a team, and we use YOU as an example. WAY TO GO!!!

Today was a fairly good day considering that Bryce and I were up at least once every hour during the night. He was fevering, coughing occasionally, and at times coughing so hard that he vomited, and then using the bathroom every two hours. His tummy was hurting at the beginning of the night but didn't hurt as bad after he had emptied his bladder. I am wondering if the full bladder sometimes puts too much pressure on the sore intestines. So, he was very tired this morning. His fever hit 39.3C around 3am so they did another set of blood cultures. All of the blood cultures are still coming up negative. He still fevered all day long but the highest being around 2pm at 39C. His nose is still draining, not terribly though. He coughs up a lot of blood from the drainage in the back of his throat. His coughing is less, thank goodness! He still coughs but it is more deep and not as constant. He is wheezing so they discontinued the inhaler and nasal spray and started him on nebulizer treatments four times a day. He is sleeping very noisy, right now. Today his counts were hemoglobin 9.1; white count 100; ANC zero; and platelets 78,000. That was awesome how he maintained his hemoglobin even with the fever! Bryce even got up to play on the computer a few times today and look out the window at the new snow. He said, "This would be good snow for our Kittykat Snowmobile." He is anxious to get home and ride it. We have been here four weeks today...

Tim took Ethan & Joel with him to stay at Auntie Manda's here in Rochester. They will be back in the morning. Mitch & Logan are staying with us tonight. We rearranged Bryce's room so we could have more room and that is a fun change! Bryce wasn't sure about it at first but I think it is going to work out very nicely. Now, we need to start decorating for Christmas! The window outside his room will soon be washed and repainted, maybe even tomorrow. And, Becky, we'll be needing that little Christmas tree, soon--hint,hint. It has been sooooooo great to be together. I cannot express that enough. Tim & I are enjoying every minute of it and I know the brothers are, too!!! Bryce asked if they could stay tonight. I think it just makes him feel a little bit normal like home when they are here. Ethan and I took a good nap this afternoon in the parent sleep room. Uncle Geoff came for a long visit and playtime with his nephews, so that was fun. My friend, LeeAnn, came and taught the boys how to play the game of Life, and she helped me with lunch. It works out really good to bring the food that people are bringing us here, cook it downstairs, and eat in the atrium. Eating out gets a little old after a while. Then, Auntie Manda came after work and played some Nintendo. The boys were teaming up on her, though. I gotta work on my Nintendo skills so we can show them our GIRL POWER!!!

I hate to sound like a broken record but I'm going to say it again. Thank you so much for your well wishes, cards, food, visits, phone calls and most importantly, your prayers. Our family's have been so wonderful! We can't imagine how we would be getting through this without them. Please send out huge prayers for them, also. They need the extra strength just as much as we do. We also need extra prayers for Bryce's brothers and his friends. They are all so young and I just hate that they have to be going through all of this already. They are all so precious, innocent, and scared. Bless their little hearts... And finally, of course, please keep those strong, loud, powerful prayers coming for our little Brycer. He needs as much strength and healing as he can get right now. It is so difficult to watch your 7-year-old child go through something like this and so much of it. He still has his spunk and attitude, and that is so good to see. He needs his white count to come up so he can start fighting off all of these aches, pains, and infections. He needs to fight this aweful Leukemia and live to be an old man! God has HUGE PLANS for him and we want to be a part of many of them!!! Pray for his strength and healing. We are looking forward to hearing the results of Monday's bone marrow biopsy. I just know there is going to be more improvement.

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Thursday, November 24, 2005 10:11 PM CST

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

The Breu Crew had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! What a day to be thankful for everything we have! God is so good, and we are so blessed. With God, we have everything...Without God, we have nothing. We are so thankful to have ALL OF YOU in our lives. You give us strength, peace, hope, joy, tears, laughter, and so much love. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US!!! Please always know how much we appreciate you. Words could not express enough gratitude so you are just gonna have to imagine more than you can. We have God's favor and blessing all over us each and every day. He is giving Bryce his strength and holding him in His healing hands. And for that, we are incredibly grateful. We know all of your prayers are being heard along with our's. Our miraculous God can move mountains, He is the inner peace and strength that can heal Bryce. We are also so thankful for our medical team of doctors and nurses who care so deeply for Bryce. Please say extra prayers for them, and their family's. Let's all try to listen extra closely to God for the next 7 days and see what can happen in our lives. Remember, FEED YOUR FAITH AND YOUR DOUBTS WILL STARVE TO DEATH. That's the phrase that Logan has memorized. I brought to our hospital room for all of us to be reminded everyday. We must trust in God......

Our little Brycer got out of the PICU at 11:30am. He slept good from 10pm-3am last night, then he woke up off and on throughout the rest of the night. He was coughing and draining a little from his nose and still fevering. Plus, his tummy was hurting a lot. They did a portable abdominal x-ray this morning and there was no air leakage noted in the abdomen. His fever was 39.2C when he got back to this room, so we tucked him in and he slept for about 40 minutes. I was hoping it would be more but he did catch a good/longer nap this afternoon, again. At that time, his fever got up to 40C. That's very high, I think around 104F. They did blood cultures, again. All the other blood cultures are coming up negative still. They are still giving two antifungal antibiotics plus two regular antibiotics plus potassium via IV. He is pretty much continuous meds and/or TPN running always. They are also watching his pulse-oxygen level because he is only able to breathe through his mouth and he still is coughing. But, I have noticed right now while he is sleeping, I can hear a little air getting through his nose. His nose is still draining, some. His temp. was 37.7 (normal is 37C) around 9:30. His last Tylenol was at 5:20pm. Since I have been writing, he has woke up a few times with bad tummy aches. We'll see how the night goes. He received a platelet transfusion today, just in case he began to drain a little more than ususal. His counts were hemoglobin 9.2; white count 100; ANC zero; and platelets 56,000. His potassium is still low, his liver enzymes are much better. He didn't complain of his tummy hurting at all this afternoon but did say it hurt at bedtime. He got his cough medicine and was out. He's almost snoring with all this nasal stuff going on. He did get out of bed to play on the computer with his brothers two times today. That was great to see! It sure does tire him out, though.

We did enjoy our family day very much today, other than the fevering and draining Bryce had. We played a little Battleship, HangMan, watched 2 movies, and snuggled. Dad & the brothers also hung out in the Play Room for a while. Dad & Ethan took a nice nap in the parent sleep room. Last night went well for all of us at our sleepover so we decided to do the sleepover thing again tonight. It is sooooooooooo nice to wake up and see each other right away in the morning. I just loved it!!! Tim was with Bryce, we switched at 9:30am. You can tell that Bryce feels a little bit back to the "norm" when his brothers are here. I think he actually forgets about the medical world for awhile. That makes us very happy! I must apologize to our family members who called and left messages because I forgot to turn the ringer back on on my phone after Bryce's nap, and I just realized that at 8:20pm!!! Then, I saw the messages. Sorry!!!! We love you all!!!!! And, hope you had a great day! We thought of you many times and are looking forward to next year when all of us TURKEYS can be together!!! Gobble-Gobble!

Now,...the GOODHUE WILDCATS FOOTBALL TEAM plays at the Dome at 10:45am tomorrow (Friday). Let's hear all of you cheering them on!!! We just found out tonight that it won't be on our cable tv in Rochester, and we are not sure yet what we are going to do about that! You will still hear us cheering from 3-152! Our window is purple and white, and we will wear our appropriate attire!!!

GO CATS! DO YOUR BEST AND HAVE A BALL!!! WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE WILDCAT FANS AND TO BE A PART OF SUCH AN AWESOME, INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY!!! WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO ENTERS THE ROOM KNOWS THE STORY ABOUT BRYCE'S AUTOGRAPHED FOOTBALL. IT WILL BE WORTH MILLIONS SOMEDAY!!! BRYCE & THE REST OF THE CREW ARE CHEERING YOU ON!!!

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Wednesday, November 23, 2005 10:11 PM CST

Good Evening~

I hope everyone is doing well. I am not sure where to begin with the events of the last 24 hours. But, I really need to keep this one short before my eyes shut while I'm typing...

Bryce did not have a good night last night, at all. In fact, it was the worst night he has ever had! He coughed, fevered, and had a tummy ache all night long. Plus, we needed to de-access his port and re-access it at 4am because somehow he bent the needle when he moved and it wouldn't allow any fluids to move through it. I think if we added up accumulated sleep for the night, it would be about 2 1/2 hours for both of us. Yes, he and I did have a power-talk session for about 1 1/2 hours but I will cherish that moment forever!!! But, the rest of the night was aweful. I don't mean to sound negative but it was very frustrating for the poor kid, and for me. Making a long story short, he went down for another abdominal x-ray around 10:30am. The x-ray shows more air in his intestine. He came back up to the room then because somehow the message did not get relayed that he should go right to the Operating Room from x-ray. They took him down to the O.R. waiting area at noon and finally, back to the O.R. at 2pm. The procedure was started at 2:30. They did not find any infection in his sinuses but did drain them. His sinuses oozed alot so they gave him a platelet transfusion in the O.R. Then, they drew his blood to make sure it was ok and sent him up to the PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) around 6:40pm. Since he had a lot of drainage, they wanted him to observed in the PICU overnight. So, I went there to meet Bryce while Tim took the brothers down to the Visitor Cafeteria to eat. They all came in for a few minutes after they ate. I think they were all a little nervous about how rough he looked. They did not pack his nose, so it is draining into a gauze pad that is taped to his cheeks. The draining has really slowed down, now. I took the brothers back to the Bryce's Peds room and got them to sleep and then, went back to say goodnight to Bryce while one of the nurses watched them. He is still fevering. He is getting a packed red cell transfusion. His counts are hemoglobin 8.4 (9.3 before surgery); white count 200; ANC zero; and platelets 103,000 (71,000 before surgery). His fever is burning up the cells along with losing blood during the procedure. His cough is pretty hard and a bit croopy. He is not coughing as much as he was today and today after surgery. Hopefully, his cough will keep decreasing as time goes by. His potassium was low again today so they are supplementing it through the IV. Otherwise, he is still on antibiotics of a few types, the blood cultures are still negative, and he is still not allowed to eat because of the pneumotosis (inflamed intestine--with air in the abdomen). His tummy is not hurting so much, right now, thank goodness.

The brothers got to spend time with their cousins, Jordan & Collin, and Auntie Julie. They always enjoy that. I got to take a 1 1/2 hour nap with Ethan. Tim was the glue, as usual, and he is staying with Bryce tonight. We were disappointed that we did not get to spend much time with Bryce, though. Please pray that the night goes well and Bryce's fever comes down. Also, ask for healing and strength for our little Brycer. He looked tough tonight but he looked way better when I went back to him later. And, pray that we all get some good rest. We are hoping for a peaceful day tomorrow, especially for Bryce. Hopefully, the night will go good for him, and we will get him back to his regular room ASAP. THANK YOU for all you do for us!!! Especially, the HUGE PRAYERS!!! I am anxious to hear what the bone marrow biopsy on Monday will show. I know there will be some improvement! We just need to get him better!!! I explained to Bryce last night how his life will be better after transplant. We talked about his future and I made sure to "paint the picture" of his future. He needs to visualize it. I am making sure to tell him everyday how good he looks and how great of a fighter he is. He is such a strong boy, as all of you know. I am so proud to be his Mother.......

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:58 PM CST

Good Evening~

Mom is back at the wheel. Thanks, Dad for the great update last night! Isn't he great? There are no holes to fill in.... I got here at 1pm today and Dad left at 4:30. This one is going to be short and sweet, also. I have a feeling that it is going to be a little bit of a rougher night like last night was.

