Update 4/29

Hi all,

Praise God Nick and mom are coming home today from UCSF. Although Nick is still a little weak and worn out from all the treatments, they are releasing him to come home today!! We are so excited to have him home and we are so thankful for all of your thoughts, prayers and support. Although he will be released from UCSF, we still have not received the final outcome of his treatments...they will wait a few weeks to do the final MRI and will let us know at that time if the chemo has killed all the cancer. Please continue to pray for Nick asking our Almighty Father to completely and totally heal him and that he will never have to experience this again.

As for Melana, she is doing good. About a week ago we had a "Shaving Mel's Head" party at my house. Although it is not a fun thing to think about, Melana was very positive and had a lot of support from her family & some close friends...as she went from her beautiful hair cut, then transitioning to a mohawk, and then completely shaving her hair off. Also, she received her fourth round of chemo on Friday and has not gotten sick from the chemo this time around...Praise God!! However, she has been very tired and likes to sleep a lot. Please continue to pray that God gives her strength and energy to get through the next couple months of chemo.

With all that being said I am so excited to tell you about an AMAZING web-site that Cheryl Sandberg and Suzi Baxter (from church) have put together for the family. It includes our story, current news, pictures, how to help, Q&C, etc... Please take a look, the web-site is:siblingsincancer.org . We are so thank for for all that Cheryl and Suzi have done for the family and as you will notice there are sponsors on the site too. Suzi has been talking to local venues and asking for support to raise money to help cover expenses that have came up because of Nick & Melana's illnesses.

With that being said...if you live in the Roseville area, Chick-Fil-A has donated Meal Certificates good for any combo meal, a signature salad & beverage or a Kid's Meal with Ice Cream, we are selling them and all the proceeds go toward paying hospital expenses. Please call me (916) 207-1287, or the family (916) 630-9114 if you would like to purchase some of the Chick-Fil-A meal Certificates....but hurry, they are only good through May 10th! Sounds like a great family meal after church on Sunday...wouldn't you agree? :0)

I know that I said a lot in this e-mail but most importantly I wanted to say THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING SUCH A HUGE PART OF OUR FAMILIES LIFE! WE ARE TRULY BLESSED BY YOU AND APPRECIATE ALL YOUR PRAYERS AS WE KNOW THAT GOD IS THE ONE THAT IS HEALING NICK AND MELANA AND THE PHYSICIANS ARE JUST HIS TOOLS. MAY YOU BE BLESSED IN CHRIST.

Living by God's Grace,
The Bresnyan's