Friday, October 26, 2007

MELANOMA STRIKES AGAIN!

Troy's cousin, Bryce Brown, died yesterday afternoon about 3:25 p.m. Bryce died due to complications from melanoma. He was first diagnosed about 7 years ago and he beat it then. They thought they caught it early and removed it all from his leg. Well, last July, he started having difficulty breathing. He went to the doctor and he several scans done and they found tumors in his lungs. From there the tumors spread to his brain and to his intestinal area. (Similar to Jennifer). He gave it a good fight. He and his wife and baby daughter Dani fought with all they had to try and beat this. You can learn more about his story by going to his website. Just click on his name in my favorite blogs. I know you will be touched. His story is beautifully told by his wife Tammy. She truly has a gift for writing and she puts you right there in the room with her with her writing. Our prayers go out to them and their families. If Bryce could leave any words of advice with all of us it would be to stay out of the sun. If you are in the sun, please wear sunblock. Make sure all of your loved ones wear sunblock. Do all you can to spare your family the pain that Melanoma inflicts upon them. This story hits very close to home for us and we have no excuses for not doing all we can to prevent this awful cancer from inflicting itself on one of us again.

BRYCE D. BROWN


DANIKA BROWN


TAMMY'S BIRTHDAY DINNER


BRYCE'S NEW HAIRCUT


BRYCE, TAMMY WITH ERIN HERRIN AND HER TWINS


CUTE FAMILY PICTURE


BRYCE IN HOSPITAL



BRYCE READING TO DANIKA


BRYCE & TAMMY WITH ROGER & JEEN BROWN (BRYCE'S PARENTS)


THEY ARE A FOREVER FAMILY!

1 comments:

gotta go girl said...

That is so sad Wendy! He seems like a really wonderful man. I hate cancer. On a more positive note, Zach passed his four year screening yesterday!! It is hard not to live every day worrying and wondering if it will strike again....By the way, I just bagged my old blog that would not work any more (I did cut and paste the old entries in it though) and made a new one. Check it out. You will see as you see my family's blogs that we can't be serious about anything. If you need a good laugh, check out Lisa's blog periodically. (sugarbritches). We still need to go out for our birthdays! My kids are off track so I'll call you when I am free again...Love ya!! Natalie