Bryce was coughing and fevering a lot of the night. He vomited once last night, once today, and he has a couple of times within the last hour again from coughing so much. Right now, his temp. is around 103.8 F or 39.8 C. It got back to normal this morning but climbed to 103 later today. They are checking it every half hour right now along with his blood pressure and heart rate. With a fever, the blood pressure goes down and the heart rate goes up. Not much new with the doctor exam today. His tummy has been ok. His counts are hemoglobin 8.8; white count 100; ANC zero; and platelets 59,000 (Tim thought). He received whole blood today and just finished up with platelets. They want his blood to be ready for the nasal scope (can't remember the word from my medical terminology class back in college--something-oscopy). He is the 3rd case to go down, probably between 10 and noon. They will do a sinus wash, take a sample to culture, and hopefully, get the opportunity to clean out his sinuses for him. That will help because his ANC is so low that he is not able to fight off infection very well, so by them cleaning his sinuses out, it may help him clear up the infection with the help of the antibiotics. He asked when he is going to get to eat, so we'll have to ask the doctors that one tomorrow. I was hoping they would say he could have a little on Thanksgiving Day. I do not forsee him eating any more than 2-3 bites. He's just not hungry or real interested. The TPN helps fill his needs.

In case you haven't read the guestbook, Mitchell & Logan sent special messages to Bryce tonight. We are ALL a LITTLE EXCITED for the school break to spend our days together!!! Tim will be bringing the brothers down tomorrow ASAP. We have big plans for Thursday. We have chosen to spend Thanksgiving Day as a day just for the Breu Crew. We will be watching movies and playing games as if it was a normal day at home. Sure there will be nurses coming and going but we are going to pretend we didn't see them, sort of. We will be eating the St. Mary's Thanksgiving Day Meal, too! The brothers' are all getting rested up tonight because we have the parent sleep room reserved for tomorrow night (and Thursday night but I didn't tell the brothers that, yet). We are going to wake up together (some in the other room) but TOGETHER and that's what matters! We are sooooo excited! I just hope Bryce's fever goes away so he can enjoy this, too. He is such a trooper, even with a fever...

So, send extra prayers for his fever to leave and his counts to go up. He is receiving the GCSF shot daily to increase his white count, it kicks in within 7-10 days. Send extra prayers to all of our family and friends. We love you, all so much!!! Send extra prayers to the family's who are spending Thanksgiving here at the hospital. And, always know and remember how much we love and appreciate ALL of YOU!!!! You give us strength. Always remember, life is good and God is good. Now, I am going to add back in my Prayer Paragraphs which are so important to us...

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ella, Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Monday, November 21, 2005 8:55 PM CST

Good Evening. Bryce felt pretty good today. Counts were 9.2 hemoglobin, 24,000 platlets, 100 white blood, 0 ANC. Platlets are low he is getting a platlet transfusion now. His temp was up a little last night, it was good today but now tonight it is up so they came and got blood to run a culture. He had a cat scan done today to look at his sinuses, lungs and abdomen. Everything looked about the same, antibiotics seem to be mantaining things,still has air in his intestine so no eating yet, they want it to rest. Right lung still has the pneumonia in it, it might be a little more. Sinus infection is still there, they had a ear nose and throat dude stop by to check him out. That went ok until he wanted to stick a camera up his nose, a few tears later we got it done(not a very kid friendly dude). They want to go in Wednesday and help drain his sinuses and take some cultures. Hopefully when his white count goes up he can clear those things up on his own. He had a few visitors today Jamie O'Reilly, Aunt Julie, Julie Huneke and Mrs.Pasch did some school work with him.

Take Care,
Love to ALL,
The Breu Crew

Sunday, November 20, 2005 8:18 PM CST

Hello, again~

Today was a good day. Bryce woke up at his own pace and that made things much brighter for him today. I know his transfusion helped last night, too. Plus, he really enjoys having Jill as his nurse. He seems to feel very comfortable giving the nurses a hard time! It was fun having Logan here. Bryce enjoyed it, too. Tim and the brothers arrived around 11:30. We had a late lunch, I layed Ethan down for a nap in the parent sleep room, and the boys played BINGO. That is always fun! Grandma & Grandpa Breuer, Uncle Geoff, Auntie Shelley & cousin Carson, and Grandma Ann & cousin Madison all visited today. It was a fun family day! Bryce seemed to be feeling ok. He had no complaints until later that his leg hurt. His counts are hemoglobin 9.7; white count 100; ANC zero; and platelets 39,000. It's quite a drop in the platelets but the doctors don't seem concerned about it, so we're not. Bryce will have his CT Scan tomorrow to recheck his sinuses, lungs, and abdomin. Hopefully, everything is improving. He could be having snacks, now but still chooses not to. I don't think he has much of an appetite, yet. He still has his TPN (nutrition by IV) running. Otherwise, there is not too much new.

It was another "good feeling" kind of a day having the boys all together. It is such a relief to know Ethan can take a nap here and we don't need to wait to come to Roch. until after his nap. I am so grateful that the hospital is so accomidating to our family needs. We had fun playing together and relaxing together. We are really looking forward to our next trip home,...together. Tim & I are feeling good and positive about Bryce. We are only allowing the words and thoughts to be fighting for Bryce. We will always have hope and faith. He is our son. We must be strong. We must have faith,...HUGE FAITH!!!

Please keep all your very strong, faith-filled prayers coming for Bryce's healing and strength. It takes courage to be doing what he is doing every single day. He doesn't complain or argue, he just does it. He teaches us so much. Always remember, life is good. And, God wants so much more for each one of us. Don't settle for less. Believe in yourself. Try really hard not to allow the negative in, it doesn't get you any farther in life. God only wants the best for us. We are ALL God's children. Please say an extra prayer for the brothers to give them strength. They are so young and to be dealing with this kind of situation already in life. I worry about them, too. And then, please pray for the rest of our family and close friends. Give them strength because they it need very much, also. They are all so special to us. We miss you all and love you!

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Audrey, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

What would we do without ALL of you? You check on our little Brycer everyday. You are constantly praying for him. You are our support system. You keep us strong. Again, we send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

We love you, all!!!!!

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Saturday, November 19, 2005 10:53 PM CST

Good Evening~

HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY, MITCHELL!!! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!! YOU ARE THE LEADER OF THE PACK, AND WE ARE SOOOOO PROUD OF YOU!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GOODHUE WILDCATS FOOTBALL TEAM!!!! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!! WE CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH YOU AT THE DOME NEXT FRIDAY AT 10:45! We are hoping to have Bryce there but if he's not there, HE WILL BE WATCHING YOU ON TV!!! We decorated our window to the hallway in PURPLE & WHITE to make sure all of St. Mary's knows that you are playing on Friday! Go Cats!!!

Today was a good day. Bryce & Garett had a nice quiet Nintendo morning before Tim and the brothers arrived around 10:30. It was nice to see Bryce perk up a little quicker than usual (after waking up) because Garett was here. They all hung out in the room most of the time. Bryce took an hour nap before his blood arrived and I got Ethan to nap in the parent sleep room for over 2 hours. That was nice. Now that I know that is a possibility, I would like to have Ethan here more often. It was sooooo great having all of us together for almost 8 hours!!!! We loved it!!!! Garett is like one of our own, anyway, so he just fit right in! Mitchell seemed to really enjoy his birthday. I think this is how he wanted it in the circumstances we are in. He is not a selfish person and always wants happiness for others. Grandma Linda sent a birthday cake along, of course! So, we sang Happy Birthday and called him Birthday Boy as much as possible. Tim and the boys took off around 6:15. Bryce, Logan, & I watched a movie. Logan & I also decorated pillow cases in tie dye and paints. He is so creative. It was a lot of fun.

Bryce didn't say his tummy bothered him until I was snuggling with him while he was going to sleep tonight so that is a plus! They did an abdominal x-ray around noon to see how his tummy and the intestines and air are looking. They say it is looking better so he did get to eat a few french fries. He has been getting hungry. His counts were hemoglobin 8; white count 200; ANC zero; and platelets 75,000. He did receive a packed red cell transfusion around 4pm. That perked him up very nicely around 6:30. He was reallly giving his nurse, Jill, a hard time. It was cute! These nurses are really wonderful!!! Have I said that before?? But,...his nurse for the night, Tammy, called in sick because I GAVE HER THE FLU!!!!! UGH!!!! I feel terrible!!!! She was Bryce's nurse when I got sick. I put a mask on immediatly after I got sick but I had been speaking to her before that. The poor woman is about 6 1/2 months pregnant! I remember when I was 7 1/2 months pregnant with Bryce and I got the flu! It was horrible!!! There isn't any room to bend over when you are losing your "cookies"!!! Sorry, Tammy!!! I just hope the rest of her family doesn't get it. She has a husband and 5 kids!... You have to understand, I am one of THOSE PEOPLE who feel absolutely rotten when I or my children get other people sick. I know, I need to get over it. I'm still very sorry.... OK. Back to Bryce. He got his GCSF shot this afternoon. It hurt a little, even with the EMLA (numbing) cream. Which means, it will not be as easy to do tomorrow, if you know what I mean. I am just glad that someone invented this shot because maybe this series of injections will get him home for a few days! I just wish it didn't come in a shot... Otherwise, that is about all, medically for Bryce today.

Bryce has been more quiet and ornery the last week or so. I feel it is due to the little progress that is happening within him. We are trying to keep him positive and praying and full of faith. I am sure he is frustrated, although he says he is not(!). I know he is tired and not feeling well, at all. He didn't do the usual "hang on Garett" thing that he always use to do. He loves to get silly with Garett, and it broke my heart that the silliness didn't happen. He enjoyed Garett being here, I know, because I did see a little of the "Bryce before this 2nd round of the Clofarabine". I haven't see that in a little over a week. We are going to make sure he gets some one-on-one time this week with JoHanna, a Child Life Specialist, that he has bonded with here. The brothers seem to be ok. Mitchell says he is doing better and that God is telling him that Bryce is going to be ok. Logan is so glad to be here tonight, he is a more mature kid when he is here with just Bryce and I. Joel & Ethan enjoyed the playtime with Mom & Dad this weekend. We are planning to have them here again tomorrow. Tim says he is doing ok. He is the glue. I am such a lucky girl... I adore him, you know. God was sooooooo watching over me! I have been a little more sad and scared this past week to week and a half. I am praying a lot. But, today I spoke with my "little" brother, Chris, in Hawaii. He told me what I had already known but lost in the shuffle. He said, "Be positive about it all. Don't allow any negative thoughts or words to be given to Bryce. A child doesn't know how to handle negative except to be negative. He needs positive. And, why not be positive? For all we know, this could very well be working. We shouldn't believe it's not. Our body heals when we believe it is healing. Our mind knows positive. We need to be positive, at all times." Hhhm. He really re-opened my eyes, again. We have to believe. We have to be positive. We need to be strong for Bryce. I can't imagine how scared and frustrated he must be. He's seven. All this positive talk is what we do in Mary Kay. I am a little ashamed to admit to all of you that I was slipping. Chris said he understood why I was scared and said he is a little too but again, we need to be positive. He's right. So, ever since that phone call I have been watching myself. I am seeing Bryce's 14 year-old school picture. I am imagining him on the front line of the Goodhue Wildcats Football Team. I am praying for God to heal him and to continue to give him his incredible life. I truly believe that Bryce will be changing lives now and when he is a very old man. He is such an incredible young boy, God will need him to do special teaching throughout his life. I believe that!

Again, I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

What would we do without ALL of you? You check on our little Brycer everyday. You are constantly praying for him. You are our support system. You keep us strong. Again, we send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

We love you, all!!!!!

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Saturday, November 19, 2005 10:19 AM CST

HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY, MITCHELL!!! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!! YOU ARE THE LEADER OF THE PACK, AND WE ARE SOOOOO PROUD OF YOU!!!


