I know it’s been over 3 months since I’ve written anything here on the blog.  I guess several things have come into focus or been resolved, so if anyone might still be reading this, I’ll try to give an update.

One of the reasons for no recent blog is that I started working for VNA (Visiting Nurses Assn) in mid-September. It has been over 17 years since I worked in the hospital - equipment and machines have changed, treatments and meds have changed, so it’s been a bit stressful catching up. 75% of our patients are Medicare, so I’m getting to see first-hand what a government-run healthcare system would feel like – an incredible amount of paperwork! We nurses are given laptops to use in the field as we visit patients in their homes, so the paperwork is actually computer work. I love getting to meet and visit people in their homes all over the county, and I am really enjoying the people I work with at VNA. God has been so good to provide for our family through everything that has happened. At first, I really resented being in the position of having to work at a stressful job, but God knew that I needed something to focus on to get outside of me and my loss, and the position has given me a renewed sense of confidence and purpose. I am a caregiver by nature and by profession, and as always, God has provided what I and our family needed.

I have been attending a weekly grief support group called Grief Share. It is an international program based in North Carolina consisting of 13 weekly videos to help those who have lost loved ones. Both trained Christian professionals, as well as every day regular people, talk about their grief experiences, what is normal, what is not, and what God has done in their lives to help them through this process called grief. The group and the videos have been extremely helpful for me in working through all the normal, but extremely powerful emotions everyone goes through in losing a loved one. I would highly recommend the series to anyone seeking help and resolution after losing someone dear to them.

Daniel and Becky are doing well. Daniel is in his first semester at Cabrillo, our local community college, and is doing a good job of rising to the demand of college schedules and responsibilities. He’s still deciding whether to continue next school year at community college, or possibly go to Seattle Pacific University, where Scott graduated from, since his chosen major is still uncertain. He continues to really enjoy volunteering at church helping out with both the Jr Hi and Sr Hi tech teams. Becky is working hard on her senior high school year, and all the necessary testing and application processes to go to college next year. She doesn’t know yet what she’d like her major to be, but her dream is to hopefully get into UCLA, and maybe at some point, be able to study abroad in Europe if the opportunity arises.

One of the biggest uncertainties after Scott died was all of his outstanding medical bills from UCSF that fell in-between the two insurance coverages because of lengthy delays in all the billing processes. I had applied to UCSF in August for finanial aid, but it wasn’t until this past week that I finally heard their decision. ALL OF THE $22,000+ IN MEDICAL BILLS HAS BEEN FORGIVEN! Once again, God has been so amazing in His protection and provision! Thanks to so many, many of you who have faithfully and consistently lifted up prayers to God for His help and intervention that the debt would be erased. After all, forgiveness of our ‘debts’ has always been God’s specialty!

One other piece of news that I’d hoped would be in place by now, but isn’t yet due to unforseen delays, is the Memorial Bench for Scott here at Mount Hermon. Mostly family and a few close friends donated funds for a bench in Scott’s memory this past summer. It is ready to be installed, but the original location became unavailable, and a new location had to be chosen. Hopefully within the next few weeks, it will be placed. The new site will be across the bridge and over the little stream at the far side of the Meadow (Rec Field). There is a small, cathedral-like grove of redwood trees where it will be situated in a very peaceful, comtemplative location. It will be a wonderful place to go, sit still, and remember him.

My last piece of news is also exciting for me to anticipate. As many of you may remember, in February of 2007, Becky and I had the incredible priviledge of going to India on a 2 week mission trip to give out Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to some of the poorest children in the slums of Delhi. It was a life-changing experience for both of us, and the children of India still tug at my heart. So, God willing, I am planning on going again this coming late February to mid-March with a team from our church. If any of you are interested in giving prayer support, and/or financial help, please e-mail me at the address I still am using – scotthalverson@sbcglobal.net , and I will send you the info if you would like to know more.

Little by little, we are picking up the pieces and moving on to what God has for us. We miss Scott terribly, and he is never far from our thoughts, but God IS good, even though life is hard, and He has never let go of us. For all this, we are thankful. And for such supportive friends and family like you, we are eternally grateful.

God bless you all,

Lynne, Daniel, and Becky

It’s Thursday morning, April 9, and 17 years ago today, our daughter, Becky, was born at 7:30 in the morning. Happy Birthday, Becky!

