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we asked everyone to pray. We
figured we needed all the help we
could get,” said Linda.
Although it was difficult dealing
with the stress of a diagnosis that
shattered the family’s day-to-day
lifestyle so quickly, it was hearing
the other children on the ward cry
that Linda found so devastating.
I absolutely learned to enjoy each
moment,*to focus on yvhat we have and not
on the way I wish it would be .
Their stories were so
heartbreaking.
Doctors encouraged Linda and
Barry to sit in on aparents’ support
group that met at the hospital.
“When we are in situations like
that, we tend to wallow in our own
horror story and grief,” Linda said.
But as she listened to other parents
tell of dealing with life-and death
illnesses, Linda was amazed at the
compassion these parents showed
toward each other.'
“One mother’s 7-year-old had
been hit by a car and was brain
dead. She needed to decide when
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to remove life support, yet when
they called to say Jonathan was
being taken to surgery, she had the
presence of mind to turn to me and
say that she hopes the operation
goes well for my son,” Linda said.
Jonathan’s surgery required a
day-long operation to remove an
adrenocortial tumor, formed on
top of the gland that sits on top of
the kidneys. It is a rare tumor that
had grown into the size of a base
ball in Jonathan’s small stomach.
The doctors have no explanation
for this type of tumor. Although
the Bruce family was assured that
this type of cancer is definitely not
hereditary, Barry’s uncle recently
died from it. The doctors said the
coincidence is a rare fluke of
nature, and not a sign that it is here
ditary.
Surgeons were able to com
pletely remove the tumor from
Jonathan and no chemotherapy or
radiation therapy was performed.
“After the operation, there was
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no guarantee that it would not
return or anything. No one had any
real answers at that point and it was
not reassuring,” Linda said.
She saw that she had a choice.
She could either worry that the
tumor would return or learn to live
one day at a time without borrow
ing trouble from the future.
“I absolutely learned to enjoy
each moment, to focus on what we
have and not on the way I wish it
would be,” Linda said.
Jonathan returns for testing on a
regular basis. Each test is clear, a
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reassuring confirmation that ail
traces of cancer are gone. Now
Jonathan receives only annual
testing.
Since then, the Bruce’s had
another child, Christopher, who is
now 3.
“I held my breath during his
9-month-old checkup,” Linda said.
Both sons are sources of endless
energy and a delight to their
parents who said the experience
has caused them to enjoy each day
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She said, “You never know who
could have an accident or get sick.
We can only do our best and leave
the rest to God.”
Linda, who is 4 home economist
and was director of the Lancaster
Better Business Bureau for 10
years, is now a full-time mom and
an accredited volunteer leader for
LaLeche League. Her husband has
his own advertising business.
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