Friday, November 18, 2005 10:15 PM

Good Evening~

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GOODHUE WILDCATS FOOTBALL TEAM!!!! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!! WE CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH YOU AT THE DOME NEXT FRIDAY AT 10:45! We are hoping to have Bryce there but if he's not there, HE WILL BE WATCHING YOU ON TV!!! We decorated our window to the hallway in PURPLE & WHITE to make sure all of St. Mary's knows that you are playing on Friday! Go Cats!!!

Tim & the brothers' just left!!! We are sooooo leniant, lately! It's just not like us. But, you know what? Right now, time is just too precious to us. We hate saying goodbye and separating. I asked them to come back in the morning as soon as they could so we could have more time together. I am going to see if I can sneak a nap in for Ethan in the parent sleep lounge if it is not already occupied. Otherwise, they will probably go home early afternoon. It is Mitchell's birthday tomorrow and since it is Saturday and we can take advantage of having at least one of the brothers' birthday's together most of the day, we will. Yes, this is the last of the fall birthdays. Joel's birthday is next, in February. Anyway, we had a very nice night together. They didn't get down here until almost 6:30. Ethan took a very long and late nap after the game. They brought Bryce's friend, Garett, along to stay overnight. They are both sound asleep. I know they will be happy to see each other in the morning. I hope Garett can sleep through all the beeps, bathroom breaks, and the door opening and closing. I'm sure he'll be fine.

Bryce's day was pretty good. His counts are hemoglobin 9; white count 100; ANC zero; and 79,000 platelets . So, he is maintaining his hemoglobin and platelets. They are starting the GCSF shot tomorrow for 10-14 days. This is the once a day injection that boosts his white count. That is why I was (as a Mom hoping for the best for her child) hoping that maybe his counts would go up this week and he could be out for Thanksgiving and the BIG GAME, with his heavy-duty mask on, of course. I know it is a long shot, no pun intended, because the GCSF shot usually kicks in around 7-10 days which Thursday and Friday would be days 6 and 7. Remember, we always pray and hope for the best. His nose was really stuffed up this morning for awhile. It was much better the rest of the day, once he emptied it out. His infectious disease doctors decided to start him on another antifungal medication today. They are wondering if the pneumonia looks like a fungal infection. All of Bryce's lung samples have come back negative so far. The tissue sample of the lung is not back, yet. They don't want to wait until the CT Scan next Monday to find out if the meds are working. Fungal infections are more critical in the lungs than bacterial, the way it sounds, atleast for Bryce at this point. Overall, his tummy bothers him most of the time, especially during and after chemo. His legs hurt him alot of the time, so I rub them alot. Today was his last day of the chemo and we are glad. His tummy started hurting more right away and he kept asking "When is it going to be done?" as I rubbed his tummy. He had a nice 1 1/2 hour nap and even asked me to sleep with him. It doesn't get any better than that...

Bryce got to visit with his Auntie Julie and cousin, Collin today after Collin's doctor appointments. Then, we had a surprise visit from a very special church member and friend, Audrey Benrud, who is also fighting her battle. You look great, Audrey! (You, too, Juls & Collin!) We really need to work on some homework tomorrow. And, I think I'll see if Bryce and Garett want to do a fun project together. It was so cute today. Bryce's nurse, Jill, unhooked the TPN (his "food") to run the new antibiotic. He had told me he was hungry and asked when he was going to be able to eat. I asked him if he would like me to ask Jill if he could have a popsicle because it is clear fluids and the doctor said, "sips of clear fluids" were ok. He said, "Yeah, I'm a little bit hungry because they unhooked my food." It's a mindset, just like a diet, right?! Sometimes, I know I shouldn't be telling the whole world these stories because he hates to be teased but it's hard to resist! I'm quitting now, to get some rest before the IV pump starts beeping... I'll talk to ya, tomorrow.

I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

What would we do without ALL of you? You check on our little Brycer everyday. You are constantly praying for him. You are our support system. You keep us strong. Again, we send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Thursday, November 17, 2005 8:56 PM CST

Hey, everyone. Mom's back and feeling much better. Therefore, tonights entry will be much better...Let's start it off with a little Pump-Me-Up for the Goodhue Wildcats Football Team!!!!!!!! They are playing at the Metrodome against the Wabaso Rabbits at 10:15am tomorrow!! Go Cats!!!!! We are getting all of St. Mary's Hospital, well maybe at least the 3rd Floor of the Francis building, pumped up!!!! Go in, have fun, and beat your best!!!! You can do it!!!!! We are cheering you on!!!!

We had a pretty good day. Bryce woke up 3 or 4 times to get up to go to the bathroom during the night. Dad got up to help him and let me sleep. Whew! I got some good rest! Bryce slept until 9:10. He got some good rest, too! Back to the flu thing, Grandma Ann and Auntie Manda had it today. It's a catchy one! Let's pray for the rest of the family! Bryce was very quiet, as usual, when he woke up. We just layed low most of the day. We watched a couple of movies, took an hour nap, and visited with a few close friends which is always so nice. Our Interim Pastor brought me Communion, we met Nikki Fiessler (& her mom, Karen) who is a Senior from Eyota H.S. and is also undergoing chemotherapy for Leukemia, and Bryce's 2nd Grade Teacher, Mrs. Peterson, and Teresa Voth (our relative) came down tonight with a surprise for Bryce. Teresa went to school today and videotaped his whole 2nd grade! What a bunch of future celebreties Goodhue has!!! It was emotional and very funny. I think at first Bryce wasn't so sure (maybe because I know he misses school and his friends but doesn't want to talk about it) but by the end of the video, when he was seeing his close buddies, it was very humorous! Thanks, Teresa. We will be watching it many times! And, THANK YOU 2ND GRADERS!!! YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF SUPERSTARS, GREAT FRIENDS, AND FUNNY PEOPLE!!! WE LOVED IT!

Overall, Bryce felt just ok today. The chemo hits him hard and his doctor reminded me today that he is dealing with pneumonia, too. She also said that last nights abdominal x-ray shows more air in his abdomin. So, she started him on TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition),...nutrition in a bag. It is amino acids and lipids, etc. that he will be receiving via IV. He is not to eat anything until we do a CT Scan on Monday. He can sip on clear fluids and have his meds but he needs to let his bowels rest and recover. He wasn't eating much anyway. If he gets severe pain, he will be going in for another abdominal x-ray or CT Scan sooner than Monday. Again, they are watching for perferation of the bowel. His lungs sound clearer. They will look at his lungs from the CT also. His tummy bothers him alot of the time, especially during and after chemo until he goes to sleep. His counts were hemoglobin 8.8; white count 100; ANC zero; and platelets 83,000. We received his results from last Fridays bone marrow biopsy. His bone marrow still has 80 percent blast cells in it. Remember, it was 90-95 percent blast cells. So, this Clofarabine did something, anyway. We're hoping it is doing even more this time!!!!!!! Tomorrow is his last day of the Clofarabine. They will do a bone marrow biopsy on Monday, November 28th. That will be the 2 week point from the start of this round.

Thank you for all your words of support and strength! I really needed that. I am feeling better and trying to help Bryce understand and know it's ok to be frustrated, angry, sad, or unsure. We don't know what's going on in his mind, most of the time. But, he usually opens up a little when he is ready. So, we just wait patiently. We know God is listening. We know we are not finished with all of this chemo stuff and that it will be a long road. We are trying to be patient and understanding with all of this. I can tell that I am more scared, again. I think it is because this is the 4th round of chemo. We hate seeing Bryce go through this. It is so hard!!! But, we are all God's children and we are waiting patiently for His incredible healing power. We are so grateful that his conditions are not worse. We are so grateful for our family's, friends, and all of the people who are praying that we don't know. I am reminding myself that each time that I feel any fear setting in, I need to let FAITH take over. We received a magnet from a wonderful woman who is a Mary Kay Director in Marshall, MN. And, one night when we were sitting here my mom had called and said something about that awesome magnet at our house that she had seen. She couldn't remember what it said but Logan was sitting next to me and he said, "It says, FEED YOUR FAITH AND YOUR DOUBTS WILL STARVE TO DEATH." Isn't that awesome?! The saying is awesome and the fact that Logan already had it memorized is awesome!

I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

What would we do without ALL of you? You check on our little Brycer everyday. You are constantly praying for him. You are our support system. You keep us strong. Again, we send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:16 PM CST

HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY TO OUR ADORABLE NEICE (& COUSIN) TRACHELL RENEE!!!! We hope you are having the best birthday, Honey!!!!!!

I'm back with a quick update. Today was another busy day for Bryce. He received a platelet transfusion at 5am this morning to make sure his platelets were good for his bronchoscopy. They took him down to the procedure room before 7am. Everything went well and he was back to his room by 10:00. I was up at 4am with the flu. So, I spent the day in the parent sleep lounge to isolate myself from everyone. I came back to Bryce's room at 5pm wearing my heavy-duty mask, and of course using good hand washing techniques, when Tim & Joel left for home. I'm very tired, I can't remember the last time I had the flu. Mitchell got the flu later today, also. Cross your fingers for the rest of The Crew....

Bryce's counts are hemoglobin 8.8; white count 200; ANC the usual; and platelets 97,000. We will get his bronchoscopy results tomorrow. He had a nice nap before his teacher came. Then, tonight his tummy started hurting pretty bad and so we went down for another abdominal x-ray. We got back around 8:45. His tummy is feeling a bit better, now. He is sleeping. I am heading to bed. I need to spend some much needed time with God. It is so hard to see your 7-year-old go through all of this. Please pray extra hard this week...

I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

What would we do without ALL of you? You check on our little Brycer everyday. You are constantly praying for him. You are our support system. You keep us strong. Again, we send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:56 PM CST

Good Evening~

I hope this finds everyone well. Tim & I are both at the hospital tonight, Joel is with us. He is very happy to be here.

Bryce has had a busy day. His counts are hemoglobin 7.9; white count 100; ANC the usual, and platelets 26,000. They gave him a platelet transfusion this morning and a packed red cell transfusion tonight. It's just finishing up. He will have another platelet transfusion in the morning around 5am because they will be doing a Bronchoscopy around 7:30/8am. They want to go in to his lungs and get a sample of the pneumonia so they can treat it with its specific antibiotic. He had abdominal x-rays again tonight because his tummy is hurting more. Joel was along and very interested. The doctors are watching for the inflamed intestine to progress and hopefully not perferate. But, now we just found out they want another abdominal x-ray so they were coming to the room to do a portable x-ray but now we just found out that we have to go down to x-ray. Not so sure how that is going to go when he is sleeping. We'll know soon. They also found out from the CT Scan yesterday that he has the start of a sinus infection. He has not eaten but a few bites at breakfast this morning. He is not real interested in eating, lately. He told me tonight that his legs hurt, his finger felt like it was getting cut off, and his jaw keeps moving/twitching. Tim & I think it is probably side effects of the chemo. He was also nauseated after chemo tonight but never vomited. He is such a trooper. These were the first complaints from him in quite a while. He spent time with his Auntie Julie snuggling and working on homework. That was a nice "break" for mom & dad. He doesn't always want to work on schoolwork with his parents...

On the home front, Ethan seemed fine at first this morning until fluid started draining out of his left ear. I spoke with the doctor and we started him on his ear drops again for a few days. He had tubes placed in his ears in July. When he was seen by the doctor on Sunday, his ears looked good and the tubes were in place. He and I had lots of snuggling time in while I was home!!! That was nice!!! Mitchell enjoyed his time at the hospital, very much!!! And, Logan is very excited to come tomorrow night and Thursday. They need each other and they need to be together! Tim & I have volleyball playoffs tomorrow night, so I will be back late. Go KaBooMOT!! Auntie Manda will be here.