Sorry to have taken so long to update the blog, but I’ve been so busy that I just haven’t had the chance. Scott has been out of the ICU now for 1 week as of today, and he is doing really well. Secretions in his lungs continue to be a problem (and will be for some time to come with the pulmonary clots), but the staff are doing an excellent job of giving him regular breathing treatments and suctioning. Thankfully there’s no sign of infection (pneumonia) so far, so hopefully we can keep him free of respiratory illness.

The other issue of the open area at his tailbone is resolving wonderfully. With the new bed, consistent nutrition, and regular bandage changes, it’s healing and closing in beautifully. At this point, he is probably able to take in somewhere around 30-50% of his needed nutrition by eating, and the rest has to be by tube feedings, mostly at night. The main problem is just that it takes so long and requires so much energy to carefully chew and swallow around his trach, that just getting through half of a meal easily can take 1-2 hours.

One of the biggest goals is for Scott to be strong enough so he can come home, and to that end, Physical Therapy is working with him daily. He has been horizontal for so long, that even just sitting upright would cause him to essentially faint and lose consciousness. We’ve been getting him accustomed to being upright by raising the head of his bed up more often for more time. Tuesday, he was actually able to sit up on the edge of the bed (dangling) for 2 1/2 minutes, (without passing out) and then Wednesday, he dangled for a whole 8 minutes! The Physical Therapist, who is pretty non-demonstrative, was practically skipping out of the room because she was so thrilled with what Scott was strong enough to do. She shares a love of bicycling with Scott, and her mental pictures of how this feat is equivalent to Scott climbing a long, steep hill on his bike, were really helpful for him to picture as it takes absolutely every ounce of strength and energy he can muster right now just to sit on the edge of the bed.

Please continue to pray for all the financial/insurance/MediCal issues that we’re attempting to resolve. Unfortunately, it takes up a lot of Scott’s and my time together and much of his available energy trying to get it figured out.

Scott has been part of a four-some group of friends that have known each other since Jr. Hi. school, and have kept in close touch in spite of being spread out all up and down the West Coast – from the Seattle area to down below the Los Angeles area. The other 3 guys all flew or drove in today to be with Scott for a couple of days, so he’s been really excitedly anticipating their visit. Thank you, to Dan, Clint, and Marty for being such great, loyal friends, and to Amy and Shelly for letting your husbands come.

Thank you for all the continued care, love, comfort, prayers, and support from so many who are continuing down this path with us. When Scott is ready to come home, we will need even more helping hands to give him the care he will need.

With much love, Lynne, Scott, Daniel, and Becky

Sorry to take so long to bring an update. I’ve been sick with a head cold which turned into another sinus infection and laryngitis. Fortunately, antibiotics can turn things around quickly, but I still don’t have my voice back yet. Thankfully, our friends Ted and Jane Hutchinson were able to stay and be with Scott for a few more days so I could rest and recuperate longer at home until I was no longer contagious. Thank you to Scott’s cousin, Ann Gunderson, for being willing to entertain and house strangers (T and J) without my being there to introduce them.

A quick update about Friday when Daniel and Becky came up with me: unfortunately, Scott was too sleepy to really be able to hold any kind of a conversation without him dozing off after a few words. Hopefully, with how much progress he’s making, they’ll be able to come up again soon and we’ll try again.

Scott was off the ventilator and just on humidified oxygen for all day Thursday and Friday, just going back on at night. Right now he’s been off for 2 days and nights, and even though it’s wearing, he’s been able to hold his own. He still has a fair amount of fluid in his lungs because of the clots, but his cough is stronger, and he’s pretty much having the speaking “button” in all day. It is SO nice to be able to talk with him. Unfortunately, my laryngitis isn’t helping anything – we’re quite the pair trying to talk with each other.

He is still on the IV med (Dopamine) to keep his BP up, but they’re trying to taper that off as they slowly increase an oral med for his BP. He’ll need to be off the IV med to leave the ICU. Speaking of leaving the ICU, maybe this week, if all balances out and remains stable. Tomorrow, Monday, he’s scheduled for a PET scan to check the status of the cancer, as well as another trip down to radiology to advance the feeding tube again since he pulled the other one out accidentally the day after his first trip to radiology.