I am hoping to hit the hay here, soon. Tim just got the other bed set up. Please send a prayer out for our family strength. I know that I am personally needing someone to hold me up a little these last few days. And, I worry about our boys, even my big boy. He is so incredible! They ALL are! Bryce isn't saying much. He doesn't feel well at all. I just wish I knew what he was thinking. His Child Life Specialist friend will be coming in tomorrow. I am hoping he will talk with her while they do an activity. I have been speaking with God a lot more in the last 2 days. And, I don't think He will allow any more "unnecessary happenings" to occur. We already have plenty going on and I think He has given us what we can handle... Thank you for thinking about our family everyday. Thank you for praying for our family everyday. Thank you for holding us up, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. To our close family & friends whom we haven't seen in awhile, we love you, miss you, and appreciate you. You are all so incredible and wonderful. You are the BEST!

I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

What would we do without ALL of you? You check on our little Brycer everyday. You are constantly praying for him. You are our support system. You keep us strong. Again, we send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Monday, November 14, 2005 11:52 PM CST

Good Evening~

It's a late one so it will be a quick one. Sorry. My husband is probably very surprised. Surprised that it will be short, not that it is late...

Bryce had a fever during the night and most of today. So, they did blood cultures and started him on new antibiotics during the night including the antifungal for the liver. Tim said they increased that one today. His fever is down tonight. They started Bryce's chemo today at 5pm and kept it at normal strength because his liver enzymes are going up. They do not want to cause toxicity to his liver. He did good with chemo because of that very strong antinausea medication called Emend(?). He complained of a little tummy ache and headache. But, never got sick. His hemoglobin is 9.4; white count 200; ANC too low to count; and platelets 31,000. He may need transfusions tomorrow after fevering last night and today. The fevers burn up the blood cells fast. They did not have a final report on his bone marrow, yet. We are awaiting the percentage of blast cells in his marrow. Since he has relapsed, it has always been 90-95 percent. The doctors ordered a CT Scan today. The results showed that Bryce has a small amount of pneumonia in his right lung. He also has inflamed intestines/bowels. This is caused from Neutropenia; low white cells. The doctors thought he would be in more pain or be complaining of tummy aches more than he does alreay because of this. They will be watching him for increased abdominal pain. If he does have more pain, they will do an abdominal x-ray. They have to watch for more inflammation because it could perferate, like an appendicitis. Tim thinks they switched his antibiotics a bit because of this.

Mitchell is there staying overnight and spending the day. He was VERY EXCITED about this!!! He started crying at supper because he said, "Mom, I just realized that Bryce won't be home for Thanksgiving or Christmas." I told him, "Don't worry, Mitchell. We will be with Bryce wherever he is during the Holidays. No matter what." I asked how each of them were doing with all of this and they said, "Ok." Mitchell said, "When I get sad in school, I just pray and then I feel better." Isn't that just awesome?!!!! Our little Joel started crying at bedtime when I was tucking him in after prayers. He said he didn't know why he was crying. I have a strong feeling he is very tired, misses Bryce, and would like his life to be back to normal. He is only five and coping in his own way. He hears what he needs to hear and asks questions later. This prompted me to ask Logan again how he is doing. He said he was doing ok. He just really misses seeing Bryce everyday. He wishes he could see him everyday. He and Bryce are only 18 months apart. Ethan had the flu during the night on Saturday night. He vomited again after his nap today and tonight around 10:00. My mom is here and she said she could stay with him for the morning tomorrow until Tim gets home. It was nice having Tim there during the doctor rounds today. He is working on his Nintendo skills with Brycer...

Please pray for Bryce's healing, strength, and faith. Pray for his counts to come up so he can come home. PRAY FOR HIS REMISSION!!!!! His doctor told me yesterday that when we can get him into remission, we will go right into bone marrow transplant with Mitch instead of doing another round of chemo. She said it is not very common that it takes this long to get someone into remission. His doctor today told me, again, that all of his doctors are praying for him and they are not about to give up! He is so special to them, too. Pray for his doctors, nurses, and support staff at Mayo. They are ALL so INCREDIBLE AND WONDERFUL!!!!!!! Pray for strength for our family because I am really feeling like I and we could use a little extra these days. We are just trying to be patient and continue our HUGE FAITH in the Lord! Trust in Him with all your might!!!! He only wants the best for Bryce. And, please thank God EVERY SINGLE DAY for EVERYTHING YOU HAVE!!!! He is sooooo good. Life is sooooo good. We are sooooo blessed.

I have a very special prayer request for very special person. Her name is Heidi Gusenius and she is fighting Leukemia, also. Her Leukemia is AML and she is in remission. But, you see, she is waiting to find a bone marrow donor. She and Bryce are the exact opposite in "waiting positions". He is trying and waiting to get into remission and has his older brother, Mitchell, waiting to be his bone marrow donor. She is in remission and awaiting a donor. They have not found a match for her, yet. I have changed one of the internet sites down below to the National Bone Marrow Registry. Please do consider for Heidi's sake, and anyone else in need of a bone marrow donor, registering or at least calling the number to find out more information. Tim & I are both registered. You could save a life. YOU could save Heidi's life!!! Please send out a powerful prayer to the Lord tonight and every night for Heidi. She is an incredible person, though I do not know her, yet... She is from our area and I hope to meet her, soon. Both sides of Bryce's grandparents know her parents. You can check out her Caring Bridge web page, also. Let her know you stopped by. Thank you.

We've met many new faces here at St. Mary's Hospital, and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Heidi, Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

What would we do without ALL of you? You check on our little Brycer everyday. You are constantly praying for him. You are our support system. You keep us strong. Again, we send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Sunday, November 13, 2005 5:41 PM CST

Good Evening~

I am back early tonight!!! Steve and Mags are here playing Nintendo so I thought I would jump on here quick. Bryce & I made a To Do List today. One of our To Do was to learn how to play Nintendo. We figured if we are going to be here for awhile we might as well learn this Nintendo thing. We're working on it....

Bryce's counts are ok. Hemoglobin is 10.1, white count 300, ANC too low to count; and platelets 28,000. His liver enzyme is coming up again probably because of taking his Bactrim which affects the liver. The Bactrim is an oral antibiotic which helps to prevent respiratory infections, I think. They swabbed his nose again today for some kind of viral culture. He slept much better last night because they gave him Benadryl before bed. He will be taking that again tonight! His cough is better today. He is not eating or drinking much today. We are working on that. Or should I say Mom is... The doctors will be meeting as usual tomorrow to discuss his treatment plan. They will discuss if they should rasie the dose of the Clofarabine. They have to watch for toxicity when they raise it. By toxicity they mean how it affects the liver and how it makes him more susceptible to infection because it lowers his blood counts. We are just ready to get started...

He has had family visitors today. Grandma & Grandpa Breuer, Great Aunt & Uncle-Cindy & Dave, Auntie Manda, & Maggie & Steve-O. Tim & the boys were going to come down but Ethan was vomiting during the night and this morning. He also took Mitch, Joel, & Ethan into Urgent Care for there persistent coughs and runny noses. With the situation we are in and with their coughs persisting for 3 weeks, the doctor put them on medicine. We are glad. We want to cover our bases, if at all possible. The longer they are sick, the longer it is until we are together. They seemed to be getting worse this morning when they were up and about. Tim will be coming to the hospital tomorrow and I will be heading back home for the rest of the day and night. I'll come back some time on Tuesday.

We've met many new faces here and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

We send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:40 PM CST

Good Evening~

I've got a quick update for everyone...

We've had a pretty good day. We were awakened with two smiling faces and coffee!!!! My friends,Camie & Carla, played a couple rounds of Uno Attack, gave us many smiles and laughs, and left as gracefully as they came. Thanks, girls! We needed that!

Bryce's doctors came in and did his usual exam, added some Benadryl for his cough which was terrible during the night! If he wasn't coughing, I was dreaming he was coughing because he was coughing so much! He had a chest x-ray for his cough and the x-ray was fine. The Gentomycin (antibiotic for positive blood culture) was finished today. He received another packed red cell transfusion today. His counts are hemoglobin 7.8; white count 300; ANC too low to count; and platelets 32,000. He has been a bit ornery again today but I know he was super tired! He finally had a nap today, he hasn't had a nap since last Saturday. Whew! I know he is 7, but in his situation, he needs them! His Aunties Pam & Julie stopped by today and were also challenged in Uno Attack. I do know that Pam did take a round, not so sure about Julie... We got a little tough on my neice, Kelli and her friend, Tabatha. They'll be tougher on us the next round, right Kel Bel?! We also had a very quick visit from Serena Johnson and the kids. They are growing up so quickly! Sierra (a.k.a. Missy Sierra on her Caring Bridge) is getting to be such a big girl. The are the Amazing-Get-A-Puzzle-Done-In-Minutes Family! Way to go, guys! Sierra will be finished with her chemo treatments in February, the same month as Brock.

Tim & the boys' came again tonight. We just really need this family time, right now. It doesn't matter to us if we just sit and watch TV or trip over each other, as long as we are together. The boys' need it, and Tim & I need it. Life is good, gang. And, life is precious. Please try to always remember, how precious your time is together. I am just as guilty as the next. I rush around, I ask questions and don't listen for the answer, and then I answer questions that I'm really not hearing. I am improving in this area because I need to. These people in my life were given to ME by God Himself!!! Hand picked because He KNEW WE NEEDED TO BE TOGETHER! We are like a puzzle, all linked together, and all fitting to make a beautiful picture. And, it all started when God placed Tim in my path. And, I really try to make sure Tim knows how much I truly adore him. Yes, we butt heads at times but we are ONE. I want my boys to have this. I know that God has it in their plans but it is up to Tim & I to teach them that it all starts with God. Please teach your children that God is the ONLY way, forever.

Why am I so emotional tonight, you ask? Because Dr. Kahn had the pathologist call with a "unconfirmed" report about Bryce. His spinal fluid is ok. His bone marrow has a "few less blast cells in it". Just to cover any misunderstandings or confusion, in all the past bone marrow biopsies since he relapsed in September, Bryce's bone marrow had 90-95 percent blast (leukemia/cancer) cells in it. Yesterdays bone marrow has a few less than his other biopsies. We won't have a percentage until Monday. The point is, even if it is only a little less than 90 percent blast cells, this Clofarabine ("3rd One's a Charm") did something. Bryce was right. It was working. So, with a positive attitude and all of my faith in God, it is a step further.

Bryce will start the Clofarabine, again, on Monday for five days at the same strength here at the hospital. They will do a bone marrow biopsy two weeks after the start date which will be November 28th. I do not forsee him getting out of the hospital any time soon unless his white count takes a jump. Which we are still praying for, right?! This is a very serious situation that Bryce is in and we will continue to pray that the Clofarabine does more to the leukemia during this 2nd course. We need to be positive and full of faith. We need to speak healing to ourselves and to Bryce. We need to keep him strong, as always, and be strong for him. We are not down in the dumps sad, we are anxious and ready to get started with this next round. Bryce hasn't said how he is feeling about it, yet. I'm hoping he will open up a little within the next day or two. Continue to keep your faith HUGE and be strong. We are all God's children. Thank Him EVERYDAY!!!

We've met many new faces here and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

We send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Friday, November 11, 2005 9:28 PM CST

Good Evening Wildcats Fans!!!

You guessed right!!! We are going to the DOME!!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE TEAM!!! The Wildcats will be playing at the Metrodome next Friday, the 18th at 10:15am against ?. I'll let you know. Way to go, Cats!!!

Now to Bryce. He has had an ok day. It has been fairly busy with multiple games of Uno Attack and his LP (spinal tap) chemo and bone marrow biopsy. They took him down to the O.R. waiting area at 11:40am and he went into the O.R. at 12:45pm. He returned to his room at 2:20. He wasn't feeling so well after. They gave him Zofran, the antinausea medication, and that helped a little. My friend, Joy, brought lunch for her & I today. We had a very nice and much needed visit. Bryce has been pretty quiet and a bit ornery today. He was coughing a lot during the night, a few times it was pretty steady for a few minutes. They have not given him anything for his cough because they don't want to supress it. They want him to cough the stuff up. He wasn't coughing too bad during the day but tonight he had a cough attack and vomited up some of his supper. Nothing to drastic. He was just letting the drainage come up. His lungs still sound clear. His counts were pretty low today. His hemoglobin was 6.2; white count 300; ANC too low to count; and platelets 44,000. He received a packed red cell transfusion today for his hemoglobin. They will check his blood in the morning, again.

He & I were very happy because Dad came with the brothers around 5:30 tonight. We NEEDED some FAMILY TIME!!! We just relaxed in the room, other than Ethan. Tim & I took turns taking him out in the hallways for walks and playtime. We ALL miss each other so much! Mitchell is still a little scared and nervous. The waiting is a bit hard for each one of us. But, this to, we will survive. The doctor said we will not know Bryce's bone marrow biopsy results until Sunday at the earliest. What's another day?! We just have to have FAITH!!!! And, continue with the prayers. There are sooooooo many people I know He is very pleased... THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR CONTINUING PRAYERS FOR BRYCE AND OUR FAMILY!!!! You continue to give us such strength! Our faith is HUGE. Our love for the Lord is incredible. We would have NOTHING without God. With Him, we have EVERYTHING!!!!

Jamie is out of the hospital and left for her weekend get-away with Zach and another couple. Have a very special weekend, Zach & Jamie! You derserve every minute of happiness. And, as Tim would say,..."Oh, the memories." Brock went home yesterday. I am sure they are sleeping wonderfully in their own beds, again! But, we miss them! I want to send out another prayer for our little friend, Ethan, who is next door to us here at St. Mary's. He is such a wonderful little 4-year-old boy with incredible parents. He is fighting his battle and then some. Please pray for healing and comfort for Ethan and his family. I'm sure they would love you to stop by their Caring Bridge and say "Hi". His name is Ethan Strenge. Thanks!

We've met many new faces here and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

We send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:26 PM CST

Wahoo!!!! Look at how early I am updating!!! I am soooo excited because I got a NAP today!!! You would have thought I drank a pot of coffee. Wow, I needed that! My mind is racing of all the things I could be doing right now but I need to remind myself that tomorrow will be a busy day and an early day so I need to get some sleep. Bummer.

But, here I am. There is not much new. It seems that Bryce's cough gets a little worse each day, as it did today. He was coughing more during the night, also. But, he seemed to cough less as the day went on so that was good. It sounds deep but the doctors and nurses said his lungs sound clear. They are going to check his blood every other day so they didn't check it today. He will be having his bone marrow biopsy tomorrow morning. I am hoping they will take him down right away in the morning because he can't eat or drink anything until after. It's different here at the hospital than at the clinic because he has to go to an operating room for this so therefore he has to be called to come down when they are ready for him. If an emergency comes in, it will go first, of course. It just gets hard with kids because they can't eat until the procedure is done and you can end up waiting a while. The last time he had his bone marrow biopsy, his nurse that did his pre-vitals was an actual bone marrow donor for someone on the east coast. Wow. How ironic was that?....THAT WAS GOD....

We had a nice quiet day today. Yeah. Bryce got about four big packages in the mail! He loved it, of course. He received a butterfly ornament from my cousin, Tammy, from the Children's Cancer Research Gala symbolizing how a child undergoing cancer treatment goes from the cocooon of treatment and isolation to a child emerging--beautiful and ready to take flight. It's beautiful and he loves it. Thanks, Tammy. He received to games, today. One was a little girl named Annie who is Bryce's age. We played Guess Who? right away, Annie! Thanks! Then, we were on to the next game with the nurses which was Uno Attack from a anonomous giver. The nurses were squealing each time a card(s) came out! That was fun. Thank you, whoever you are. He also received a build many different paper airplanes book. That looks great but we didn't have time to do it today. That is one for tomorrow before the brothers come so we can surprise them! Thanks, Don & Nancy. Plus, he got a cool caleidoscope from his Great Aunt & Uncle Ardie & Arland. I told him that that is what I liked to play with as a child. I hope that doesn't date me too much! We also did some homework, etc. Please forgive me for not sending out special thank you's to everyone! Or even getting it on the web page. Like I said once before, somedays I'm on and somedays I'm off. Remember, today I had a NAP!!!

I'm sure you are wondering how we are feeling about the bone marrow biopsy tomorrow. We are not anxious about it. Atleast, Bryce & I don't seem to be. I forgot to ask Tim when we talked last. I feel very comfortable that the Lord will provide. I have complete trust in the Lord. He is our Miraculous God and all of us our His children. I find so much comfort in Him. I also have not tried to think so hard into it, either. There is nothing that I can change. I pray for progress and healing. I don't know when we will find out the results, yet. The doctors had once said Saturday or Monday. But, we know that if they can find out sooner than that, they will. They care for Bryce just as much as all of us do. I don't think they will want to wait to find out. I'll do my best to let you know ASAP, ok?! I know ALL OF YOU want to know, also.

We are hoping the brothers will be feeling ok to come down tomorrow night. They are still coughing a little and have runny noses. They went to bed early tonight. And don't forget to tune into the GOODHUE WILDCATS FOOTBALL GAME against Sleepy Eye tomorrow night! GO CATS!!!!! BRYCE IS CHEERING YOU ON! HE IS SOOOOOO PROUD OF HIS FOOTBALL!!!! To everyone, rest well. I just have to keep these last two paragraphs in here. They mean so much to me. Trust in the Lord and HAVE HUGE FAITH!!!!!!

**Pleae send out an extra special prayer for Jamie O'Reilly tonight. She is back in the hospital with dehydration from a migraine yesterday which caused nausea and vomiting. She is such a wonderful Mom of 5 boys! They are doing tests to make sure her cancer has not spread. So far, the test results are negative. She is scheduled for surgery the end of November. You can check out her Caring Bridge and send her a note. She'd love it!

We've met many new faces here and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, Andy, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

We send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Wednesday, November 9, 2005 10:33 PM CST

Good Evening~

I'm back with a short update. I went home to play volleyball tonight while Auntie Manda came to sit with Bryce.

Bryce had a pretty good day. I can tell he is tired from the low counts but also getting bored with "the room". I'll have to ask the doctors if he could go out of the room with a mask on. His counts are: hemoglobin 8.3; white count 300; ANC 0; platelets 19,000. So, he had a platelet transfusion today. He also had a yucky nasal swab checking for RSV. I'm sure he doesn't have it, but they just always need to cover all the bases, just in case. He HATES the nasal swab tests the MOST!!! Poor kid, I do to. I had that on Friday. Not comfortable! He also woke up on the wrong side of the hospital bed this morning, too. His cough woke him up. His nose has been pretty runny.

We, again, had lots of visitors. Serena brought us lunch from Applebee's, nummy! He loves the boneless buffalo wings!!! He can't wait for Logan to try them. He & Logan can almost eat a whole box of the TGIFridays Buffalo Wings at home, from the freezer section at Wal-Mart! I know most of you have noticed the new pictures, well that is Serena, again. You must thank her!!! I'm so excited I got to introduce her to some other Leukemia/chemo family's the Erickson's and Tracy Idler. Yeah! Boy, if you would put the four of us women in a room for 8 hours, your head would be spinning! Then, Mrs. Pasch came to work on schoolwork. Let me tell all of you,...she is wonderful! That woman deserves an award. She is so kind and patient. She is working with a 7-year-old who is tired, not feeling well, bored, wants to go home & back to school but also just to get out of this room. Plus, he hasn't had a much needed nap since Saturday!!! We have no idea, most of the time, what is going through his head. I know he wants to keep caught up to his classmates, though. It is not real easy to get him interested in schoolwork with Tim & I. That's the last thing he wants to do with us. Which doesn't make it any easier. Anyway, she is wonderful!!!! I appreciate her sooooo much! And then, Dr. Tang came in for another checkers game. Lana and the kids came (we missed you, Dillon) and watched The Incredibles. And then, Auntie Julie, Jordan & Collin came for a power visit with some great pictures--give me some time and you'll see them....Auntie Shelley & Carson came with lasagna from Fazoli's and he ate good. He has not been eating much, at all lately. And finally, it was Great Uncle Rick & Great Aunt Sharon with Kelby & Casey. They brought a football balloon & t-shirt--how appropriate! (I hope you will be tuned in to the Goodhue Wildcats football game on Friday night!) Sharon also brought a really great start to a photo album for Bryce. It starts with his 2nd grade classmates and goes into family. It is awesome!

Tomorrow should be nice and quiet for him. He needs it! He is pooped out. We are going to work on some schoolwork and some crafty projects he has received as gifts. To be honest with you, I am looking forward to a quiet day myself. Thank you for all the notes in the guest book and all the food and treats. Plus, all the cards and PRAYERS!!! THE PRAYERS AND BELIEF IN THE GOOD LORD'S MIRACLES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS OF ALL!!!!! KEEP 'EM COMIN'!!!!

We've met many new faces here and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

We send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Tuesday, November 8, 2005 10:38 PM CST

Hello~

I am finally here because I have been trying to figure out, on my own, how to get some new photos on the page. Ugh! Believe me, for a non-computer expert, it's not easy!!! I will try again another time. I give myself an A for effort, though! I'll keep this one short.

Counts: hemoglobin 8.4; white count 300; ANC 0; platelets 26,000. Chances are Bryce will need blood transfusions tomorrow. He is feeling good and looking good. He is coughing more and blowing his nose more. No complaints of tummy aches or anything else.

Visits: Great Grandma & Grandpa Buck with Great Aunt Carol bringing smiles, snacks, & fun kid stuff! Goofy Jeff who also tried to help me change the photos--Thanks for trying, Jeff, and I KNEW that pager was coming from your "tool kit"! Dr.'s Warner & McKenzie from Gonda 7 where Bryce gets his LP chemos--there's a whole lotta Bryce Believers over there! Dr. Tang for a game of checkers. A friend from Goodhue, Peg Hinsch with her 2 sons, one who is challenged with a whole different medical battle. And, Birthday Girl Tracy Idler (21?) whose daughter, Erin (7 1/2), finished chemo treatments a year ago last October. Another fun day on the hospital front.

Friends/Neighbors: Brock Erickson is here to get antibiotics for a positive blood culture from yesterday. Wouldn't you know it? Now, when Megan & I could actually visit and Brock, his brothers, & Bryce could play, we have to keep them apart! They are just across and down one door. I'm gonna have to try to get Megan out to start drinking coffee, and fast!!! They will probably be gone by Thursday sometime. What? You mean this is not about me and my social hour???? Sorry.....

The Brothers: I brought Logan in to the Dr. today. He has sinus infection and bronchitis, and now medication. Mitchell, Joel, and Ethan are on the mend,...I think. Knock on wood. They are waiting patiently to come to the hospital!

Bryce: He is in good spirits but starting to ask when he will be able to go home. He told Sarah (one of his favorite nurses) today that he knows this chemo is working! That's my boy! A positive attitude! That's what God wants to hear! Yippee! We will have VICTORY & TRIUMPH FOR BRYCE!!!

We've met many new faces here and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

We send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Monday, November 7, 2005 10:32 PM CST

Good Evening~

I hope everyone had a great day, I know Bryce did. First of all, he has not had a fever since Saturday a.m. That's great! His counts are low but you really couldn't tell by looking at him. His hemoglobin is 8.7; white count is 100; ANC too low to count; and platelets are 34,000. Most likely, he will need platelet and packed red cell transfusions tomorrow but you just never know with him. He may rebound a bit, also. His liver enzyme is now in the 400's, so that's good that one is getting lower. Sometimes, I think I need a big 'ol chart for all of this!!! Anyway, his tummy is hurting less, too. He is still in what we call "lockdown". He will most likely be kept in his room until his ANC is 500. That could be a couple of weeks or less, once again, you just never know... What matters is that he is feeling well enough, active, bored at times, and ornery. And, trust me,...he IS ALL of those...