Scott is having some confusion, especially in the early morning hours, but after being in an ICU for 5 1/2 weeks, a little ICU psychosis is hardly surprising. He’s doing the hard work of breathing on his own, as well as using a squeeze ball to exercise his hands to regain strength and coordination. He is weak, but he just keeps coming back. The docs feel he is doing better right now than they thought he would, so that’s encouraging. Right now (Sunday afternoon), he’s off and on dozing, but in between he’s watching a little March Madness on tv.

Thanks to SO many of you for your visits, notes of encouragement, and many prayers.

God bless you all, Lynne for the Halversons

Not a whole lot to report for today. Scott has been tired and sleepy much of the day, but when he was awake, he was alert, and very fully aware and cognizant. It’s so nice to see his bright blue eyes open and a little smile often as we attempted to converse – sometimes successfully, sometimes not.

The main goal for today was to slowly decrease his ventilator parameters, and decrease the IV drip (dopamine) keeping his blood pressure high enough. Both were accomplished within acceptable ranges though not ended entirely, so little by little, his own systems are taking back over. Possibly tomorrow, they may try him off the vent for a little while with just humidified oxygen. He still has a fair amount of fluid in his lungs (not infected, so not pneumonia) because of the 2 large clots in his pulmonary arteries, so that will remain a challenge for a while still.

Health insurance issues are in process, but nothing definite known so far.

Scott sends his love, and we both send our thanks to all of you for so much help and encouragement during this time. God bless you all.

Lynne, for the Halversons

Late afternoon, Monday the 16th. Had gone home Saturday evening as Scott was generally pretty stable. My 2 sisters, Irene Nelson, and Kerry Geist, had come down from Grass Valley and Sacramento, respectively, and kidnapped me to go to lunch at the Cliff House on Saturday. Thank you to brother-in-law, Steve, for treating us! Also our friends from near Seattle, Ted and Jane Hutchinson (who were planning on coming down next Saturday) packed up and drove down unexpectedly to arrive last Saturday, so they’ve been at home with me and the kids all day yesterday.

I got back up here this morning, and we waited all day to hear from the OR that they were ready for him so his permanent pacemaker could be inserted. They called about 3pm and his nurse had all tubes, wires, and cables disconnected from the bedside equipment, and reconnected to all the portable machines by 3:30. Then OR called and said he was canceled, so she reversed the whole process, had just finished, when OR called again a little before 4pm and said he was on again and wanted him now. I felt so bad for her repeated work load, but she handled it all with patience and aplomb, and I was very grateful for her wonderful attitude. So he left right after 4pm, and the anesthesiologist said it would be a good 2 1/2 – 3 hours before he’d be back in his room.

Scott has been sleepy off and on today, but when he is awake, he’s definitely all there, alert and oriented. I am now some of the time able to tell what he’s trying to communicate, but he still gets frustrated when I can’t catch it, and he wears out from trying. One of the things I’m concerned about is that even once the permanent pacemaker is in, working, and fine, another symptom of the vagal nerve being affected is that he wouldn’t be able to keep his blood pressure up (because the vagal nerve also controls vascular tone and constriction). Over the weekend, he’s had to be on gradually more and more IV medication (Dopamine) to keep his BP in acceptable ranges. There’s a hopeful likelyhood of the BP stabilizing out once the permanent pacer is in, but that remains to be seen.

Another concern and prayer request involves Scott’s health insurance. I got a call late Friday afternoon from a hospital financial advisor explaining that Scott’s $2,000,000 life-time limit was almost gone (especially at $20,000/day in the ICU!). She suggested a few things, one being to apply for MediCal health insurance, if we qualified. I would need to do so in our home county of Santa Cruz, but it was too late to do anything about it on Friday. So this morning, before I left, I spent a frustrating 1/2 hour working my way through their phone tree and on hold 3 times since the call got dropped twice. The best they could do was send a packet in the mail, but I would still need to apply in person in Santa Cruz with all necessary legal and financial documents and information.

Since there would likely be a lengthy gap between the end of Scott’s insurance limit and the onset of MediCal, I called Mount Hermon’s wonderful insurance broker, David Angel, to see if he had any suggestions or counsel. He has been able to set us up with an interim (though expensive) health insurance option to begin right at the end of Scott’s limit of coverage. Much of today has been a little hectic with e-mailed application forms, which the financial office here at UCSF printed off for me to fill out, then faxed back so all could be expedited as soon as possible. Thank you so much, David and Alden for all your help and expertise!