He smiled a lot today, though! He kept giving his nurse, Kim, a hard time. They kept blaming each other for putting air into his IV tubing. His doctors made their rounds and brought along the mail. He received cards from California, Georgia, Florida, & Minnesota, all in one day! WOWEE!!! How cool is that?! We should probably keep track of the 50 states with mail? (Maybe you could help me out with that one, Jodie?) We had a visit from Serena, a very special Mom, who's daughter is being treated with Leukemia. She is The One who had helped me "fancy-up" the web page. Then, his home teacher came with treats and studies, his Auntie Manda came to spend the day with him while I went home to go to my Mary Kay meeting, a couple of his good buddies, Chase (& little brother, Carter) & Jacob, came and did Sand Art with him in the room, his fun "young" resident Doctor Tyler came to challenge him in Monopoly Jr., and then his Dad came to stay the night! Whew! What a day. I'm sure he loved EVERY MINUTE OF IT!

Now, just a warning,...I may get a little emotional on ya here but I have to share this, too. Yesterday when we were home, I was upstairs putting close away with the boys' and it hit me. The quietness and loneliness without Bryce. I just started to cry. I miss his sounds around home. I LOVE hearing the sounds of ALL of our boys, and IT WAS SO GOOD to hear our other four boys and their sounds. But, under the circumstances, it IS lonely without him here. So, I decided we all need to also start praying for higher counts and Bryce coming home VERY SOON!!! We need him here. The brothers miss him, Tim & I miss not having all of us together, and I miss my husband, (and I know he misses me, too!). Once again, I know we will get through this, and we appreciate Mayo and their INCREDIBLE DOCTORS, NURSES, & SUPPORT STAFF soooooo much!!! WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH!!! Last night, Bryce asked me to lay with him!!! He does not ask this very often. I was aaaaalllll over it! We layed on our sides with my hand on his hip for a few minutes, but then he rolled to his back, grabbed my hand and put it on his chest and covered my hand with both of his hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just started bawling!!!! And, thanking God!!!!! What I wouldn't do for that kind of time with him, anytime. Life is so precious. Our children (yours & ours) are so precious, each and every one of them. I am really trying to focus on spending quality one-on-one time with them as much as I possibly can. I had a long heart-to-heart with Tammy, our nurse, last night. Thanks, Tammy. She is also very close to Jamie O'Reilly. We cried, we laughed, and we praised God for everything we have. Life is soooooo good, gang. Life is so good...

To all of our friends & family who have not heard from us in awhile: We miss you and think of you ALL so often!!! Please know that we love you and appreciate you all so much! You are so dear to us and have such a special place in our hearts. To everyone who is checking in on us that we have never met, THANK YOU. You, too, give us strength and hope. We have received many wonderful and incredible emails and cards from family, friends, and people we do not know; all including very special children. I wish I could have the time to respond to each and every one of you because you do deserve a very special THANK YOU. You are all so kind and considerate. YOUR PRAYERS AND WORDS OF HOPE, FAITH, & LOVE ARE INCREDIBLE!!!

We've met many new faces here and we feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Ethan, Joe, Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

We send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Sunday, November 6, 2005 12:23 AM CST

Hello~

Can you believe I am updating again, ALREADY?! We hope everyone is having a great weekend. Tim & I are heading back home while Grandma Linda hangs out with Bryce this afternoon. Grandpa Arnie is coming to visit for a while too but, you know how men are,...there are lots of things to do; "the clock don't stop" and "you're burning daylight". Or is that women?! Anyway, Tim will be moving corn around and I am going to spend some time with my boys at home! I will come back around supper time and stay with Bryce tonight.

The Peds On-Call Doctor came in around 11pm last night and told us that he tested positive for Gram Negative Bacilli from his blood culture from Friday when he had that high fever. So, they stopped the Vancomycin antibiotic because they know that it does not respond to that bacteria. They will know more tomorrow. They had to watch for fever and low blood pressure again during the night. He was fine. They did another blood culture this morning to check again. His counts are: hemoglobin 9.4; white count 100; ANC too low to count; and platelets 53,000. So, now that the fever is gone, his blood is maintaining. His liver enzyme from yesterday is actually 717. It is high because of the chemo he received this past week. He is coughing more. His tummy hurts less, but is still in the main area--lower abdomin. His doctor said that she does not expect his counts to get higher any time soon. So, he may be here for a couple of weeks. We'll see,...we have to remember who we are dealing with....

He is in a great mood today! Yeah!!!!! That makes life so much easier. The brothers had a great time with their Aunt and cousins. Bryce says "Hi" to everyone! It has been sooooooooooo great for Tim & I to be able to spend some time together!!!! It has been hard this week because it has really hit me how our family is apart most of the time. And, when we are together (in the hospital), it is a little chaotic in a small room with 7 bodies. But, I am so grateful that we CAN be together, at all. I have NO DOUBT in my mind that we WILL get through this. God is by our side, guiding us the whole way. What an incredible life we all have! We WILL have TRIUMPH AND VICTORY FOR OUR BRYCER!!! Have faith in the Lord, and he will provide.

I've met many new faces here and I feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

We send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Saturday, November 5, 2005 7:19 PM CST

Hello~

Sorry for the delay! It's been a busy day. Long story short, it has been a pretty good day for Bryce, compared to last night. The nurse, Tammy, and the doctors had to keep checking his blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature most of the night. They put him on the heart monitor during the night to watch him. If he hadn't improved, they were discussing the PICU. That was brought up the other time he had these same problems. His fever started coming down at 2:30am along with his heart rate. His blood pressure went back to normal, also. His urine came back negative. He had an abdominal ultrasound today which came back normal. He has shoulder pain which is caused by his liver; weird but interesting, isn't it? It has to do with the nerves. His liver enzymes have dropped into the 500's again, they were in the 1,000s. His hemoglobin is 9.5 (11.9 yesterday); white count is 200 (was 100 yesterday); his ANC is too low to count; and his platelets are 47,000 (84,000 yesterday). A fever burns up the blood cells and platelets, as you can see. They will check his counts in the morning. He had a low grade fever of 99.8 mid-morning and has been normal the rest of the day. His tummy still hurts him, I think it may be less than last night. He is getting hungry for a little food tonight, we've noticed.

I am keeping this short tonight so that I can spend time with Bryce, and TIM!!! We are both staying tonight! I am exhausted but my cold is better. My sister, Julie, and her kids are staying at our house tonight with the brothers. Thank goodness for all our helpers!!! Thank you to you, too! Keep the prayers coming and thank God for everything you have, always!!!!

(I had to bring this paragraph back) I've met many new faces here and I feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Jim, Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

We send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Friday, November 4, 2005 8:37 PM CST

Good Evening~

I have to make this one quick because I see Caring Bridge is doing a maintenance from 9 to midnight. Here goes:

Bryce slept until 9am, woke up mellow and was mellow most of the morning. He took a nap from 1-2:30 and woke up with a fever of 102.9. His tummy hurt a lot, and it hurt him when he went potty. His blood pressure dropped and his heart went up a lot. His fever got as high as 103.9. So, since then we have done a urine sample, chest x-ray (which was ok), blood cultures 2x, started him on 2 IV antibiotics, and his liver function tests are very high--twice as high as yesterday. Right now, his fever is down to 99.8 and his tummy still hurts. They did a big push of IV fluids to bring his blood pressure back up, it worked a little. His heart rate is still fairly high. They will be watching him very closely tonight.

I went down to the E.R. to be seen for my annoying cough and they diagnosed me with bronchitis and gave me oral antibiotics. I have been wearing a mask all day. Tim took the boys in for their Flu Shots this morning. I haven't heard the stories, yet. I'm sure they will be good. I have to admit, it's been a tough week. I will add more to the top of the page in the morning....Goodnight.

(I had to bring this paragraph back) I've met many new faces here and I feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

We send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:26 PM CST

Thursday, November 3, 2005 4:51 PM

HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY, LOGAN TIMOTHY!!!! HE HAS GIVEN US 9 YEARS OF SHEAR JOY, SOME CHALLENGES, AND LOTS OF LOVE & LAUGHS!!!!! (Sorry to embarress you,....Logi Bear!)


Hi, all!

Bryce is just waking up from his much needed (chemo) nap. We are moving to a Hepa Filter room (a room that filters the air for less germs) because his counts are low. His white count is 500 and his ANC is 420. His hemoglobin is 11 and platelets are 105,000, they are good. The doctor says his counts will only get lower with the chemo. He is still feeling the same. He says he is "fine!" and I say he is not himself and not feeling well. Mom's just know,...right Mom's?! Sometimes I think he says he is "fine!" because he may go into "lock-down" in his room from the doctors (which he wouldn't unless his counts are low). But today, I had a friend say that maybe he says that because he is 7 and needs to be a "big boy". She may be on to something... I forgot to tell you that we will be doing his bone marrow biopsy on November 11th to see if this Clofarabine is doing something. I think they will probably do another 5-day course of it again, right away. Or maybe they will let his counts rebound a little and then do it, we'll see. Remember, we take it one day at a time.....

Tonight, we are having a pizza party for our birthday boy! So, Tim and the Crew will be here very soon and I need to go downstairs to the Teen Lounge and heat up the oven. I will be back with more of an update later tonight....

10pm: I'm back to finish up for the night. We had a fun and nummy birthday supper of Papa Murphy's Pizza! Bryce had a little, the rest of us chowed! Oh, except for the Junk Food Junkie, that would be Ethan. He hasn't got a lot of time to stop and eat, especially in a sord of new place to explore. But, he'll stop for a bag of Cheetos!!! He gets it from both of us,...Tim likes his chips and I love my candy. Getting back on track, Grandma Linda sent along a birthday cake for the birthday boy. Thanks, Grandma! We sang to him and had our fun-silly nurse, Jen, sing along. (You missed out, Dena! We sooo wanted to hear you sing!) It was a very late night for everyone! Bryce got his flu shot after everyone left and then, went right to sleep around 9:50! That's late for him! I hope he sleeps later tomorrow. Tim will take the boys' in for their flu shots tomorrow. Ethan had his last week.

Now, for the deep stuff. I am once again listening to Bryce's song and thinking about Bryce & our Lord. Let me back up a bit... Mitch & Bryce had a "moment" tonight. Bryce doesn't have a lot of patience for his brothers, at times. Mitch cares about Bryce, a lot. Mitch tried to take something from Bryce and Bryce got very impatient and mad which made Mitch mad. They both got in trouble for losing their tempers. After a small discussion with both of them, we left them alone to apologize to each other. Tim went in to check on them and a few minutes later I came back with all the boys. (Sorry, this is taking so long.) What I am getting at is that everyone is wondering how the brothers are doing, right? And, we think they are doing ok. Well, it turns out that Mitchell is very, very worried about Bryce. He kept crying--don't tell him I told you! He's afraid Bryce is going to die. (I HATE even typing that!!!!) So, we had a family meeting. We sat on Bryce's bed and talked about our feelings. Mitchell started out saying he was scared about Bryce and all of this. I said, "So you're scared about all of this that Bryce is going through?" Bryce said, "I know what Mitchell is scared of. He is scared that the chemo isn't going to work. Sometimes I get scared about that too." WOW.... You know, I try so hard to get the words out "correctly" and all you have to do is let it come out of the mouth of babes..... Bryce added, "This medicine is going to work because it's like Mom has always said about me, 3rd one's the charm." Dad said, "You know, I thought of that out in the combine today." Logan is worried about Bryce getting sick a lot and having to go to the E.R. and then staying in the hospital. Joel is still wondering why Bryce lost his hair. (Nurse Jen covered that one for us later with a few other things.) Ethan has been here/there the whole time. We told everyone we were pregnant with him at Bryce's 5th birthday party. Bryce was diagnosed the next day. Please say an extra special prayer for our little boys. Give them strength, help them not to worry. Give them faith and peace. Bless their little hearts!!!!!!!!! Please add another prayer for Bryce's friends...ALL of them. That's ranging from his 2nd grade class and a lot of other classes and daycares around the U.S. to his cousins to his close family friends to the children following his web page. THEY ARE ALL SO PRECIOUS!!!! Thank you.

(I had to bring this paragraph back) I've met many new faces here and I feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of their family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, Josh, India, Rian, McKenzie, Alyssa, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

We send our love and appreciation out to all of you!!! Thank you for the help at our house, with our children, with food, cards, phone calls, visits, notes, and gifts. God has blessed us soooooooooo very much!!! Once again I must say,....LIFE IS GOOD.......

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Wednesday, November 2, 2005 8:46 PM CST

Hi everyone,

We are doing fine here at the hospital. I'm super tired so this will be short and messy. I'm sure you don't mind.

I came back around 2pm and Tim left around 2:30 to back into the field. I sure do miss my guy.... We have had a good day today. They lowered his steroids yesterday so that is absolutely wonderful!!! The steroid is the mood swing/insomnia/hungry medicine. It was definitely affecting his moods.... I am so glad it is low again. They didn't check his blood today. Not sure why. He is tired, his tummy hurts a little which means he is a little nauseated, and he's not quite himself. Kinda like, quiet and ok. He had visitors tonight: Grandma Ann, Great Aunt Cindy, Aunties Shelley & Pam, Cousins Carson & Maggie, and his 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Peterson and her daughters. He really opened up for his teacher! It was so nice to see him talking, and talking some more! He really enjoyed his visit with all of them.

Like I said, I think he is really feeling the chemo, now. He is tired and needs to nap every day. Not sure if that's gonna happen at home--cross your fingers! Then, he is ready to sleep at 8pm, again. He and his Dad did walk to McDonald's today, so that was good.

Today was a little more difficult for me... I couldn't fall asleep last night at home (in my own bed). And then, when I did go to sleep I kept waking up, uncomfortable. Ethan was up by 6:10am. That was sleeping in compared to the last two mornings of 5:10am! Poor Tim. It is so nice to be home with your children but then you want to be at the hospital with your child who is ill. I had one melt-down this morning and cried, I got through it. Actually, I think Joel got me through it. Joel said during the moment, "Ethan are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Ethan said, "No." Joel said, "I think Mom needs to take a little rest. You go ahead and lie on the couch, Mom. Ethan and I will be quiet." How sweet is that?! Joel is our 5-year-old. He cares about EVERYONE!!! Needless to say, I didn't fit that rest time in. But, I did sneak a cat nap in around 4pm here for about 10 minutes. I am heading off to bed very soon. I am hoping they will let us go home tomorrow after chemo. It is Logan's 9th birthday, and we want to be there with him, if we can.

Our love to all of you! Thank you for all my helpers today, Julie H. and Michelle R.! You are all so wonderful!!!! This is not an easy time for any of us, including you. You make it better....

If I can say anything tonight, it is to KEEP YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD!!! I don't have a lot of bible verses memorized or anything but I DO KNOW that GOD IS HOLDING ALL OF US IN HIS HANDS. HE IS CARING FOR US, LOVING US UNCONDITIONALLY, AND GUIDING US. Don't ever lose your faith. In God, we trust.

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Tuesday, November 1, 2005 8:55 PM CST

Good Evening. Dad's at the wheel so it should be short and confusing. Hemoglobin was low today 7.8 so tonight after the chemo was done running he had transfusion. The rest of the counts are good, 1280 ANC, 1300 white blood, 131 platelets. Didn't eat much today had some chicken strips, fries, bread and milk at noon. Bryce said his throat is sore, could be the chemo, has a little cough could just be a sore throat. He was in a pretty good mood today, very tired and ready for bed tonight. So any way Susie can fill in the holes tomorrow. Keep those prayers coming.

Love to All,

The Breu Crew

Monday, October 31, 2005 9:55 PM CST

Good Evening & Happy Halloween!

Today was a pretty good day. Bryce had such fun at his parade!!! His cousins, Jordan & Collin, came along and they all got spoiled rotten! St. Mary's is the place to be on Halloween Day if you are a child in the hospital who loves candy!!! The employees LOVE seeing the kids in their costumes and they were so happy to be putting smiles on their precious faces!!! We, along with Auntie Julie and Grandma Ann, walked all over the hospital! I think someone said it was about 10 stops. WOW!!! What fun! The Halloween Party tonight was making goop. That was fun, also. Thanks to all of the employees who contributed today from the 3 Francis pediatric patients at St. Mary's!

There's not much new here. Bryce was a bit ornery today. Whew. I'm so glad he is not like that everyday... I do believe he is not feeling as good as he usually does. I don't know if the chemo from yesterday hits him that hard today already? He didn't eat or drink a thing until 7:15 tonight. He slept from 4:20-5:15pm. That helped A LOT! The doctors discontinued his two antibiotics and antifungal med because he has not had a fever since yesterday morning. Bryce's counts are good. His hemoglobin is 8.6; white count is 1,700; ANC is 1,570; and platelets are 149,000. His nose was a little runny at times today. When he was trying to eat his supper tonight, he complained of a sore throat. I'm wondering if it is post-nasal drip. The doctor and nurses looked in the back of his throat and did not see any sores. After that, he climbed under a bunch of blankets, we did some schoolwork, he said his tummy hurt a little, and he went to sleep. Now, Tim & I have an annoying little cough. Our coughs are not as icky as Logan, Joel, and Ethans, though. I think they are getting better.

Bryce had quite a few visitors today from his Trick or Treating partners to friends and family members of family members we just met to Mary Kay Consultants to St. Mary's orderly/escort, Kent, (Bryce's favorite!) to the Captains of the Goodhue Wildcats Football Team. Wow! (I hope you understood all of that!) Bryce received an autographed football from the Team!!! He LOVED it!!!! He also beat one of them in checkers. What a day he had!!! He has received so many AWESOME cards from all over the U.S.!!! And, so many great cards from school classes in Rochester, Zumbrota, and Goodhue! You ALL know how to make a 7 1/2 year old boy feel VERY SPECIAL!!! Thank you a million times!!!

Bryce had a visit from one of the Chaplains here today. She was wonderful! She explained how she had cancer in 1984 and all of the different feelings she had at that time. He just looked up at her and listened so intensely. I think she made him feel like she really understood what he was feeling. She also reinforced how God loves him and is taking care of him each and everyday. She gave him a Peace Coin that he could keep or give to someone else. Then, she said a prayer for him and you know what? I think she remembered every single detail we discussed about Bryce and prayed for each one!!! Incredible!

I've met new faces here and I feel their pain. Please say a prayer for all the little people here on 3 Francis. They are under such wonderful care, we are so fortunate to be here! Pray for God's healing touch for each one of these children. Pray for strength for each of these family's. And, pray for those who have not yet placed their child in God's hands, to do so. They need to give Him all of the control. With God, we have everything. Without Him, we have nothing. Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, & Pastor Sohlberg. Pray for strength for the Diercks family today and everyday. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

And lastly, I want you to always remember how incredible our God is. Each and everytime I need strength, I hear my Christian Radio songs in my head--during the day or if I wake up in the middle of the night. Do you hear your songs? The song that is almost always playing in my head is a song that I heard a few months ago that instantly made me think of our little Brycer. It's called Brave and my main point of the song is that "Bryce makes me want to be Brave and so does God". I hope you have heard it, you can find it and other great songs on 98.5FM. A very special caring bridge Mom named Serena asked her sister in Texas to set it to play on Bryce's web page. Thank you Serena & Deana! I want to leave you with the lyrics--thanks to Becky...

Brave
(Nichole Nordeman, Jay Joyce)

The gate is wide
The road is paved in moderation
The crowd is kind and quick to pull you in
Welcome to the middle ground
You're safe and sound and
Until now it's where I've been

'Cause it's been fear that ties me down to everything
But it's been love, Your love, that cuts the strings

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

I am small
And I speak when I'm spoken to
But I am willing to risk it all
I say Your name
Just Your name and I'm ready to jump
Even ready to fall...

Why did I take this vow of compromise?
Why did I try to keep it all inside?

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

I've never known a fire that didn't begin with a flame
Every storm will start with just a drop of rain
But if you believe in me
That changes everything
So long, I'm gone

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
I wanna be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Sunday, October 30, 2005 8:47 PM CST

Hey everyone~ (Tonight IS going to be short & sweet!)

It has been a good day! It started out a little rocky this morning trying to get Bryce to take a bath or a shower but we managed. After his bath, he was a new kid! He soaked his sore on his back. It is bigger but we can see it is healing. He did get a fever at 11am of 101.8 but it came down after Motrin was given. The doctor decided to go ahead with the chemo today because his counts are good and none of us want to wait any longer. His doctor said the fevers could very possibly be from the Leukemia, anyway. And, that this new chemo med can cause fevers, too. Last Sunday they had given him this Clofarabine and a few hours later he had a high fever and was vomiting. So, today they pre-meded him with two anti-nausea meds. He had all of his other pre-meds before, also. He did very well with the chemo. It was finished at 6pm. He complained of his tummy hurting around 8pm so he took more Zofran. He is now sleeping. His counts are hemoglobin 9.3; white count 1,400; ANC 1,070; and platelets 142,000. Very good. He had fun this afternoon with Mitchell, Grandma Linda, Auntie's Shelley & Amanda, and his Big Cousins! He got quite a few games in, too! I noticed he was eating a little better tonight, too.

Tomorrow, he will have his Halloween Parade at 1:30 with the rest of the kids on the Peds floor who can travel throughout the hospital. He is really looking forward to that. Tomorrow night, the Child Life Specialists here on the Peds floor are having a Halloween Party from 6:15-7:15. The Spidey costume is here and in the closet! No one will recognize him with his mask! I just hope I can keep him off of the side of St. Mary's--you know, climbing the walls... His IV is VERY BUSY throughout the day getting antibiotics, antifunfal med, pre-meds of steroids, antinausea, and flushes, and then chemo, more flushes, more antibiotics, and saline. His nurse will have to travel with him tomorrow during the parade to be giving him his meds! I'm sure she won't mind!

Once again, I want to thank all of you for all you do for our famiy!!! The Grandma's have been so wonderful with helping us with the boys and the house!!! I don't know what we would do without them, our sisters', and our close friends. Wow!!! The boys' are in awesome hands when they are away from Mom & Dad. The food has been wonderful! I am so relieved to know that Tim & the boys' are getting such good food! And, so creative sometimes! I can cook but I'm not real creative. It makes it fun for them, too. We are so grateful for all of your PRAYERS!!! That to us is the most important thing of all! As I say all day long, we need to believe. I have such a good feeling about this Clofarabine!!! I know God is working His miracles through Bryce!!!!

Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, & Pastor Sohlberg. I want to ask you to add a special prayer for the Dierck's family in Goodhue who's son, Brent, went to Heaven to be by God's side a week ago Thursday. Pray for strength for their family today and everyday. They will appreciate all the extra prayers. They are such a great family! Don't forget to send out a special prayer for Jamie! She is home and very tired!!! Get lots of rest, Jamie. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

And lastly, I want you to always remember how incredible our God is. Each and everytime I need strength, I hear my Christian Radio songs in my head--during the day or if I wake up in the middle of the night. Do you hear your songs? The song that is almost always playing in my head is a song that I heard a few months ago that instantly made me think of our little Brycer. It's called Brave and my main point of the song is that "Bryce makes me want to be Brave and so does God". I hope you have heard it, you can find it and other great songs on 98.5FM. A very special caring bridge Mom named Serena asked her sister in Texas to set it to play on Bryce's web page. Thank you Serena & Deana! I want to leave you with the lyrics--thanks to Becky...