Sorry for the lengthy blog note this afternoon. I didn’t think there was enough to give an update over the weekend, but I guess it sort of all happened today. Well, it’s just shy of 6pm, and just got a call from one of the cardiologists that Scott’s almost done, all went well, and he’ll be back in his room in an hour or so after a stop in the recovery room.

Would appreciate prayers for good stabilization of his heart rate and BP with the pacer, and also that all the insurance issues will be resolved quickly.

Scott sends his love and thanks for all the visits and encouragement from so many people. Bless you, Paul and Laura Sampson, for going back up yesterday to sing and play guitar for Scott, after already having come up once the day before. Thank you to all who are being the hands and feet of Jesus to us and our kids right now. We are SO grateful.

Lynne, for Scott, Daniel, and Becky

Quick Updates

1) Scott will definitely be transferred tomorrow (Wednesday) about noon to St. Mary’s Medical Center Rehab facility in San Francisco.

2) My head cold turned into a sinus infection.

Praises

1) Scott is definitely gaining strength each day with Physical Therapy. He actually had the strength to push up from a sitting to a standing position today, with help. At the new facility, they will work him 3 hours a day to regain all the mobility and strength he possibly can before returning to UCSF for the next step.

2) We are incredibly humbled by how God is providing financially for us through so many of His people.

Prayer Needs

1) I felt better over Sunday and Monday, but as of today (Tuesday) I very definitely have a sinus infection. I’ve been on antibiotics since Sunday evening, but still have to get rid of it. At the beginning of today, docs thought Scott might not move until Friday, so I left S.F. to come home this afternoon since I’m not supposed to be at the hospital if I’m sick. But, several things changed after I left, so I’ll need to leave early tomorrow morning to return and help Scott get moved, then return home tomorrow night to take care of a couple of necessary appointments on Thursday. Most likely I will then head back up on Friday. Please pray I’ll be able to get enough rest to get over this infection, and that Scott will stay healthy.

2) Please pray for a smooth transfer and transition for Scott to a new facility. We’re pretty familiar with UCSF by this time, and change can be hard when you’re not feeling your best.

3) The insurance company has okayed for Scott to be at the inpatient rehab facility for 1-2 weeks, and after that, he’ll be heading home. Please pray for rapid strengthening and remobilization so I’m able to handle his mobility needs at home.

4) Please continue to pray that he will hold his remission for the next 3-4 weeks until he returns for the whole consolidation/stem cell harvesting process. I’ll be bringing him back to the outpatient clinic every week for another intrathecal (spinal fluid) chemo injection. Also in 2-3 weeks, they’ll be getting repeat MRI’s and PET scans to confirm the remission. All of these procedures will be on an outpatient basis, which is exhausting when you’re not weak and struggling with mobility issues.

5) In spite of all the very good things happening, and the many answers to prayer, both Scott and I seem to be struggling with discouragement too often during the past week or two. I’m sure my being sick and not being able to be with him as much isn’t helping. It’s also hard to feel like this has already gone on for so long, and to know that it’s likely to go on for another 5 months if all goes well. Please pray for us to be able to focus on God’s many good things and answers to prayer, not the exhaustion, and the discouragement that comes with it.

We are so grateful to so many people for the myriad ways we’ve been blessed, encouraged, and loved. Thank you for hanging in there with us.

Medical stuff
This is Lynne, writing for Scott again. It’s Wednesday evening, and he has 2 more Whole Brain Radiation therapy sessions on tomorrow and Friday. We were warned how very tired he would be, and there was no exaggeration in the description of how deep and profound it would be. It literally has been a struggle for Scott to have the muscle strength to get up from a lying or sitting position. Also the (very necessary!) high doses of steroids have played havoc with his emotions, and the combined result has been probably the darkest emotional discouragement for Scott so far in this long and tortuous path.