Brave
(Nichole Nordeman, Jay Joyce)

The gate is wide
The road is paved in moderation
The crowd is kind and quick to pull you in
Welcome to the middle ground
You're safe and sound and
Until now it's where I've been

'Cause it's been fear that ties me down to everything
But it's been love, Your love, that cuts the strings

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

I am small
And I speak when I'm spoken to
But I am willing to risk it all
I say Your name
Just Your name and I'm ready to jump
Even ready to fall...

Why did I take this vow of compromise?
Why did I try to keep it all inside?

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

I've never known a fire that didn't begin with a flame
Every storm will start with just a drop of rain
But if you believe in me
That changes everything
So long, I'm gone

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
I wanna be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Saturday, October 29, 2005 10:25 PM CDT

Good Evening~

Bryce is now asleep and I am back for a "quick" update. I always say quick and it ends up to be much longer and (could we say) 'informational'-? than I had anticipated...

It has been a very good day! Bryce has been in very good spirits today!!! We LOVE that!!! Tim left for home around 1:45pm to go get some fieldwork done and we tag-teamed off. I had left the hospital around 5pm yesterday for my Mary Kay Fall Retreat in beautiful Lanesboro, MN. I almost did not go but Bryce told me, "Mommy, you should go and do some facials." Actually, we did training and fun girlfriend-time for Consultants and Directors, no facials. Although, I AM having a little bit of 'withdrawals' since I have not done a facial in about 6 weeks! But, this is one of the perks of Mary Kay. You can set your business on the back burner to be with your family, as I did for quite a few months in 2003 to be with Bryce when he was diagnosed with ALL, and not get "fired". We are so grateful to have Mary Kay in our lives. The Faith, Family, and Career, in that order, are my all-time favorite qualities of this company!!! (Just had to do what I always do, and say what I'm thinking).

OK, back to Bryce. He was having such leg pain Thursday and Friday, along with the fever on Friday, that the doctors decided to do an ultrasound of his left calf muscle. Everything looked fine. His leg is not bothering him at all today. So, that is good.

Bryce's fever did hit 103 around 9pm and then again, around 6am today. The Motrin finally took it down. They have done blood cultures Friday in the E.R. and this morning and they are still negative. He started fevering again around 3pm with a temp. of 101.8. Motrin took it down until about 7:45 when it was 100.5, again. We gave him Motrin, again. We are trying to keep away from the Tylenol right now because that can affect his liver. They are treating him with two antibiotics every 12 hours because of the fever. We don't know what is causing the fever, though. They are also treating him with an antifungal medicine once a day.

His blood pressure dropped fairly low during the night, so that made the doctors nervous. They were wondering if this was caused by the fever, and possibly infection. They increased his IV fluids during the night. It has stabilized today around 80/40 or higher. They are content with that, and they are having the nurses check it every four hours.

Today his counts were: hemoglobin 8.6; white count 1,500; ANC 1,190; and platelets 129,000. So, it's really just the hemoglobin that is getting lower, everything else is higher. That is awesome for his ANC,...WOW!!!!

While Bryce was in the bathroom tonight, he told me to come in. He showed me a little blood on some toilet paper and told me he was bleeding from his lower back. I thought it was where he had his LP chemo on Thursday but when I looked closely it was an open sore where the tape had been from his bone marrow biopsy on Thursday. My theory is that the tape must have irritated his skin just enough to make it sore when we took the tape off yesterday. Then, his elastic from his boxers and shorts probably put pressure on it along with the pressure from lying on his back. Anyway, it is about a half inch long, opened from the skin sluffing off, and draining a little. His nurse put some antibiotic cream and gauze over it for the night. Speaking of nurses, I just have to say that these nurses are sooooooo good to him!!! And, if that doesn't just make our lives easier then I don't know what does!!! They are so wonderful with pediatric patients!!! They keep him on his toes and spoil him rotten. He loves every minute of it! They make our hospital stay go so much smoother. Thank goodness for that! And now, some of them have been teasing him about the cute pictures on the web page. I just want to say THANK YOU to all the nurses, and doctors, who are caring for Bryce. And, thank you to the nurses who are checking in on our Brycer. You all have HUGE HEARTS!!! We know you care a lot about him.

Now on with the chemo info...The doctors held off with the chemo again today because of his fevers. We are hoping that he will not fever tonight or tomorrow and we will be able to start the chemo, then. It's kinda crazy to hear yourself say that you are "hoping to start chemo" on your son. We NEVER want this to happen to ANYONE, and/or their child!!! We know we have a long road ahead of us. We feel terrible that Bryce is the one who has to have his body go through all of this. I have not questioned God, lately. Who am I to question the Lord? I know He does not want anyone to suffer. I know He wants to heal each and every one of us and take our pain away. We NEED to BELIEVE. We need to have FAITH. We need to TRUST in God with all of our might. He has sent our family to this incredible medical facility with amazing doctors and nurses, and other support staff. We need to pray for them, too. We need to pray for our strength. Not only for strength for Bryce's family but for his extended family and friends. Please ask for strength for each of you who FAITHFULLY check on Bryce's progress and pray for him daily. I know it is NOT easy for any of you, either!!! Let God lead you. Praise Him and thank Him everyday for everything you have because LIFE IS JUST TOO DARN SHORT, SOMETIMES!!! And then, remember how LIFE IS GOOD. There is ALWAYS somebody who has it worse. Pray for them. Build your faith on the Lord, your God. We would have nothing without Him.

Thank you so much, again, for ALL of your prayers, cards, gifts, food, care packages, help, notes, faith, love, and concerns!!!! You give us more strength than you could ever imagine!!! Bryce has received cards from all over the United States because of YOU!!!!!! You are all so wonderful......What a GIFT you are....

(See what I mean?! This wasn't "quick"!!!)

Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, & Pastor Sohlberg. I want to ask you to add a special prayer for the Dierck's family in Goodhue who's son, Brent, went to Heaven to be by God's side a week ago Thursday. Pray for strength for their family today and everyday. They will appreciate all the extra prayers. They are such a great family! Don't forget to send out a special prayer for Jamie! She is home and very tired!!! Get lots of rest, Jamie. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

And lastly, I want you to always remember how incredible our God is. Each and everytime I need strength, I hear my Christian Radio songs in my head--during the day or if I wake up in the middle of the night. Do you hear your songs? The song that is almost always playing in my head is a song that I heard a few months ago that instantly made me think of our little Brycer. It's called Brave and my main point of the song is that "Bryce makes me want to be Brave and so does God". I hope you have heard it, you can find it and other great songs on 98.5FM. A very special caring bridge Mom named Serena asked her sister in Texas to set it to play on Bryce's web page. Thank you Serena & Deana! I want to leave you with the lyrics--thanks to Becky...

Brave
(Nichole Nordeman, Jay Joyce)

The gate is wide
The road is paved in moderation
The crowd is kind and quick to pull you in
Welcome to the middle ground
You're safe and sound and
Until now it's where I've been

'Cause it's been fear that ties me down to everything
But it's been love, Your love, that cuts the strings

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

I am small
And I speak when I'm spoken to
But I am willing to risk it all
I say Your name
Just Your name and I'm ready to jump
Even ready to fall...

Why did I take this vow of compromise?
Why did I try to keep it all inside?

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

I've never known a fire that didn't begin with a flame
Every storm will start with just a drop of rain
But if you believe in me
That changes everything
So long, I'm gone

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
I wanna be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew

Friday, October 28, 2005 1:49 PM CDT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AUNTIE SHELLEY!!! WE HOPE YOU ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY!!! HUGS & KISSES TO YOU! YOU ROCK!!!

Hello, everyone~

We are almost unpacked in Bryce's hospital room. Mrs. Pasch is here reading Bryce's Halloween/Get Better cards from his 2nd grade class! THANK YOU 2ND GRADERS!!! WE WILL GET A BIG ROLL OF TAPE AND HANG THEM IN HIS HOSPITAL ROOM!!! You are ALL such wonderful AND special friends! Bryce misses you and thinks of you a lot!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR BRYCE! Keep them coming! He just woke up from an hour nap and is digging right in with his studies with Mrs. Pasch. I asked him if she should still come today with the fever and he wanted her to come.

Bryce woke up with a fever today at 8am. His temp. was 102.2 and his left calf muscle was still hurting since yesterday after his bone marrow biopsy. We are wondering if it has anything to do with his biopsy. We called the doctors and they said to come right to the hospital so he could get his IV antibiotics. We saw Dr. Bram around 12:45pm, he told us the spinal fluid is still clear and the bone marrow still has about the same amount of blast cells in it. We were going to start the Clofarabine (the new chemo med) today but since he has a fever, we will wait until tomorrow. He will get his 2 IV antibiotics every 12 hours for the fever to fight off whatever infection may be going on. I hope he gets rid of this fever, we don't like waiting to give him his chemo... They did blood cultures in the E.R. and also checked his counts. His hemoglobin is 10 and platelets are 139,000. So, that's great! His white count and ANC were not back, yet.

Before we left the house this morning, Bryce's Great Aunt Sharon came with a bag of goodies. She made Candy Corn Treat Bags for Bryce to give to his special friends at the hospital. She told Bryce that the person receiving the candy should do a trick for him first. So, guess who took Bryce to his room? You got it,...Kent. That made Bryce smile a lot! Before Kent left the room, he had to do a trick for Bryce. It was the craziest thing: He found a quarter behind Bryce's ear!!! We found out that Candy Corn is Kent's favorite candy! Thanks, Sharon!

We went out to eat at the Covered Bridge Restaraunt last night per Bryce's request. The boys' had Kiddie Cocktails (their favorite!!) and a nice supper. We even had a nice woman comment on how well-behaved our boys' were. That is something they LOVE to hear! Tim & I do, also! Bryce's leg was hurting him last night, too. He seemed to sleep well, though. We are all doing ok. He is such a trooper through all of this! Thank you for all of your prayers, as always! Please keep them coming loud and clear!!! Bryce is in God's healing hands. Our faith is in Him. We have to trust in God!!!

Please continue to send out prayers for all those fighting their battles, like Jamie, Allie, Nikki, Brock, Sierra, Austin, Rita, Kat, Barbara, & Pastor Sohlberg. I want to ask you to add a special prayer for the Dierck's family in Goodhue who's son, Brent, went to Heaven to be by God's side a week ago Thursday. Pray for strength for their family today and everyday. They will appreciate all the extra prayers. They are such a great family! Don't forget to send out a special prayer for Jamie! She is home and very tired!!! Get lots of rest, Jamie. These people are all so special to us!!! Give them strength, Lord, and give them peace.

And lastly, I want you to always remember how incredible our God is. Each and everytime I need strength, I hear my Christian Radio songs in my head--during the day or if I wake up in the middle of the night. Do you hear your songs? The song that is almost always playing in my head is a song that I heard a few months ago that instantly made me think of our little Brycer. It's called Brave and my main point of the song is that "Bryce makes me want to be Brave and so does God". I hope you have heard it, you can find it and other great songs on 98.5FM. A very special caring bridge Mom named Serena asked her sister in Texas to set it to play on Bryce's web page. Thank you Serena & Deana! I want to leave you with the lyrics--thanks to Becky...

Brave
(Nichole Nordeman, Jay Joyce)

The gate is wide
The road is paved in moderation
The crowd is kind and quick to pull you in
Welcome to the middle ground
You're safe and sound and
Until now it's where I've been

'Cause it's been fear that ties me down to everything
But it's been love, Your love, that cuts the strings

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

I am small
And I speak when I'm spoken to
But I am willing to risk it all
I say Your name
Just Your name and I'm ready to jump
Even ready to fall...

Why did I take this vow of compromise?
Why did I try to keep it all inside?

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

I've never known a fire that didn't begin with a flame
Every storm will start with just a drop of rain
But if you believe in me
That changes everything
So long, I'm gone

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
I wanna be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

Take Care & God Bless~

The Breu Crew