Once more his hair (the ½-3/4” length that had grown back) is falling out in patches, and he’s getting sunburned skin on his temples, forehead, and scalp from the radiation, BUT his vision is normal, and his eyes appear normal and are tracking together! Yay! He’s so thankful to have his eyesight back and be able to read in order to occupy the long days of no energy to do anything in between long naps. We’ve been told to expect the tiredness to last at least 3-4 days after the last treatment, so hopefully by mid next week, he’ll start feeling stronger.

We got a call today from UCSF notifying us of 2 days of many tests next week on Tuesday and Wednesday up in S.F. Scott will be getting another bone marrow biopsy, a head MRI, a PET scan, and several lab and blood work tests to be sure his heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys are still okay, and that the cancer is in remission enough to proceed with the next step. He needs to be able to “hold a remission” long enough (at least 3-4 weeks) to be able to get to the next step of consolidation (wiping out his immune system with very strong chemo, then harvesting his own brand new stem cells in preparation for the bone marrow transplant (BMT)).

We don’t know for sure, but if all tests check out okay, we’re guessing he may go in for the 3-4 week stay at UCSF for the consolidation process around the middle of October. I guess we’ve learned not to assume anything schedule-wise, though, but we’ll just have to wait and see what direction the trail takes.

Prayer Requests
Please pray for Scott’s strength and energy to return quickly, and for the emotional effects of the steroids to also wear off rapidly. Please pray for all his tests to come back normal and negative indicating definite remission so we can proceed to the consolidation.

Thank you to so many, many of you who have written encouraging notes, called to uplift and encourage us, and have been SO generous with your help, time, and finances. We love you all and are so grateful for your prayers.

Scott, Lynne, Daniel, and Becky.

Health

Thank you again for all your prayers, support, comfort and friendship. As of yesterday, Scott’s doing a little better. We’ve gotten an IV in here at home, so I can hydrate him with liters of saline, and having IV access for meds has been much more helpful in controlling the nausea, vomiting, and headache pain. The prednisone (steroid anti-inflammatory) is helping decrease the swelling behind his eyes, but his vision is still not really functioning. He’s been able to hold down a few bites of food, as well as fluids so far. I forgot to mention in the last blog that his blood pressure has been going up in the past week, so we also got him on some BP medication, which will take a couple of days or longer to kick in. The high BP is not a cardiac issue, but more related to the pressure behind his eyes.

Needs

One thing that would be really helpful for Scott would be to borrow some books on tape (CD) for him to listen to since he is totally unable to read. His preferences would be along the lines of legal thrillers (such as the newest Grisham?), sports, “thoughtful” Christian speakers/books, i.e. Yancy, etc.

Another need we have is for some help with a project Scott’s family is doing forhis mom’s 90th birthday; a decades-long photo album. His nephew is putting this together, and could use about 15-30 scans of pictures that Scott has. This would be hugely helpful if someone could assist with this. It could be done at our house or anywhere with a scanner and e-mail access.  Please let us know ASAP if you are able to help us with this.

As you know we are currently surviving financially on disability, 60% of Scott’s salary. Additionally, our church has spear-headed a fund in which anyone can contribute to our needs. If you are interested in contributing, click on the “ways you can help” link in the upper right-hand corner of the front page of this blog. Note that gifts to this fund are NOT tax deductible. We received the second check from the church this week and it was greatly helpful. Thank you to each one of you who has given toward this (we don’t know who you are).

Prayer Requests

Please pray for wisdom for the MD’s, and a speedy resolution and diagnosis for Scott.

God bless you all,

Scott and Lynne.

P.S. Happy Independence Day to all celebrating in the USA!

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad’s in the crowd.  Being a Dad is such a great privilege – all it takes is a day where you reflect on the legacy of your own Dad to see that.  I’m very grateful this particular Fathers Day just to be alive! I”m also very grateful for My late Dad and late Father-in-law for their influence in my life, and very grateful to be a Dad to two great kids.

The last few days I’ve really been feeling lousy, just very tired, needing lots of sleep (2-3 naps / day) sometimes nauseated.  This is really kind of unexpected at this point (13 days since the last chemo), but then this whole treatment / therapy thing is unique and I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.  As I’ve mentioned before, I’m learning that I’m impatient when it comes to experiencing good health and it’s been a humbling, sometimes discouraging time.

I completed three different examinations this week.  Friday was a full body (“PET”) scan; we’ll get the results of that sometime next week.  The PET scan is one of the best tests of whether or not I have any cancer remaining in my body.  The other two exams tested my heart and lungs, each of which was subject to possible damage during my chemotherapy regime (via some of the drugs).  Thankfully, neither of these exams showed damage!  Heart and lungs undamaged….the bike is calling to me….whoops, gotta resist the impatience.

We’re still waiting to find out when we can see the UCSF specialist (who will give us a second opinion on two items: more chemo, and a bone marrow biopsy, which would test for cancer at a microscopic level).  Now that we have the three exams out of the way the UCSF folks have no excuse for delay so we’ll be calling them regularly until the appointment is on the books.

Thanks to all of you that have made financial contributions to the special fund set up at our church.  (We received a nice check last week from the church).  It is really great to have our finances not in crisis while we go through all the rest of this experience.  I’m really looking forward to getting back to work (impatience again) and receiving my full check.   Thanks again to each of you (we don’t know who you are, by the way) who have eased the financial load while I’m at 60% disability pay.

Did you know that it’s the normal stuff of life that is so good?  Thursday night Lynne took me down to the Mount Hermon Fitness Center.  I got on the Stationary Bike and went for it, pushed myself hard.  I was in the middle of this when I realized it was the first time I’d been on the Stationary Bike since, well, probably early December (when the symptoms of my tumors became apparent).  Tears started to fill my eyes – it’s just so powerful when I get to do something normal.  This theme (normal) has become very powerful for Lynne and I during this experience, and talking to other cancer patients it sounds pretty common.  One just gets so tired of the weirdness – loss of hair, digestive problems, energy problems, drug issues, tingling toes and fingers – and you just long for normal.   The most powerful expression of this for me has been, strangely enough, bird song.  Somehow, when I hear the birds singing, it’s like a reminder from God that there is still the possibility out there for normal life someday – He who cares for the birds won’t fail to care for me.

OK, I’ve indulged on your kind listening ears long enough!  Thank you again for hanging with Lynne and Daniel and Becky and I during this strange and rough season of our lives.  Your encouragement and kindness and prayers mean everything to us right now, and keep us going!  We look forward to the day when we can return the same to each of you in equal measure (if that is even possible).

Much love,

Sott & Lynne

So Saturday I turn 50.  Hard to believe….in my heart I still feel like a kid.  At any rate, it’s my birthday, so I wanted to take this chance and give a few reflections on what life is about to this guy.  So, with no further adieu….

The God of the Bible can be trusted.  And he should be loved and feared.

That’s been the story of my life in a nutshell.  God has always shown up.  His timing (rarely early but never late) is a bit funny, and he solves things in different ways than I would prefer.  But he’s always shown up. 

And it’s true that God’s people are often the worst advertisement for the God of the Bible.  I am guilty as charged on this account.  But I suppose it’s a bit like a driver of a Lexus: it might be a lousy driver, but it doesn’t make the thing itself – the Lexus – lousy.  God is worth our trust, love and fear.

Solomon puts it best: “…here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man”.

Most of the best things in life have little to do with money

A great talk.  A hike in the mountains.  Playing with kids.  A great meal with friends.  A magical sunset.  Yeah, one needs money, no doubt – but in the middle of the night what we ache for is rarely more money – it’s that great talk, or great walk, or more time with those whom we love.   Solomon again says it well: “It is good and proper for a man to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun…for this is his lot”.

We’re made to live for a purpose

In my 20’s, I resented that I had to do this thing called work.  But I’ve learned that work can be a real blessing.  It’s a good thing to work hard and be content in what one does.  Solomon, tell us about it! “When God…enables [a man] to…accept his lot and be happy in his work – this is  a gift of God. He seldom reflects on this days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart”.

God has given me some funny bookends these last two round numbers.  On my 40^th birthday, I was clinically depressed.  But that turned out to be a great blessing, as I got some good counseling and unlocked some painful stuff in my past that had been shackling me – it changed my life.  And, now, on my 50^th, recovering from cancer…but given a sentence of life.  Life is hard, but God is good.

What’s the update on my health?  In brief, I had chemo on Thursday, and I’ve been feeling pretty tired yesterday and today.  I probably won’t feel decent again until Friday.  Not fun, but part of my recovery. Thanks for your prayers and love and friendship.

Love, Scott